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Matthew M C Smith
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Writer. Campaigner for Paviland relics to come back to Swansea. PhD Robert Graves. Author of ‘The Keeper of Aeons’, ed. Black Bough.
Wales, United Kingdom
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    Matthew M C Smith
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    Apr 25
    🔥 🔥 🔥 RELEASED 🔥 🔥 🔥 ‘Shored Fragments: Poems in Response to Eliot’s The Waste Land.’ Edited by @MatthewMCSmith & Kitty Donnelly with over 50 writers and art by Fran Williams. Earlybird price for one week. blackboughpoetry.com/shored-fragmen… #eliot #wasteland @TSEliotSocUK
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    Matthew M C Smith
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    Oct 8, 2019
    Had a really moving e-mail back from a poetry mag today. I sent them the saddest ever poem about my Dad - a piece I’ll never be able to read out loud - instant tears. They’re publishing it and thanked me for sending in ‘sacred work’. Major high point of this writing vocation.
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    Matthew M C Smith
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    Nov 28, 2020
    Don’t give up on a poem you care about & know has worth. One of mine has been rejected several times and I submitted to a journal I love, which I’ve been rejected with 3 years running. Just heard they’re publishing the poem and naming the issue after it. 😬 #staystrong #stamina
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    Matthew M C Smith
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    Feb 9, 2022
    Peace & love to all - it’s my 44th 🎂 and though I can’t eat any of this cake - I’m diabetic - it looks bloody lush. Also have Covid, which isn’t nice, hence the bedraggled look, but being spoilt rotten by my crew 💕 ❤️ 🎉 🥳
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    Matthew M C Smith
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    Jul 1, 2019
    We all get disappointed by poetry rejections. Do not. Bear this in mind: editors are human & imperfect. Editors can have a bad day. Poetry is a matter of taste. Editors can have hundreds, if not 1000s of poems sent. Editors get tired and cross-eyed! Just keep trying one & all👍
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    Matthew M C Smith
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    Jun 16, 2019
    POETS. Looking for an editor for your poems? I am willing to mentor two poets (the right people) for FREE for a period of a year. This will be on the basis of e-mail correspondence. Send a cover e-mail with examples of your poems. You should be aiming to publish a book.
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    Matthew M C Smith
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    Oct 24, 2021
    Updated my own writing page - please stop by and take a look. Share if you’re feeling particularly generous and make sure you have a good day too 😉 #poetry #writing #welshwriting #readers @LitWales #poetrytwitter 🖊 💻 📚 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🌏 👇 blackboughpoetry.com/matthew-m-c-sm…
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    Matthew M C Smith
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    Feb 9, 2024
    The rumours are true - it’s my birthday - 46 - getting vintage! 🎸 🔥 I like this photo so re-sharing.
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    Matthew M C Smith
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    Nov 26, 2023
    A labour of love - the Christmas-winter anthology no. 4 ❤️‍🔥 🖊️ 💎 blackboughpoetry.com/christmas-wint…
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    Matthew M C Smith
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    Jan 25, 2020
    Going to have a drink or two tonight to celebrate an acceptance for a poem I’ve worked on over and over (and over... and a bit more). The poem is special to me and is on the deep-time theme coming out of an adventure last summer. 🙏 #mesolithic
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    Matthew M C Smith
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    Jan 4, 2023
    Post pics of any signed #poetry books you have. I’m lucky enough to own a signed ‘Crow’ 👇 want to see your books…
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    Matthew M C Smith
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    Feb 14, 2024
    This year, I'll celebrate 6 years of a poem being in a Submittable queue. I'll be very sad if it is ever removed.
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    Matthew M C Smith
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    Jul 28, 2021
    One of the main things I’ve learned by submerging myself in poetry for several years. Impactful, inventive, atmospheric, evocative, etc., poetry can be written by anyone. Don’t just look at the published, award winning writers. Look all around you….
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    Matthew M C Smith
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    Mar 9, 2020
    Two poetry acceptances since Friday for journals I’ve wanted to get into, one of which I was rejected by last year. Ive learned by experience to have a dogged, unemotional approach to submissions.
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