Matthew Bass : Writing

Stagnant Water Blues

Stagnant Water Blues

A Poem by Matthew Bass


The first drag sends you to space in the fog of cherry red light bulbs inside large windows of the meat market. Like a child, beckoned by the pe..
Flash Flood

Flash Flood

A Poem by Matthew Bass


The muscles tightenThe chest protrudesThe shoulders broaden The endorphins fly spin race absorb ..
Hurt Feelings Aside,

Hurt Feelings Aside,

A Poem by Matthew Bass


stupid audiences are no worse thanboring poets,boring musicians, boring artistsboring philosophers.If the world is a stage,the audience: (you) amoral ..
La Arcángela

La Arcángela

A Poem by Matthew Bass


I liveddrankand wasted away,without ever knowingfrom one day to the nextbefore the one after that.Many nights(years later)you were in front of mewith ..
PoetryOn A Bus : March 8th 2012 Repeated

PoetryOn A Bus : March 8th 2012 Repeated

A Poem by Matthew Bass


Why do you revile! this book of poetry I read? Why do your stubby fingers shake! with anger? Why does your upper lip quiver? as your blood pressure ri..
Prose:Madness Personified

Prose:Madness Personified

A Poem by Matthew Bass


The years have begunto pass with seasonswatching winter slowlysqueezed out by the sun beltinching north, to wherefrosts no longer singthe dreary melod..
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A Poem by Matthew Bass


4321from a releaseof muscle contracting tensionthe rest of life beginson a spring afternoonstrolling along the river......and it reverberatesthrough-n..
Cubicle

Cubicle

A Poem by Matthew Bass


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I Release Me

I Release Me

A Poem by Matthew Bass


I´m fed up with the monotonyof waking up to the same routineeveryday;the same problemsthe same worriesthe same aspirationsthe same goals,roaming..
Ground Zero

Ground Zero

A Poem by Matthew Bass


A web of vericose crackstip-toe across the concreteon the walk way behind my homeI come to from time to time.Here, I can always breathe easilyunder th..