The Melancholy of Anatomy by Martin Corless-Smith Erin Fornoff who knew and loved the

who knew and loved the man and poet

themes and cultural references in poems that are refined and witty

as well as reimagination and regeneration

launching her literary career with his announcement that St Francis was dictating verses to a housewife in the provincial backwater of Minas Gerais

The Sea Needs No Ornament/ El mar no necesita ornamento is the first bilingual anthology of contemporary poetry by women writers of the English- and Spanish-speaking Caribbean and its Diasporas to be curated in more than two decades

The Melancholy of Anatomy by Martin Corless-Smith Erin Fornoff who knew and loved theIn The Melancholy of Anatomy, his ninth collection of poetry, Martin Corless Smith turns his attention towards ageing and mortality, and in particular to the death of his father. Shifting between formal verse and prose, from the metaphysical to the whimsical, from surreal to anecdotal, the book moves between poetic articulations as a mind might through memories, sifting to find anything to hold on to as everything flows and falls away. At times