A gorgeous fluorescent yes
Hilary Menos reviews Ephemeron by Fiona Benson (Cape, 2022)
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I could have been betterer. Et-fucking-cetera
Hilary Menos reviews Miracle Theatre’s Everyman, adapted by Carol Ann Duffy, at the Princess Pavillion, Falmouth
What does Hilary Menos say?
I like poetry that keeps the lid on AND lets the pig out ...
Three pamphlets: Sarah Mnatzaganian, Judi Sutherland and Hugo Williams
Matthew Paul reviews Lemonade in the Armenian Quarter by Sarah Mnatzaganian, Maggie Mackay reviews Following Teisa by Judi Sutherland and Hilary Menos reviews Badlands by Hugo Williams
When you are being eaten by vultures they will leave your face alone
Hilary Menos reviews Jongleur by Rennie Parker (Shoestring, 2021)
Go long
Hilary Menos reviews Notes on the Sonnets by Luke Kennard (Penned in the Margins, 2021), winner of the Forward Prize for Best Collection 2021
Three pamphlets: Richie McCaffery, Phoebe Stuckes and Julia Bird
Mat Riches reviews Coping Stones by Richie McCaffery, Emma Simon reviews The One Girl Gremlin by Phoebe Stuckes and Hilary Menos reviews is, thinks Pearl by Julia Bird
Punk Poetry – bitten the dust or alive and well?
Hilary Menos looks back at the poets who embodied the spirit of punk in the 1970s and 80s and asks where are the punk poets of today?
Looking for the ones who will never be found
Hilary Menos reviews Lyonesse by Penny Shuttle (Bloodaxe, 2021)
Three pamphlets: S. D. Curtis, Sarah Hymas and Geraldine Clarkson
Richie McCaffery reviews Diary of a Divorce by S. D. Curtis, Carla Scarano D'Antonio reviews the hispering by Sarah Hymas, and Hilary Menos reviews Crucifox by Geraldine Clarkson
Three pamphlets: Selima Hill, Natalie Shaw and Rachael Matthews
Hilary Menos reviews Fridge by Selima Hill (The Rialto, 2021), oh be quiet by Natalie Shaw (Against the Grain, 2020), and do not be lulled by the dainty starlike blossom by Rachael Matthews (The Emma Press, 2021)
Surfers, swimmers and drowned sailors
Hilary Menos reviews The Out-Islands by Martin Edwards (Smokestack, 2021)