Poet weaving anatomical intelligence and ecological consciousness through writing, ritual, and movement.
“A distinctive vision”
– The Irish Times
For over ten years, Shaun Hill (b. 1996) has been developing approaches to poetry that emerge from the body. Working at the membrane between movement and language, he asks: what if embodiment is a lost technology that can liberate our world?A working-class thinker committed to post-capitalist ways of being, through site-responsive writing and ritual he maps moments of reciprocal witness, co-creating flows of wild presence that challenge how we relate to public space and each other.
“Fresh and visionary writing”
– Cheltenham Poetry Festival
Read:
📕 Excerpt of warm blooded things (Nine Arches Press, 2021)
📗 A Mushroom Wastes Nothing (Substack, 2026)
⛰️ Essays and poetics (ongoing)
“Shaun Hill is one of my favourite performers, his poems charged with vulnerability and raw intimacy” – Liz Berry
Excerpts from the journey:
🌱 Over 40 poems published in journals like Magma, Concillience, and A&U: America's AIDS Magazine🌱 Recipient of Apples & Snakes | Jerwood Arts: Poetry in Performance Award (2020)🌱 Arts Council England funded research into improvised movement with living systems (2023)🌱 Commissions for Verve Poetry Festival, Wasafiri, Birmingham Literature Fest, Shout, UK Young Artists, University of Birmingham, Team London Bridge, and BBC Radio 4🌱 Readings across the country at theatres like Birmingham Hippodrome, Coventry Belgrade, Bristol Arnolfini, Exteter Bike Shed; and festivals like WOMAD, Shambala, Buddhafield, Wilderness, Freedom of Mind, Queer Spirit, and Good Grief🌱 Films for University of Warwick, Verve, and British Association of Psychological Type🌱 Critical writing for The Poetry Archive🌱 Background in racial and class justice as consultant for various organisations including Doink, Free Radical, and assessment facilitator for £750,000 of public money for Coventry City of Culture, challenging unconscious bias and myths of meritocracy in UK cultural development schemes (2019)🌱 Somatic educator in contact, consent and ceremonial improvisation for queer bodies and radical communities🌱 Lead artist on various projects mentoring writers in site-specific making and performance
“When Shaun Hill performs his poetry reads me, it helps me read myself” – Beth Calverley