Matthew M C Smith
@matthewmcsmith.bsky.social
Poet. Writer. Reviewer. Swansea.
A labour of love 🕯️ ❤️🔥 🕯️
Incredible writers and a super artist!
Hopefully out end of the week 📖 💝
Incredible writers and a super artist!
Hopefully out end of the week 📖 💝
A proof copy of our Christmas-Winter anthology no. 6, which should be available by the end of the week!
Cover and artwork by Gower artist Emma Bissonnet
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#poetry #Christmas #books #xmas #winter
Cover and artwork by Gower artist Emma Bissonnet
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#poetry #Christmas #books #xmas #winter
November 25, 2025 at 8:56 PM
A labour of love 🕯️ ❤️🔥 🕯️
Incredible writers and a super artist!
Hopefully out end of the week 📖 💝
Incredible writers and a super artist!
Hopefully out end of the week 📖 💝
'How different it would be
if they were
Instagrammable,
non-Muslim,
milky-white
babies,
yummy mummies'
precious cargo'
Foodbanks, Gaza, hopelessness, racism & unconscious bias.
#poetry #writingcommunity #poetic #writing #Gaza #Foodbanks
if they were
Instagrammable,
non-Muslim,
milky-white
babies,
yummy mummies'
precious cargo'
Foodbanks, Gaza, hopelessness, racism & unconscious bias.
#poetry #writingcommunity #poetic #writing #Gaza #Foodbanks
November 24, 2025 at 8:56 PM
'How different it would be
if they were
Instagrammable,
non-Muslim,
milky-white
babies,
yummy mummies'
precious cargo'
Foodbanks, Gaza, hopelessness, racism & unconscious bias.
#poetry #writingcommunity #poetic #writing #Gaza #Foodbanks
if they were
Instagrammable,
non-Muslim,
milky-white
babies,
yummy mummies'
precious cargo'
Foodbanks, Gaza, hopelessness, racism & unconscious bias.
#poetry #writingcommunity #poetic #writing #Gaza #Foodbanks
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Out winter anthology from last year in paperback and hardback with artwork by Emma Bissonnet 🔥 ❄️ 🔥 ❄️ 🔥 ❄️
www.blackboughpoetry.com/christmas-wi...
www.blackboughpoetry.com/christmas-wi...
November 23, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Out winter anthology from last year in paperback and hardback with artwork by Emma Bissonnet 🔥 ❄️ 🔥 ❄️ 🔥 ❄️
www.blackboughpoetry.com/christmas-wi...
www.blackboughpoetry.com/christmas-wi...
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‘rife. dark. organ-blood tinged’ 🩸
@jakkybankong-obi.bsky.social’s #SilverBranch feature.
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@jakkybankong-obi.bsky.social’s #SilverBranch feature.
www.blackboughpoetry.com/jakky-bankon...
November 24, 2025 at 8:55 AM
‘rife. dark. organ-blood tinged’ 🩸
@jakkybankong-obi.bsky.social’s #SilverBranch feature.
www.blackboughpoetry.com/jakky-bankon...
@jakkybankong-obi.bsky.social’s #SilverBranch feature.
www.blackboughpoetry.com/jakky-bankon...
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Last year’s Christmas - Winter anthology featuring Matthew Hollis, a dazzling array of poetic talent, and artwork by Emma Bissonnet.
❄️ 🧊 🐻❄️ 🌟 🌊
www.blackboughpoetry.com/christmas-wi...
❄️ 🧊 🐻❄️ 🌟 🌊
www.blackboughpoetry.com/christmas-wi...
November 24, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Last year’s Christmas - Winter anthology featuring Matthew Hollis, a dazzling array of poetic talent, and artwork by Emma Bissonnet.
❄️ 🧊 🐻❄️ 🌟 🌊
www.blackboughpoetry.com/christmas-wi...
❄️ 🧊 🐻❄️ 🌟 🌊
www.blackboughpoetry.com/christmas-wi...
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Introducing our fourth Christmas -
Winter anthology from two years ago with stunning artwork by Emma Bissonnet
🎄 📖 💝 🧝♀️ 🎅 🛷 ❄️ 🤶
www.blackboughpoetry.com/christmas-wi...
Winter anthology from two years ago with stunning artwork by Emma Bissonnet
🎄 📖 💝 🧝♀️ 🎅 🛷 ❄️ 🤶
www.blackboughpoetry.com/christmas-wi...
November 24, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Introducing our fourth Christmas -
Winter anthology from two years ago with stunning artwork by Emma Bissonnet
🎄 📖 💝 🧝♀️ 🎅 🛷 ❄️ 🤶
www.blackboughpoetry.com/christmas-wi...
Winter anthology from two years ago with stunning artwork by Emma Bissonnet
🎄 📖 💝 🧝♀️ 🎅 🛷 ❄️ 🤶
www.blackboughpoetry.com/christmas-wi...
