The title of my first full collection, due out on 21st June with Eyewear Publishing, is The Knives of Villalejo. A launch and several readings are already scheduled. More details in due course...
Good title. I think that titles are very important. We can't all get away with calling our collections 'North'! The other day I googled one of my books called 'Original Cliches'. I found it alright but most of the pages referred to a poetry volume not by me. An Australian poet had pinched my title without the slightest hint of an acknowledgement. Are fewer poets blogging this year or is that a false impression?
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"Matthew Stewart is a poet of consolidation, truth, and freshness, with a mastertful sense of economy. His poems matter, and his first collection has been too long in coming. These poems have the rare quality of resonating a long way beyond their modest physical limits."
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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Dear Matthew
ReplyDeleteGood title. I think that titles are very important. We can't all get away with calling our collections 'North'! The other day I googled one of my books called 'Original Cliches'. I found it alright but most of the pages referred to a poetry volume not by me. An Australian poet had pinched my title without the slightest hint of an acknowledgement. Are fewer poets blogging this year or is that a false impression?
Best wishes from Simon R Gladdish