Christopher Cornwell’s dazzling debut collection, Ergasy, was published by The Lonely Crowd. Here, his fellow writers pay tribute to an exceptional talent who will be sorely missed by all who knew him.
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From Ergasy
Christopher Cornwell Tribute: ‘Early Doors’ by John Goodby
Christopher Cornwell Tribute: ‘Incomplete Text’ by John Lavin
(For Chris) ‘Brilliance is a category of exclusion as much as any other abnormality’ – Christopher Cornwell I don’t complete poems very often – and never quickly – So please forgive me for writing in haste And for writing this kind of thing The sort of blank heart-on-the-sleeve verse That you hated…
Readings from The Lonely Crowd: Cardiff 10/05/18
The Lonely Crowd will be previewing their forthcoming ninth issue at Little Man Coffee. Co, tomorrow evening from 7pm. Martina Evans will be reading poems from Issue 9 as well as a selection from her highly praised new collection Now We Can Talk Openly About Men. Recent Welsh Book of the Year-winner John Freeman reads…
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Christopher Cornwell
Christopher Cornwell: ‘A Hidden Orchard’
What is it that resides in fruit
that makes them want to come to be;
that despite the cyanide in their seeds,
they recite the psalms of birth again?
‘My clothes composed of two cloths’ John Goodby
It’s a very great pleasure to be asked to introduce Christopher Cornwell’s first collection, Ergasy. I’m an admirer of his work, and it’s a privilege to be able to recommend it to a wider readership than his circle of friends and admirers.