Mercury - Salt Modern Poets Series Author:Simon Smith This remarkable new volume sports the brevity and cheek of Martial's epigrams, providing the excuses and occasions - "Mercury" is a book of pith, turning on an urban-knowing wit, a rag-bag of flip, it embraces the complexities of ordinary language and expression. Veracity sounded through fleeting moments; these are poems that say difficult thing... more »s simply.« less