Books
A Portable Bohemia
poems by David Matthews
illustration by Kelsey Mosley
2008
27 pp., $6
The poetry of David Matthews is haunting and calming, surreal and direct, like being hit by a freight train covered in pillows. You feel as if you stepped onto a new planet, a planet that holds the true promise and understanding of poetry. To read his poems is to see his very soul while simultaneously gaining insight into your own.
— Curtis Whitecarroll, author of drowning of thirst and psalms and suicide
Notes to One Who Is Far from Here
poems from the Little 5 Points years with drawings by Jim Darlington
2003
23 pp., $5
The thing I remember about first reading one of Dave’s
poems was my initial reaction and comment, “He has
poetry in his soul.” That is how I measure a poet. Is he
merely a clever wordsmith or truly and deeply a poet?
Dave Matthews is both. That is why I tracked him down
and asked for permission to publish “Home” at
Quill and Parchment.
– Sharmagne Leland-St.John
Editor-in-Chief
Quill and Parchment
Please contact me through the website Contact page if you are interested in making a purchase or if you would like more information.
A little further down the line the novels I Wanted to Feel Exalted, The Winter Within, and Next Time We Talk will be offered for download in a pdf format. This will probably begin with the more recent Next Time We Talk and will be a bit of a project. More anon.
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