Holy Cow Magazine No.5

Oxford, Holy Cow, c. 1975. Possibly edited by Opal L. Nations. Printed by Eddie Cramp, Polytechnic. Loose-leafed, 30 multicolour pp., mostly 33 x 20.5 cm. With contributions of Peter Finch, Alan Fuchs, Bruton Connors and David H.W. Grubb. Incl. poems, visual poetry, and comics. Pages slightly warped at top and bottom, else in fine condition.

Magazine is a little known visual poetry periodical. Miller and Price mention Magazine briefly in British Poetry Magazines 1914-2000: no holdings are known, and its existence is only known through an advertisement. The mention of Holy Cow as its publisher suggests a connection to the periodical Holy Cow, which appeared just once in 1973. Peter Finch noted in the last issue of Second Aeon (1974), his renowned avant-garde poetry periodical, that Holy Cow was promising: "Bad production so far but very strong on ideas." The same could be said for Magazine.