Matthew Bass : Writing

Mornings Are For Daydreams

Mornings Are For Daydreams

A Poem by Matthew Bass


I woke up with you next to me this morning.Your hourglass waistlineblended in with the horizonoutlined in the darknessof my room.When I cooked breakfa..
The Death of a Year

The Death of a Year

A Poem by Matthew Bass


There was no love to give;only life to accept.I saw no bloodfrom the gunshot woundbetween the toesas my hand let go of hers.The cold, harsh sweat of o..
Madrid, Please Stop

Madrid, Please Stop

A Poem by Matthew Bass


Tonight, I walk with you through the same streets we traveled in poems many years before. I stumble wide-eyed in the same rain water collecting and ..
Counting Dasies

Counting Dasies

A Poem by Matthew Bass


IamsoaloneYesterday.........I shot myself in the foot, to see what would happen. Nothing happened.Just a clean shot between the bone; almost no bloodA..
Madrid Jan 1 2010 (Snapshot of The dead)

Madrid Jan 1 2010 (Snapshot of The dead)

A Poem by Matthew Bass


(True beauty is the collage of a million uglythings)It´safternoonand the streetlights are on.Everyone isdead, asleep, or contemplating another y..
Final ovation

Final ovation

A Poem by Matthew Bass


We held handsUntil we were the only two.I shouldn´t have let go.
Jorge´s Machete

Jorge´s Machete

A Poem by Matthew Bass


Jorge has a rusty macheteAnd likes to show it offNot to be violentBut to say“I am Jorge and I have a machete”Scaring Daniel the artistWho ..
Beloved

Beloved

A Poem by Matthew Bass


Prologuetensionjoyexitementinsecuritylongingfearfrustrationescape.The Royal Palace that drunken night and your red dressI come back here in differ..
Until I Can´t See You

Until I Can´t See You

A Poem by Matthew Bass


The empty feelingbecomes louder and louderas the jet ascends.
Minefield

Minefield

A Poem by Matthew Bass


black cheeriosmonster hill dog cat pet fat stupid nonsense high tipsyI wish I was? I think I am really..