5 O'Clock Verses: Lachlan Mackinnon & Hilary Menos

Lachlan Mackinnon has published four collections of poetry, most recently Small Hours (Faber). Described as 'witty, serious with a taste for colloquial', his acknowledged influences are Robert Lowell and WH Auden. Hilary Menos, poet and organic farmer, lives in Devon. Her debut collection, Berg (Seren, 2009), won the Forward Prize for Best First Collection. Her work 'crackles with formal skill, with extraordinary, vibrant language.' Part of StAnza: Scotland's International Poetry Festival.

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