'Origin' is a powerful debut collection of poetry by Matthew M C Smith, a writer from Swansea, Wales. The 21 poems in the collection, written and honed over years take on various subjects from memories of his father, the joy of becoming a father to the Welsh landscape and the devastation of war. There are also love poems and abstract pieces.The poems of 'Origin' have concentrated, striking imagery reflecting various influences from Emily Dickinson to TS Eliot, Wallace Stevens, Dylan Thomas and RS Thomas.