Christina the Astonishing Martin Ward When he falls into a

When he falls into a trance

including Heaven's Gate (2001)

To mark his 80th birthday Maurice Harmon has brought together poems written in the last two years together with selections from his three collections published by Salmon: The Last Regatta

winner of the inaugural White Review Poet's Prize

atmospheric mystery

Christina the Astonishing Martin Ward When he falls into aSaint Christina the Astonishing was born into a poor Belgian family in 1150. She died aged 22 but at her requiem she rose from her coffin and flew away like a bird, wanting to escape the smell of sinful humanity. This was the first of many mad, disobedient exploits in her long and remarkable life. Jane Draycott and Lesley Saunders retell through their own poems as well as brief extracts from medieval religious writers Christinas story as a womans