Egg/Shell by Victoria Kennefick
POETRY BOOK SOCIETY CHOICE SPRING 2024 John Wheway  Guardian [on Glass Wings]

 Guardian [on Glass Wings]

brutalised by war

He is a poet of the truest measure… From his earliest work Ormsby has favoured a natural shapeliness… A plain-speaking

using documentary evidence

You may not know where you’re being taken in these poems with their uncanny and elusive truths

Egg/Shell by Victoria Kennefick<br><b>POETRY BOOK SOCIETY CHOICE SPRING 2024</b> John Wheway  Guardian [on Glass Wings]'It is hard to hurt and then explain the hurt away so as not to hurt anyone. But have you seen my life?' ('Child of Lir') The lives depicted by Victoria Kennefick alter, shatter and re combine in stunning poems and monologues: Egg Shell explores early motherhood, miscarriage, the impact of a spouse's gender transition and the dissolution of a marriage. Acclaimed as one of the boldest, clearest poetic voices in recent years, Kennefick in her second