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Matthew M C Smith

@matthewmcsmith

Poet. Writer. Reviewer. Swansea.

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‘A Stranger’, for #smallpoemsunday hosted by @tomsnarsky.bsky.social , who has a poetry collection out soon.

#poem #love #muse #poetry #poet

08.03.2026 08:06 👍 15 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0

What would I like to do with my life? I would like to be someone who didn’t bomb other people to death.

08.03.2026 05:16 👍 13 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
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‘a luminous meditation on the sacred feminine’

@oormilaprahlad.bsky.social on @saraswatinagpal.bsky.social’s ‘Drench Me in Silver’

shorturl.at/YejYQ

07.03.2026 09:35 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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‘One of the most exciting contemporary poets I have read’ @wendycaitlin.bsky.social on @louloumach.bsky.social ‘I Am Not Light’ ❤️‍🔥

shorturl.at/xeInp

07.03.2026 09:42 👍 4 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
Rachel Deering’s book

Rachel Deering’s book

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‘Rachel Deering writes with scalpel-sharp precision’

@brionycollins.bsky.social on @racheldeering.bsky.social ’s ‘In the Shadow of Gods’

www.blackboughpoetry.com/rachel-deering

07.03.2026 09:55 👍 17 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0
Sarah Connor’s book

Sarah Connor’s book

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‘These poems will call you back’

@nessowen.bsky.social on Sarah Connor’s ‘The Poet Spells Her Name’ ❄️
@sarahsouthwest.bsky.social

www.blackboughpoetry.com/sarah-connor...

07.03.2026 10:03 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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‘a gleaming thread through the old map of the imagist landscape’

Ankh Spice on M. S. Evans’s ‘Nights on the Line’ @seagoatscreams.bsky.social

www.blackboughpoetry.com/nights-on-th...

07.03.2026 10:09 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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📣 Winner and 2nd and 3rd places for #fragmentsfriday

Rob Galpin @robgalpin.bsky.social 1st place 🥇

Eileen Carney Hulme. 🥈

@rhonagreene.bsky.social 3rd place 🥉

07.03.2026 10:42 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 1
The Dirigible Balloon, EIC Jonathan Humble.

The Dirigible Balloon, EIC Jonathan Humble.

The Hub a poem by Carmella de Keyser

The Hub a poem by Carmella de Keyser

Class Assembly, a poem by Carmella de Keyser

Class Assembly, a poem by Carmella de Keyser

Happy #WorldBookDay 🎈 Thrilled that my new poem #TheHub found a home today in #TheDirigibleBalloon #kidspoetry bank, a webzine, that inspires so much joy, creativity & elevates our #poetrycommunity. Warmest thanks to EIC @northernjim.bsky.social 🙏🏼
Here is THE HUB & am resharing CLASS ASSEMBLY. 💛

05.03.2026 08:02 👍 12 🔁 6 💬 4 📌 0
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For #fragmentsfriday ‘The Architect of Genocide Responds’.

Picture of Rafah, Gaza.

Dresden, Germany, was one of the most heavily bombed cities in WWII.

#war #ceasefire #genocide

06.03.2026 06:51 👍 10 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Post your startling #poem tomorrow on #fragmentsfriday - we hope to boost and comment on all contributions. Make your micropoem impactful. No blandness. 18 words or less!

05.03.2026 21:53 👍 10 🔁 4 💬 2 📌 0
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It is with great honour I can name the @forwardprizes.bsky.social nominees from The Book Bag: Poetic Voices.

Congratulations 👏

@matthewmcsmith.bsky.social
@thepaulconnolly.bsky.social
@vikkicwrites.bsky.social

05.03.2026 12:08 👍 34 🔁 10 💬 5 📌 3

I’m really honoured and grateful for the @forwardprizes.bsky.social nomination from @paulwritespoems.bsky.social with @thepaulconnolly.bsky.social and @vikkicwrites.bsky.social

Raising the plight of Gazan children is the least we poets can do

05.03.2026 13:50 👍 12 🔁 4 💬 3 📌 0

Delighted to be with you and @vikkicwrites.bsky.social

What an opportunity.

