J.S. Martinez

J.S. Martinez (fl. 1914-1926) is a poet who lived in British Honduras (now Belize).

Life
Little is known of Martinez's life. He served in World War I with the British Honduras Territorial Force.

Writing
In 1926 he self-published a book of poetry, Caribbean Jingles, dedicated to Lt.-Col. Hon. James Cran. In its introduction, he hopes "that these commonplace subjects depicting chiefly occurrences in our community and in our everyday life, may strike a tuneful chord and help to cheer some gloomy soul."

Publications

 * Caribbean Jingles. Dialect and Other Poems of British Honduras (Published by the Author, 388 Albert Street West, Belize, British Honduras [no date; copy donated to the Royal Colonial Institute in London, March 1926].