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Matthew M C Smith

@matthewmcsmith.bsky.social
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Wild eyed Welsh poet. Anti-discrimination, democracy, rights, transcendence.

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Matthew M C Smith @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
An Autumn #poem for ya 🛹 🔥 🍃 🍂 🍁 A bitta sillyswivel #poetry #skating #skateboard
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Matthew M C Smith @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
#gaza #genocide #GazaKids #smallpoemsunday
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Black Bough Poetry @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A last share of the most recent book of the month by former guest editor, writer and poet, Kitty Donnelly, whose #poetry collection ‘In Dangerous Hours’ is reviewed by editor @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social www.blackboughpoetry.com/book-reviews...
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Black Bough Poetry @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
‘These poems do not terrify though…’ George Sandifer-Smith on Polly Oliver’s ‘Edges of Our Days’, a #poetry book for the summer and for 2026. www.blackboughpoetry.com/polly-oliver... #swansea #Gower #poetry #poetic #Mumbles @pollyoliverwales.bsky.social
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Black Bough Poetry @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
1st place #fragmentsfriday Ryan Hooper #poetry 🥇 🔥 🏆
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Black Bough Poetry @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
2nd place #fragmentsfriday Ella Winters #poetry 🥈 🔥 @ella-b-winters.bsky.social
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Black Bough Poetry @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
🥉 3rd place #fragmentsfriday Ashley Linkletter #poetry
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Matthew M C Smith @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
‘If I had to describe poetry Beautiful contagion, ghost-code— infestation.’ #poetry #fragmentsfriday
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Matthew M C Smith @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Commuting / in my head— / to poems
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Matthew M C Smith @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
‘Late Arrival’… ‘You come, screeching, blowing out your lights…’ #poetry #poetsofbluesky
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Matthew M C Smith @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
‘Abstractions’ - a #poem. #poetsofbluesky #poetry #writing
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Matthew M C Smith @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I’m touched to share that a poem, written in memory of a dear trans friend who has passed away, has been accepted for publication. This piece is a tribute to their life and sass. I think Paula would be delighted for mini (skirt) immortalisation. Out in Nov.
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Matthew M C Smith @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
A flush of acceptances for the Christmas and Winter anthology no 7 with @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social - excellent submissions and a tricky project.
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Snow Day
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Matthew M C Smith @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Two poetry submissions today to UK and American presses. Keep moving forward!
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Leave Me to Focus
ALT: Leave Me to Focus
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Matthew M C Smith @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
No, I do not mind not getting my poetry into the next edition if my work is going to be considered for the following edition. Thank you, editor.
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Thanks A Bunch Banana Meme
ALT: Thanks A Bunch Banana Meme
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Matthew M C Smith @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
A #poem for #smallpoemsunday #poetry #poetic #amwriting
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Matthew M C Smith @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
New bookshop in town Milkwood Books - picked up these books from @serenbooks.bsky.social - #AlunLewis and @kristianevans.bsky.social #poetry #books #swansea #swanseamarket
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Black Bough Poetry @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
3rd place 🥉 #fragmentsfriday #poetry #writing Ryan Hooper
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Black Bough Poetry @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Joint 3rd 🥉 #fragmentsfriday Ian Richardson #poetry 🔥
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Black Bough Poetry @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
2nd place 🥈 #fragmentsfriday @hool415.bsky.social 🔥 #poetry
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Black Bough Poetry @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
1st place 🥇 #fragmentsfriday @helenlaycock.bsky.social #poetry #poetsofbluesky
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Matthew M C Smith @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
For #fragmentsfriday a #poem for my youngest daughter. #childhood #teenageyears #poetry
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Matthew M C Smith @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
‘The darker times’ 🌚🍁 Autumn can be beautiful but when S.A.D. hits. #poetry #mentalhealth #poet #poem #mentalhealthawareness
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Matthew M C Smith @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
In cities or far away, I cannot help thinking about Gower and the wild coasts of South Wales. A haunting. ‘Water has its own life’. #poem #poetry #rivers #water #gower
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Black Bough Poetry @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Our #poet of the month on the #SilverBranch project for Sept '26 - L.J. Ireton @literaryvegan.bsky.social 'The sun burns a butter-pearl disc 🌄 in the smoke-silk fog, the trees turn gothic in the veil.' shorturl.at/DMRXC 🔗 #poetry #poetrylovers #imagism
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Matthew M C Smith @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
For #smallpoemsunday to go with my poem ‘Under Protective Eye’ @tomsnarsky.bsky.social #poetry #poet
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Matthew M C Smith @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
For #smallpoemsunday ‘Under Protective Eye’. Thanks to platformer @tomsnarsky.bsky.social #poetry #poet
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Black Bough Poetry @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Joint 1st place 🥇 Ashley Linkletter #fragmentsfriday
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Black Bough Poetry @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Joint 1st place 🥇#fragmentsfriday L J Ireton
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Black Bough Poetry @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Joint 🥈 🔥 2nd place #fragmentsfriday C Oulens @owlnsquirrels1111.bsky.social
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Black Bough Poetry @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Joint 2nd place #fragmentsfriday 🥈🔥 @saraswatinagpal.bsky.social
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Black Bough Poetry @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
3rd place on #fragmentsfriday 🥉 🔥 @richlyevocative.bsky.social
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Matt Gilbert @richlyevocative.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
For #fragmentsfriday @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social
A short poem
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Matthew M C Smith @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
When truth strikes back. #fragmentsfriday #poetry #poetic
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Black Bough Poetry @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Our #SilverBranch feature for August, Cardiff writer @elizafevwrites.bsky.social #poet #poetry www.blackboughpoetry.com/august-26-el...
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Black Bough Poetry @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
📖 Edges of Our Days by Polly Oliver — a debut poetry collection exploring memory, emotion and the quiet intensity of everyday life. “Lyrically inventive and vividly, intensely experienced.” — Laura Wainwright shorturl.at/vf68M #Poetry #PoetryCommunity #PoetryBooks
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Matthew M C Smith @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
🍁 🍂 🪵 🔥 ‘Another Turn of Autumn’ a new #poem about the turn of the seasons. ‘Where is the hope when the weathervane turns frenetic’ #autumn #poetry #seasons #poet
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Heavy Cloud @heavycloud.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
This week’s #fragmentsfriday – written scrolling under blue light. Thank you to @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social and @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social for hosting, and thank you to the supportive community🙏
MERETRICIOUS