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Introducing our third Christmas - Winter anthology from three year ago. With beautiful artwork by Emma Bissonnet
🧊 ❄️ ⛄️ 🪵 🔥 🎁
www.blackboughpoetry.com/christmas-wi...
🧊 ❄️ ⛄️ 🪵 🔥 🎁
www.blackboughpoetry.com/christmas-wi...
November 24, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Introducing our third Christmas - Winter anthology from three year ago. With beautiful artwork by Emma Bissonnet
🧊 ❄️ ⛄️ 🪵 🔥 🎁
www.blackboughpoetry.com/christmas-wi...
🧊 ❄️ ⛄️ 🪵 🔥 🎁
www.blackboughpoetry.com/christmas-wi...
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Introducing our very first Christmas - Winter anthology, 5 years ago, with EmmaBissonnet’s gorgeous artwork.
❄️ 🔥 ❄️ 🔥 ❄️ 🔥 ❄️ 🔥 ❄️
www.blackboughpoetry.com/christmas-wi...
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www.blackboughpoetry.com/christmas-wi...
November 24, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Introducing our very first Christmas - Winter anthology, 5 years ago, with EmmaBissonnet’s gorgeous artwork.
❄️ 🔥 ❄️ 🔥 ❄️ 🔥 ❄️ 🔥 ❄️
www.blackboughpoetry.com/christmas-wi...
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www.blackboughpoetry.com/christmas-wi...
Shoutout if you’re up for submitting in the new year for our Christmas & winter anthology! This year’s anthology is out very soon!!! @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social
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November 23, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Shoutout if you’re up for submitting in the new year for our Christmas & winter anthology! This year’s anthology is out very soon!!! @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social
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I have just typed up a load of my #TopTweetTuesday poems from my Twitter feed and I have over forty poems almost enough for a collection !
Huge thanks to @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social and all the Top Tweet poets. #poetry @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social
Huge thanks to @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social and all the Top Tweet poets. #poetry @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social
November 22, 2025 at 4:36 PM
I have just typed up a load of my #TopTweetTuesday poems from my Twitter feed and I have over forty poems almost enough for a collection !
Huge thanks to @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social and all the Top Tweet poets. #poetry @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social
Huge thanks to @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social and all the Top Tweet poets. #poetry @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social
A.I. Language giveaway.
When the phrase ‘stands as a testament to’ is used and ‘it’s not this and it’s not this, it’s that….’
Annoying and almost everywhere!
When the phrase ‘stands as a testament to’ is used and ‘it’s not this and it’s not this, it’s that….’
Annoying and almost everywhere!
a penguin wearing a wizard hat sits at a desk with a computer and the words let chatgpt do it
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November 18, 2025 at 7:46 PM
A.I. Language giveaway.
When the phrase ‘stands as a testament to’ is used and ‘it’s not this and it’s not this, it’s that….’
Annoying and almost everywhere!
When the phrase ‘stands as a testament to’ is used and ‘it’s not this and it’s not this, it’s that….’
Annoying and almost everywhere!
A new poem - about the almost-invisble male volunteer at the charity shop.
‘The Retired Volunteer Has Nothing to Give’.
‘The Retired Volunteer Has Nothing to Give’.
November 18, 2025 at 6:41 AM
A new poem - about the almost-invisble male volunteer at the charity shop.
‘The Retired Volunteer Has Nothing to Give’.
‘The Retired Volunteer Has Nothing to Give’.
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**CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL!!**
Today, @afterpoetry.com reveals which poems it will publish throughout 2026.
Picking 17 poets from more than 130 submissions was no easy task – so well done to all who made it through selection.
Are you in? Here's where to find out ...
afterpoetry.com/index/poems/...
Today, @afterpoetry.com reveals which poems it will publish throughout 2026.
Picking 17 poets from more than 130 submissions was no easy task – so well done to all who made it through selection.
Are you in? Here's where to find out ...
afterpoetry.com/index/poems/...
All Poems | 2026 | After... Poems inspired by other art
See the full index of ekphrastic poems published by After... in 2026
www.afterpoetry.com
November 16, 2025 at 8:00 AM
**CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL!!**
Today, @afterpoetry.com reveals which poems it will publish throughout 2026.
Picking 17 poets from more than 130 submissions was no easy task – so well done to all who made it through selection.
Are you in? Here's where to find out ...
afterpoetry.com/index/poems/...
Today, @afterpoetry.com reveals which poems it will publish throughout 2026.
Picking 17 poets from more than 130 submissions was no easy task – so well done to all who made it through selection.
Are you in? Here's where to find out ...
afterpoetry.com/index/poems/...
November 15, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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Share, like, boost in whatever way if you would like another Christmas and winter anthology next year - 2026 (and therefore a submission period in the new year) 🎅 🖊️ 📑 💻 ❄️ 🦌 ⛄️ 🎄 🪵 🔥 🎁 💝
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November 14, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Share, like, boost in whatever way if you would like another Christmas and winter anthology next year - 2026 (and therefore a submission period in the new year) 🎅 🖊️ 📑 💻 ❄️ 🦌 ⛄️ 🎄 🪵 🔥 🎁 💝
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It's Saturday! I am freeing up a few pages for last minute winter poems for people NOT already in this Christmas- winter anthology. Can you post up to three poems in a social media post and include the hashtag @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social - I can only take a few, sorry!
