This month in our Cornish poetry series, we have Melanie William’s touching poem about her aunt Joan. Gingham not silk, linen not sable Plain stitch and cross stitch Displace embroidery. All honest, simple practical A frank face, impish smile, open heart, Recall the early, stronger, taller Joan. In childhood group, large-eyed She looks on…Continue Reading “Joan”
Author: Melanie Williams
Melanie Williams [nee Hosking] born in 1958 of [mostly] Cornish and Irish ancestry now lives in Wales with John Tudor, a retired Welsh doctor. Melanie was a 'school failure' but entered Cambridge to read Law at 27 followed by an MA in English Literature at Sussex University. From 2007- 2015 she was Head and Deputy Head of Law at Exeter University, much of this at the Tremough Campus in Cornwall. Melanie is Emeritus Professor of Law at Exeter University and has published a number of articles and two books on links between literature and law.