Matthew Bass : Writing

The Ink Of An Unknown Poem

The Ink Of An Unknown Poem

A Poem by Matthew Bass


I think aloud about the direction fate will take us, my love, because this world hurts me far too much. The response of fight gives way to flight as ..
Crossroad

Crossroad

A Poem by Matthew Bass


I see no light at the crossroadbecause the coast is still months away,but my feet stopped aching days agoThe more I walkthe less the cold winddrags ag..
Apocalypse(Can´t Come Fast Enough)

Apocalypse(Can´t Come Fast Enough)

A Poem by Matthew Bass


I do not runat the pace of accomplishment.I am far too carelessto allow myselfto be unravelledfrom the stringsof my emotions.The weeks and monthstick ..
Zen

Zen

A Poem by Matthew Bass


I´m boiling the tea you bought,it´s important to brew it perfectlyThe book is almost completewhile mine has barely begunThe park wasn&acut..
The Remnant: Slow Death And Drunken Prose From Triskels Pub

The Remnant: Slow Death And Drunken Prose From Tri..

A Poem by Matthew Bass


You shouldn´t scare peoplewho might buy your bookswhen there´s an angle to sell.Reading from the notebookis redundant, and it´s shit..
Blanket

Blanket

A Poem by Matthew Bass


STOP TELLING ME HOWStructures are TO strAight jackets with can you[not] fl..
Decision

Decision

A Poem by Matthew Bass


Smoke in the spring mist sticks to your throat in slimy membranes. The weight of the cross-walk cracks and screams under the deafening gravityof your..
Broken

Broken

A Poem by Matthew Bass


Darkness doesn´t scare me;Isolation does.The cold windblowing soft needlesbetween the thinning threadsof an unwashed blue hoodiedoes scare me.Pr..
Indian Summer

Indian Summer

A Poem by Matthew Bass


I wander wide-eyedretraced drunken paths,footprints embeddedin wet cement.Old structures block the sky.Cheap movie setscursed with the workof a 20 yea..
Clash of Hunt(ers)ington

Clash of Hunt(ers)ington

A Poem by Matthew Bass


Darkness inside the womb. ego screams(at) the light from the four corners of mother. But we, pray to prey upon the altar ..