The Fool & The Bee

<p>"A masque: it's all a mask celebrating the "organic" . . . British nature (transplants to US) in layers of spring and subsequent decay within a long cultural history and a (to middle age) lifespan personal pain modernization human war gods and goddesses speaking anywhere. The poem has an enormous and muscular musicality (including prose musicality); the Poet constantly wondering how to Bee how a Fool can Bee (symbol of all good qualities sunniness industry royalty and divinity various Saints) . . . A stunning pleasurable book." — Alice Notley</p><p>"Martin Corless-Smith is a gifted and brilliant poet. His work is filled with poesy and all that can mean for the depth of the art. The mind is vertical as it moves through the master box of diction and form. Here is a generous voice with wild lyric runs and gorgeous music throughout—we are only made richer by this tender work. <em>The Fool & the Bee </em>is a fabulous book of the poetic imagination." —Peter Gizzi </p>