My latest news is that one of my poems, Instructions For Coming Home, has won 2nd prize in The Plough Prize Short Category. I'm extremely chuffed!
This year's prize was judged by Alison Brackenbury, a poet I've long admired, so it's especially pleasing to have been selected by her. What's more, her remarks home in on exactly what I'm trying to achieve when I write. My poem and her comments can be found on the Plough Prize website here.
b Grief is one of those enduring subjects of poetry, and I guess I must
have read a hundred poems based on that theme. It is a brave poet who takes
it on. ...
Congratulations, Matthew. What lovely news!
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