#poetry #poetic
#poetry #poetic
a snowman is standing in the snow with the words let it snow
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November 15, 2025 at 12:02 PM
It's Saturday! I am freeing up a few pages for last minute winter poems for people NOT already in this Christmas- winter anthology. Can you post up to three poems in a social media post and include the hashtag @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social - I can only take a few, sorry!
#poetry #poetic
#poetry #poetic
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Short biographies being completed for the proof copy of the Black Bough Christmas-winter anthology, no. 6!
Bios usually take 2-3 hrs to do.
🎄🤶❄️🔔🎁📖
Bios usually take 2-3 hrs to do.
🎄🤶❄️🔔🎁📖
November 13, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Short biographies being completed for the proof copy of the Black Bough Christmas-winter anthology, no. 6!
Bios usually take 2-3 hrs to do.
🎄🤶❄️🔔🎁📖
Bios usually take 2-3 hrs to do.
🎄🤶❄️🔔🎁📖
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Christmas is coming!
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Short biographies being completed for the proof copy of the Black Bough Christmas-winter anthology, no. 6!
Bios usually take 2-3 hrs to do.
🎄🤶❄️🔔🎁📖
Bios usually take 2-3 hrs to do.
🎄🤶❄️🔔🎁📖
November 14, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Christmas is coming!
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❄️ 🛷 ❄️
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This years Christmas-Winter anthology is a bumper 50 pages more than last year's. That can mean only one thing! More poems!
Art work by Gower artist Emma Bissonnet.
Art work by Gower artist Emma Bissonnet.
November 14, 2025 at 7:27 PM
This years Christmas-Winter anthology is a bumper 50 pages more than last year's. That can mean only one thing! More poems!
Art work by Gower artist Emma Bissonnet.
Art work by Gower artist Emma Bissonnet.
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Anyone know a poet Judy Smith - possibly English poet? Judy is a contributor for our Christmas edition but lost her email and bio!
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November 14, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Anyone know a poet Judy Smith - possibly English poet? Judy is a contributor for our Christmas edition but lost her email and bio!
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Proof copy of the Christmas-winter edition has been e-mailed to the poets. Proof by Monday night please!
Actual footage of exhausted editor!
Actual footage of exhausted editor!
November 14, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Proof copy of the Christmas-winter edition has been e-mailed to the poets. Proof by Monday night please!
Actual footage of exhausted editor!
Actual footage of exhausted editor!
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I’m delighted to announce that my debut poetry collection, ‘The Way the Water Held Me’, will be published by The Emma Press in the Spring. Available to pre-order now!
📣 NEW BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT📣 We are delighted to announce the acquisition of THE WAY THE WATER HELD ME by @catherineredford.bsky.social, a heart-wrenching debut about young widowhood
THE WAY THE WATER HELD ME is available to pre-order now
Publishing March 2026 ~ Pre-order here: buff.ly/i1HAi3Y
THE WAY THE WATER HELD ME is available to pre-order now
Publishing March 2026 ~ Pre-order here: buff.ly/i1HAi3Y
November 14, 2025 at 12:16 PM
I’m delighted to announce that my debut poetry collection, ‘The Way the Water Held Me’, will be published by The Emma Press in the Spring. Available to pre-order now!
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Our #openmic - rich, cerebral, inventive work tonight. Two poets new to online open mics who smashed it. Featured poet was Newcastle’s @paulwritespoems.bsky.social
#spokenword #poetry
@iantattum.bsky.social @eleanorholmes.bsky.social @sarahraybould.bsky.social @wrenwoodwrites.bsky.social
#spokenword #poetry
@iantattum.bsky.social @eleanorholmes.bsky.social @sarahraybould.bsky.social @wrenwoodwrites.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Our #openmic - rich, cerebral, inventive work tonight. Two poets new to online open mics who smashed it. Featured poet was Newcastle’s @paulwritespoems.bsky.social
#spokenword #poetry
@iantattum.bsky.social @eleanorholmes.bsky.social @sarahraybould.bsky.social @wrenwoodwrites.bsky.social
#spokenword #poetry
@iantattum.bsky.social @eleanorholmes.bsky.social @sarahraybould.bsky.social @wrenwoodwrites.bsky.social
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Our feature writer at the #openmic this evening. Newcastle poet and blogger @paulwritespoems.bsky.social
#openmic #spokenword
#openmic #spokenword
November 12, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Our feature writer at the #openmic this evening. Newcastle poet and blogger @paulwritespoems.bsky.social
#openmic #spokenword
#openmic #spokenword
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November 12, 2025 at 11:28 PM