Matthew Clough : Writing

Visionary

Visionary

A Poem by Matthew Clough


I glimpsed my future when the fog rolled in and I killed myself on the concrete divider, doing 117 in the rain. There were Ju..
Steinbeck in Postmodern America

Steinbeck in Postmodern America

A Poem by Matthew Clough


I watch my mother through the sliding glass door. She’s standing at the chipped kitchen counter in her flour-speckled red checkered a..
Perhaps We Amount to Nothing

Perhaps We Amount to Nothing

A Poem by Matthew Clough


You are an artist, or at least you were once, in the high school days. You bent thin wire into lions, sketched an eye draped in shado..
Forgiveness

Forgiveness

A Poem by Matthew Clough


I’m as bitter as the coffee I drink at sunrise, as begrudging as the stars vanishing in flame, as desperate as the moon to remain in bl..
Fallen Angels

Fallen Angels

A Story by Matthew Clough


You’re descending the stairs in a simple black dress, your right hand gliding along the wooden bannister. “I’m leaving now, ba..
Violet Velvet Oblivion

Violet Velvet Oblivion

A Poem by Matthew Clough


See also: Cat's Cradle, Chapter 110
New America

New America

A Poem by Matthew Clough


There’s a man in a turban on the corner. He is juggling three bowling pins, all striped like peppermint candy canes. And I pause fo..
English/Math

English/Math

A Poem by Matthew Clough


what if flowers were made of petals and in them were infinite loops of fractal mathematics we can’t comprehend because we all major..
 Mosaic Heart

Mosaic Heart

A Poem by Matthew Clough


I think in poetry, each notion a line from an unknown poem, one I haven’t written, one I never will. My heart does what it ..
Queen of Yellow Lights

Queen of Yellow Lights

A Poem by Matthew Clough


F**k, she mutters, as the green burns out, and the sun starts to rise, blinding the eyes of the weary. S**t, she murmurs, as ..