Published 2021. Paperback, 94pp, 9 x 6ins, £10.95 / $18
ISBN 9781848617582 [Download a sample PDF from this book here.]
In 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 melancholic, at times nihilistic, at times luminous and dark, this collection asks questions about poetry, memory and what it is to have loved and lived.
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