Walking Away, the new poetry pamphlet by Martyn Crucefix, is a tender, heart-breaking farewell to the poet’s mother and father. The title sequence draws on the vivid, condensed power of the haiku form to evoke the sadness, absurdity, even the bitter comedy of ageing, and the lasting pain of loss.
‘These are despatches from a fond but fearful place – so close to the depths of loved-ones’ old age that we find ourselves dissolving into their world of lost connections, among fragments of sensation and familiar detail, a world almost without time. Sharply observant of himself as well as what’s around him, Martyn Crucefix is an acute but tactful guide to somewhere most of us, at any age, are loath to go.’
Philip Gross
‘These poems paint vivid, original images, the juxtaposition of which is often truly masterful.’
Masaya Saito
28pp
