Matthew M C Smith
@matthewmcsmith.bsky.social
Poet. Writer. Reviewer. Swansea.
This may be one of the most enjoyable #SealeyChallenge #poetry publications I will post this summer - ‘Tiny Glories’ by Lauren Thomas @lauren-thomas.bsky.social - delivered today and a few poems are inspired by Louise Gluck so should be cracking. Love the wrapping too @greenbottlepress.bsky.social
Day 3 of the #SealeyChallenge to read and promote a #poetry book through August. I never used to post @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social books for this challenge, fearing it a little too self-serving. But what the hell? Here is wordsmith Matt Gilbert’s ‘Street Sailing’ #poets #sealeychallenge #books
Day 2 #SealeyChallenge - reading a #poetry book a day and boosting it. Out of body experience writing - if you like Eliot and Wendell Berry, you’ll be charmed by this work. Michael Laver’s ‘After Earth’ published by @utampapress.bsky.social #poet #poetry #amreading
Day 1 #SealeyChallenge - reading a #poetry book a day and boosting it. ‘fierce and brilliantly disruptive’ Check out my testimony of Lesley Curwen’s ‘Sticky with Miles’, published by Dreich. @elcurwen.bsky.social #poet #poetry #amreading #poemsaboutenvironment
I changed my mind on not doing #TheSealeyChallenge this year - need more of the lesser-known works boosted with the big guns, so a mixed approach from me for balance. Hope you enjoy! Matt x #poetry #sealeychallenge #poetrybooks #amreading
Massively grateful to @iantattum.bsky.social @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social @fionaperrywrites.bsky.social for their kind endorsements of my new book PINE/NEEDLES. Out soon from @parlyareepress.bsky.social Please support this amazing press (preorders open now) xx
When your child grows up and flies free, how do you deal with the change? ❤️🔥 #parenting #fatherhood #fathers #mothers #teenagers #smallpoemsunday - thanks to host @tomsnarsky.bsky.social
God, you want this! 25 copies of Polly Oliver’s #book ready for signing NEXT Saturday 8th August at Harry’s Bar, Mumbles. Midday, frankly unmissable! @pollyoliverwales.bsky.social #books #writing #gower
Poets. How’s your productivity? Two poetry submissions today. ✅ ✅ #amwriting #poemsaboutfragility #poemsabouthome #poetry
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‘My darling, the wind falls in like stones’ ‘And what of the dead? They lie without shoes in their stone boats’ #AnneSexton #poemsaboutfamily #loss #poemsaboutdeath #poetry
When you go to #Disney #Florida you must take pictures of Disney, especially when you visit #GalaxysEdge and find your #StarWars home. @disneyparks.bsky.social #Hollywoodstudios
Ever wanted to escape from modern life? Head out of the reality of the human world into the woods and forests of England, teeming with wildlife. Get @racheldeering.bsky.social ‘In the Shadow of Gods’ on Amazon www.blackboughpoetry.com/rachel-deering #goodreads #PoemsAboutNature #poetry #writing
Will you hit the road with poet M.S. Evans, jumping trains, protesting commercial logging and working in shipyards? Get this #poetry collection now. 🇺🇸 www.blackboughpoetry.com/nights-on-th... #poetry #poemsabouttravel #ontheroad #writer #trains
Transforming pain through art. Sarah Connor’s #poetry collection ‘The Poet Spells Her Name’ uses language to take us into the interior landscape of illness and beyond it. www.blackboughpoetry.com/sarah-connor... #PoemsAboutCancer #poetry #writing #poetrytwitter #wellbeing
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A #poem for Sunday and the weekly event that is #smallpoemsunday with @tomsnarsky.bsky.social #body #dawn #poetry #touch #nerves
Another #poem for #smallpoemsunday and head honcho @tomsnarsky.bsky.social A poem about surf music, AI and the illusion we are not AI. #ai #surfing #artificialintelligence
On tour, supporting G and R is Swansea’s poet Polly Oliver - make sure you catch her at Harry’s Bar on Sat 8th August, midday. @pollyoliverwales.bsky.social #spokenword #poetry #poet #livepoet
Katrina Moinet - review of Polly Oliver’s ‘Edges of Our Days’. #poetry #writing www.blackboughpoetry.com/polly-oliver... @pollyoliverwales.bsky.social
Check out Regine Ebner’s #poetry collection on Amazon in print and kindle! #poetry #americanpoetry #poet #tucson
‘Quite simply beautiful’ (Rachel Deering) Sarah Connor’s poetry collection ‘The Poet Spells Her Name’ ❤️🔥 @racheldeering.bsky.social www.blackboughpoetry.com/sarah-connor...
‘Polly Oliver had me holding my breath’ @eleanorholmes.bsky.social on Polly Oliver’s debut #poetry collection. @pollyoliverwales.bsky.social www.blackboughpoetry.com/polly-oliver...
‘Street Sailing’ by Matt Gilbert #poetry #poet #poetic - available on Amazon. @richlyevocative.bsky.social www.blackboughpoetry.com/matt-gilbert
Anyone else get this? ‘I looked you up on the internet. Didn’t realise you were a poet. Very interesting!!!’ (Knowing smile) Also get stopped in the street sometimes. Mostly in Swansea but it’s entertaining .
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Wishing you all a peaceful night…I’m feeling much better & thank you for your sweet notes. Sweet dreams, everyone 🖤 (art Nicholas Hely Hutchinson)
For Twitter’s #TopTweetTuesday ‘Musecraft’ - on the theme of ‘elements’ #poetrylovers😍❤️❤️ #poetry #writing #poetryprompt
