Martin De Mello arrived in Manchester via Singapore, Watford and Leeds. He studied English Literature at The University of Leeds and then worked in a succession of jobs from education to IT to mental health. He now works for the writing development agency Commonword, and has managed to stay there beyond his usual two years. His poems have appeared in several anthologies, including Peepal Tree's Red, Contemporary Black British Poetry. if our love stays above the waist is his first pamphlet.

Martin De Mello arrived in Manchester via Singapore, Watford and Leeds. He studied English Literature at The University of Leeds and then worked in a succession of jobs from education to IT to mental health. He now works for the writing development agency Commonword, and has managed to stay there beyond his usual two years. His poems have appeared in several anthologies, including Peepal Tree's Red, Contemporary Black British Poetry. if our love stays above the waist is his first pamphlet.

Martin De Mello arrived in Manchester via Singapore, Watford and Leeds. He studied English Literature at The University of Leeds and then worked in a succession of jobs from education to IT to mental health. He now works for the writing development agency Commonword, and has managed to stay there beyond his usual two years. His poems have appeared in several anthologies, including Peepal Tree's Red, Contemporary Black British Poetry. if our love stays above the waist is his first pamphlet.