Matthew M C Smith

Writing mode. Caswell. #gower #swansea #coast #amwriting

#smallpoemsunday #poetry #writing #poeticburger #poet

🚨 Impressions alert ~ Richard Burton reading ‘Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds’ 💎 #richardburton #thebeatles #impressions #poetry #beatles

Poetic impressions alert 🚨 Ted Hughes vs Sylvia Plath reading Dr Seuss’s ‘Green Eggs and Ham’. Enjoy! #plath #poetry #tedhughes #spokenword

Uncomfortable? This could be a contender for most depressing poem of the year. You’re welcome 😂 #poetry #poet #poetic #poetsofbluesky

Very kind. Editors should never nominate themselves for stuff!

#fragmentfriday #poetry #writing

Aberfan

I'm a newbie to #toptweettuesday but I love trying to improve my #imagist writing ability. The prompt #revelation I bit the bruise got rid of it first the texture gave the taste though more or less the same @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social

A new short offering written for TTT on themes of "journey", "edge" and "revelation". 'Instead of milkweed, a monarch clings to the windshield' Thank you @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social for the inspiration 🤍 @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social #imagist #poetrycommunity #poetry

This week’s #TopTweetTuesday, inspired by the prompts journey, edge and revelation, considers the debt of pleasure when someone lives with an invisible illness – and what remains after an evening spent in language. Thank you to @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social and @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social

‘A voice as silver ellipses’ … A poem inspired by the prompt word ‘revelation’ for TopTweetTuesday on Twitter A little haunting…

An acceptance for a #poem rejected a few times before. This one is for my trans friend Paula - rest in sequins. ✨ Out next month. Can’t wait to see this in print. #transally #translivesmatter🏳️‍⚧️ #translivesmatter🌈✊

My involvement with Kurt Cobain #smallpoemsunday #nirvana #nirvanafans

We love a bit of secrecy in the poetry community. Two #poems coming out soon!

It’s years since I had a copy of this mighty, moody work ‘Remains of Elmet’ and I’ve been looking for another copy since someone borrowed it and it was not returned. Most seem to be about £40 or £50 but I got this today for a tenner in Swansea. #TedHughes #poetry #elmet

Oh. My. Gosh. Thank you, once again, for choosing my piece, @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social An absolute honour to find myself here again. 🥰 #poetry #poetrycommunity

#Saturdaypoem #poem #poetry #night

Hi all #FragmentsFriday poets. Hi & SPECIAL THANKS 🙏 to @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social, @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social. Happy to share my #ekphrastic, ( #After ) #micropoem: October Love-Tattoos THANKS for sharing your #Poetry, & #PoetryCommunity🙏💚

Hello @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social and @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social👋 Here's my #micropoem for #fragmentsfriday

blackboughpoetry.bsky.social #FragmentsFriday special thanks to @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social for this wonderful venue to share poems #writingCommunity #PoetryCommunity #MicroPowm

Every week I think I might have to skip #FragmentsFriday, but then something comes to me, just in time. I really do enjoy this space @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social created, and the community that has sprouted around it. #Poetry #PoetryCommunity #MicroPoetry #Heartbreak

Got some writing practise in this morning before I start work. Here’s a little entry for #fragmentsfriday #poetry #poem #poets_community @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social

This week’s #FragmentsFriday 🌊 Thank you very much to @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social and @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social for hosting 🙏

A grey mist morning thought for @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social and the @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social community for #fragmentsfriday.

Have y’all caught the plague, yet? 🫠 With thanks to @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social of @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social for hosting. #FragmentsFriday #Poetry #FallCold #SickLullaby #SoSickItsIck

#fragmentsfriday #poet #poetry #poem #diamond

The titaness of Tonna thanks the scallywag of Sketty @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social for delighting her with such a wonderful poem 😊

The language and imagery are so striking and potent, @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social! ❤️

Hell of a mess. Published in The Candyman’s Trumpet, guest edited by the titaness of Tonna @carolynthomas.bsky.social #poetry #woods #punk #swansea #clyne

Closing stages of editing Guinevere’s #poetry collection @guinevereclarkpoet.bsky.social

#poetry #self #body

@blackboughpoetry.bsky.social special thanks for @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social for #topTweetTuesday. My #pool has been on my mind lately, among other things.

This week’s #TopTweetTuesday, after Anne Carson, is inspired by the prompts pool, reflections and vision. Thank you, as always, to @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social and @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social

A courteous rejection letter. #poetry #writing #rejections #amwriting

#smallpoemsunday Thanks @tomsnarsky.bsky.social #poetry #writing

‘Urgent, necessary’ poet faces vs real world

#fragmentsfriday #poetry #poetic

Joint 🥉 3rd place #fragmentsfriday @poetryman1.bsky.social #poetry

Joint 🥉 3rd place #fragmentsfriday #poetry Phillipa Trelford

2nd place 🥈 #fragmentsfriday #poetry @heavycloud.bsky.social Ryan Hooper

1st place 🥇 #fragmentsfriday #poetry @helenlaycock.bsky.social Helen Laycock 🏆

Hi all #FragmentsFriday poets. Hi & SPECIAL THANKS 🙏 to @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social, @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social. Today's #micropoem is from Paris. Apollo & his muses, upset, Tour Montparnasse's rooftop viewing-point, shut for renovations. THANKS for sharing your #Poetry, & #PoetryCommunity🙏💚

For #fragmentsfriday With thanks to @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social #Oulens #micropoem #micropoetry #poetry #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #blueskypoetry

I just like to look at all the pretty things. ✨ Thanks to @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social and @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social for the prompt and the space #FragmentsFriday brings. #Poetry #CanadianPoet #Micro #Market

For #fragmentsfriday thanks to @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social for this wonderful venue. Better late than never! #WritingCommunity #PoetryCommunity

An offering for #fragmentsfriday organised by the irrepressible @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social