The Melancholy of Anatomy by Martin Corless-Smith Erin Fornoff as well as reimagination and

as well as reimagination and regeneration

satirical and dramatic

Yet there is a philosophical aspect to stack

its ‘slip and scrape’ and the everyday ‘kindnesses that stick like burrs’

I’m in love with this book

The Melancholy of Anatomy by Martin Corless-Smith Erin Fornoff as well as reimagination andIn 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