author
Bernard Moore
b. 1873
Best known for poems steeped in Cornish life, this British writer captured fishermen, local speech, and the contrast between crowded city travel and the calm of the countryside. Writing under a pen name, he published from 1914 onward and left behind work that feels rooted in place and everyday experience.
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Cornish Catches, and Other Verses
by Bernard Moore
About the author
Samuel Syrus Hunt (1873–1953), who wrote under the pseudonym Bernard Moore, was a British poet and teacher. He published six books beginning in 1914, and his work is closely associated with Cornwall.
His poetry focused especially on Cornish fishermen and coastal life, and he also wrote war poems. A number of his verses use Cornish dialect, which gives them a strong local voice, and he is often noted for the poem Travelling.
Available sources also note that he collected some Cornish songs. I wasn’t able to confirm a suitable portrait image from the sources I checked, so none is included here.