To the Heart of Things

<p>Much of Mark’s poetry is meticulously crafted in a variety of classical forms of metre structure and style. Although maintaining such forms he is never satisfied unless the poem flows in both words and sense: in words so that the reading or recital is smooth and un-laboured; in sense so that the structure supports the development of the poem in its exploration of the subject.  In this way while walking in the shadows of the great classical poets he seeks to make his poems manifestations of a particular kind of beauty.Much of Mark’s poetry is meticulously crafted in a variety of classical forms of metre structure and style. Although maintaining such forms he is never satisfied unless the poem flows in both words and sense: in words so that the reading or recital is smooth and un-laboured; in sense so that the structure supports the development of the poem in its exploration of the subject.  In this way while walking in the shadows of the great classical poets he seeks to make his poems manifestations of a particular kind of beauty.</p>