05.03.2026 13:48 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Thrilled to be alongside you Vikki. I’m so grateful to Paul.

05.03.2026 13:48 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A big fat view of the north wing of Fishbourne roman palace including walkways, mosaics, and happy visitors. And crucially no insanity whatsoever.

A big fat view of the north wing of Fishbourne roman palace including walkways, mosaics, and happy visitors. And crucially no insanity whatsoever.

We're happy to announce that we are the last place on earth that hasn't gone *absolutely insane* and are open for visitors.

(This is a time-limited offer)

03.03.2026 19:11 👍 206 🔁 21 💬 9 📌 2

You’re very kind Dean

03.03.2026 19:31 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Cover of my collection, In the Shadow of Gods
Rachel Deering

Cover of my collection, In the Shadow of Gods Rachel Deering

A little reminder that you can buy my last collection on link below and / or review it on Amazon or Goodreads if you’ve been wonderful enough to buy it already. www.goodreads.com/book/show/21... In the Shadow of Gods amzn.eu/d/gRaCt0j

15.01.2026 14:35 👍 84 🔁 20 💬 1 📌 0
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Tonight! 7.30pm! Don't leave it too late to get the zoom link from me or Corinna & register 💚

Come celebrate with us.

@corinnaboard.bsky.social

03.03.2026 13:17 👍 10 🔁 6 💬 2 📌 0
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Unfortunately BSky does not allow multiple media types to be uploaded, so I'm doing this in two separate posts for @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social

03.03.2026 10:40 👍 7 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
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For #promptcombo this week and its theme ‘powerless’, ‘A Strange Case’.

Content warning. Suicide, war crimes. ‼️

#poetry #WritingCommunity #poet #mentalhealth #MentalHealthAwareness

03.03.2026 09:32 👍 36 🔁 11 💬 3 📌 0
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Reading an unpublished poem ‘After Taliesin’ at Cheltenham Poetry Festival online featuring Hanna Koma and Romalyn Ante. Open mic slot.

02.03.2026 19:21 👍 8 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
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For #smallpoemsunday and host @tomsnarsky.bsky.social - look out for the main man’s book with @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social soon.

#poet #poetry #micropoem

01.03.2026 10:12 👍 11 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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14 years since my father went out of stationary orbit.

#fathers #grief #deaths #poetry #poet

28.02.2026 12:12 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Thrilled to be selected along with Dorian Nightingale among so many incredible poems for this week’s #FragmmentsFriday!

Thanks @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social and @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social

28.02.2026 11:00 👍 9 🔁 6 💬 3 📌 0
Carmella de Keyser holding her second collection Chasms. Publisher - Alien Buddha Press.

Carmella de Keyser holding her second collection Chasms. Publisher - Alien Buddha Press.

Front cover of Chasms, by Carmella de Keyser, publisher- the Alien Buddha Press

Front cover of Chasms, by Carmella de Keyser, publisher- the Alien Buddha Press

Fissures, lines, cracks etchings, imperfections in Earth.

Fissures, lines, cracks etchings, imperfections in Earth.

#Chasms originates from the Greek word 'khasma' meaning yawning hollow/gulf. It is also, a profound #divide, #rift or impassable #rupture in the #earth between entities, peoples, #feelings, or ideas.
While writing Chasms, I felt hopeful in bridging all the internal #intersections I was considering.

28.02.2026 10:40 👍 10 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
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a bunch of ice pieces are flying in the air ALT: a bunch of ice pieces are flying in the air

More #fragmentsfriday poems to comment on from yesterday. All
in good time!

28.02.2026 08:02 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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‘Hours after Midnight’, a new #poem for #fragmentsfriday

Happy Friday all.

#poetry #poet #writing #writingcommunity

27.02.2026 07:17 👍 11 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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Hamnet - very good film. 8/10 at the minimum and a lot more for the lead actress Jessie Buckley who kept the film’s emotional weight right through. Tremendous performance. ….

**** out of *****

26.02.2026 07:33 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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New #poem ‘Life as a shuttling bubble-dome’ #poetry #life #breath #breathing

25.02.2026 10:38 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0