Rogue Strands

Matthew Stewart weaves his ways through poetry

Monday, 17 November 2025

The poem and you

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The poem is sitting opposite you, watching while you read it through. Once you raise your eyes from the page, it catches your glance. Takes ...
Tuesday, 4 November 2025

The Power of Celebrity

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About a month ago, Alice Roberts, the famous broadcaster, author and academic, shared my poem,  ‘Th e Last Carry ’ , on Bluesky. It jumped f...
Saturday, 1 November 2025

Last week's Rogue Strands event in London

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Mat and I had a great audience of 35-40 for our Rogue Strands event in London last week. Poets met readers, readers met poets, pints were dr...
Tuesday, 28 October 2025

Tim Love on Whatever You Do, Just Don't

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Ti m Love is a scrupulous reviewer, bringing an analytical, scientific eye to bear on the poetry he tackles. This is why I'm especially ...
Wednesday, 15 October 2025

A Live Poetry Mix Tape

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Back in the day, we used to create mix tapes for our mates. Of course, they were really made up of the music we enjoyed listening to ourselv...
Sunday, 12 October 2025

The use of the passive voice in contemporary poetry

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I never say never use a certain device/technique/grammatical structure in a poem, because I believe we need to have access to all the tools ...
Thursday, 9 October 2025

Richard Meier's After the Miracle

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My second full collection, Whatever You Do, Just Don't , was supposed to be Happen Stance Press' last major publication, though Nel...
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Matthew Stewart
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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