Putting poetry in motion

Martina Evans draws on her Mallow childhood for her new work written in the unusual form of an extended prose poem, says Colette Sheridan

CORK-BORN writer Martina Evans believes there are too many novels out there, too many words and well-rounded characters, not to mention a plethora of happy endings so beloved of publishers, keen on the feel good factor.

Although the London-based author has three novels under her belt, it is poetry that she is now concentrating on, and she will read from her work at the Cork Spring Poetry Festival next week.