I'm delighted to have a poem, Paco, Mum and Me, up at the excellent Ink Sweat & Tears today. While you're there, I thoroughly recommend you browse their archive - it's a treasure trove of top-notch poetry and prose.
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I live between Extremadura, Spain, and West Sussex, England. Full collection, The Knives of Villalejo, with Eyewear Publishing. Two pamphlets, both now sold out, with HappenStance Press. You can get in touch with me via e-mail: matthstew@gmail.com.
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together...
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almost weekly feeling of surprise I experience when I turn up at 9am to the
start ...
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whic...
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publishe...
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of two cups of coffee, got on with it. One cup of coffee per piece of
writing. On...
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reefs,...
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last few days. I consider myself blessed with good fortune! That sort of
thing doe...
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drawings by Lucy Rose Cunningham , Allardyce, Barnett, Publishers, 2023,
ISBN: 9...
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collection was published to its usual high standards by Nine Arches Press
in 2025. Th...
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have been a great recourse in such a situation: brief, crystalline and
endlessly...
Our culture’s obsession with property – as self-expression, as glamorous or
quirky backdrop, as literally solid investment, as anything beyond mere
shelter...
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the la...
I am proud to share news of the publication of a lyric essay that I have
co-authored with my colleague and friend Patricia Debney (also a survivor
of child...
I am proud to share news of the publication of a lyric essay that I have
co-authored with my colleague and friend Patricia Debney (also a survivor
of child...
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Kri...
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In this modern age of Substacks, Bluesky, Insta ect etc the humble blog
seems incredibly retro. I s...
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levels, followed by cataract surgery and then a nasty chest infection, but
I am...
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sun has shone, By streams that never find the sea; Over snow by winter
sown, A...
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(up over 500%) I’m pretty sure that it’s not my content but another, more
malicio...
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my youn...
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year th...
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displaceme...
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kno...
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didn't, but better late than never – this is an excellent tribute to the
poet Ma...
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