Paul McMenemy – Sabotage

In Conversation with Dave Coates

November 12, 2014 Editor Ahren Warner, Charles Whalley, Dave Coates, Fiona Moore, Forward Prizes, James Franco, Joey Connolly, Paul McMenemy, Rachel Boast

-With Charles Whalley– Dave Coates, writing on his blog (davepoems.wordpress.com) and elsewhere, is becoming known as one of the most

Magazine Poetry

Lunar Poetry #1

September 12, 2014September 12, 2014 Editor Bob Beagrie, Catherine Ann Cullen, Claire Trévien, D. S. West, David Clarke, David Grubb, Doghouse Books, Fanni Suto, Gary from Leeds, Gene Berry, Godefroy Dronsart, Hugh McMillan, Kirsten Irving, Lesley Burt, Lunar Poetry, Magdalena Wolak, Martyn Crucefix, Mary O Gorman, Paul McMenemy, Tim Wells, Wynn Wheldon, Zara Raab

-Reviewed by Zara Raab– Lunar Poetry earns its name in this first issue, full of tunes and nonsense, word play

Pamphlets Poetry

Gaud by David Clarke

February 11, 2014February 11, 2014 Editor David Clarke, Flarestack Poets, Paul McMenemy, Tom Paulin

-Reviewed by Paul McMenemy– David Clarke’s Flarestack Poets Pamphlet Competition winning collection, Gaud begins with a demonstration of all

Poetry Seasonal/End of year

The Sabotage Reviews top 10 of (published) poetry this year

December 17, 2013December 17, 2013 Editor Afric McGlinchey, Agnes Marton, Alana Tomlin, Alex Campbell, Ananya S Guha, angela topping, Anna Selby, Billy Mills, Burning Eye, Charles Whalley, Chris McCabe, Chris Pusateri, Chrissy Williams, David Clarke, dean, Diane Marie, Emma Wright, Freke Räihä, Harry Giles, Hayden Westfield-Bell, Helen ivory, Isobel Dixon, James Bunting, Jennifer Edgecombe, Kate Birch, Laura Seymour, Linda Black, Lindsey Holland, Mark Burnhope, Mark Goodwin, Paul McMenemy, Rachel Piercey, Rebecca Tamás, Rosie Breese, Sam Riviere, Sarah Crewe, Sarah Hymas, Simon Barraclough, Sophie Mayer, Stephen Emmerson, The Emma Press

-Compiled by Claire Trévien– Tis the seasons for lists and we don’t like feeling left out. So, as is our

The Ophelia Letters by Rebecca Tamás and The Burning by Anna Selby

November 15, 2013November 14, 2013 Editor Anna Selby, Ophelia, Paul McMenemy, Rebecca Tamás, salt modern voices, salt publishing, Shakespeare, Werner Herzog

-Reviewed by Paul McMenemy– The first poem in any collection has a lot of work to do, introducing themes,

Albion by Stephen Emmerson

September 20, 2013October 22, 2013 Editor Installation poetry, Like This Press, Paul McMenemy, Stephen Emmerson, William Blake

-Reviewed by Paul McMenemy– Albion is the product of an artwork installed by Stephen Emmerson in Inland Studios, South

Pamphlets Poetry

‘London Cityscape Sijo And Other Poems’ by Robert Vas Dias

August 20, 2013 Editor Paul McMenemy, Perdika Press, Robert Vas Dias, Sijo

-Reviewed by Paul McMenemy– As Robert Vas Dias points out, many Korean poets treat the conventions of sijo form selectively; working

Magazine Online Magazine

Rising #58 and Poetry Weekly #1

July 22, 2013 Editor Claire Trévien, Helen Mort, Jennifer Edgecombe, Paul McMenemy, Phill Jupitus, Poetry Weekly, Rising, Rowena Knight, Stephen Waclawski, Tim Wells

-Reviewed by Jennifer Edgecombe– Poetry Weekly and Rising are two A5 poetry magazines. They look very similar with respect to

The Centrifugal Eye’s 5th Anniversary Anthology

May 27, 2013 Editor Donna M. Marbach, Earl J. Wilcox, Ellaraine Lockie, John Milbury-Steen, John Terpstra, Margaret A. Robertson, Paul McMenemy, The Centrifugal Eye's 5th Anniversary Anthology, William Doreski

-Reviewed by Paul McMenemy– This collection’s (commendably brief) introduction informs us that this is not a “best of” the first