2024
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Interview on A Poet’s Work
Huge thanks to poet Rachel Lewis for publishing this interview with me on her Substack A Poet’s Work. We discuss different aspects of writing about grief – the reasons, benefits and dangers. I also touch on my forthcoming collection Phantoms. I enjoyed being made to think (after a night of limited sleep, camping with my… Continue reading
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Magma Grassroots Launch
Really happy to have my poem ‘At the MIND Drop-in Centre, Beckenham’ appear in the Grassroots issue of Magma, edited by Lisa Kelly and Patrizia Longhitano. I particularly like Rona Luo’s poem ‘Vinegar’ and Elizabeth Gibson’s ‘They have put an oxygen mask on the seagull’ in this issue. It was the 30th anniversary and the… Continue reading
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Poetry Ireland Review
My poem ‘Annunciation’ appears in issue 142 of Poetry Ireland Review alongside some wonderful work by Katrina Naomi, Lisa Kelly and an interview with Damian Smyth. It’s a poem springing from Fra Angelico’s fresco from 1441, to which I was introduced in a workshop with Claire Williamson. Fra Angelico – Annunciation (Cell 3), Source: Wikimedia… Continue reading
About Me
An award-winning poet and educator based in the South West of England.
Matt is a fine communicator who engages audiences and groups quickly and easily. He enables and energises people, whatever their age or background. He is not afraid to explore unusual routes to engage people and it is this precisely that so often generates a successful outcome. People are surprised by him and, in turn, they frequently surprise themselves.
Pat Winslow, poet
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