Inside dopamine's
sleepless oubliette,
yet another facefeed:

I scrollsuck idolskin,
thumbdrift fameflesh –

riddle mime-self
with worthrot
by coffinlight.


Ryan Hooper
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Finn Cassidy @finncassidy.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Hi all #FragmentsFriday poets. Hi & SPECIAL THANKS 🙏 to @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social, @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social. Happy to share my 14-word #micropoem: Old Grey Is The New Gold THANKS for sharing your #Poetry, & #PoetryCommunity🙏💚
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DoraArtist @doraartist.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
@blackboughpoetry.bsky.social for #fragmentsfriday Many thanks @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social for hosting and to all of the wonderful poets participating and commenting. #WritingCommunity #PoetryCommunity #MicroPoem
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M.F. Sutherland @megsdregs.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Today’s #FragmentsFriday is inspired by a human moment at a crosswalk. Thanks to @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social of @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social for creating this space. #Poetry #Townies #Sinfonia #CanadianPoet
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Matthew M C Smith @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Cultural exploitation, appropriation, culture plunder, call it what you will. For #fragmentsfriday a poem in protest. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 #wales #cymru #welsh #poetry
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Matthew M C Smith @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Prompts for TopTweetTuesday on Twitter next week #poetry #writing #writingprompt
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Matthew M C Smith @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
DM me if you are interested in a poetry reading, workshop or talk. #poetry #writing #creativewriting #workshops #poetsofbluesky
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Matthew M C Smith @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Harvest time in the back garden. Millions of runner beans, tiny onions, ugly but v tasty beetroot & a second round of potatoes. 🧅 🥔 🌱 The pumpkins look amazing 🎃 #poetry #gardening #harvest
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Paul @paulwritespoems.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
After the success of The Book Bag's first anthology Unwhispered Legacy, I've decided to give it another go and raise more vital funds for MSF. This time I am joined by Guest Editor Leia Butler. Full details in the link, submissions open throughout November.
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The Book Bag: Anthology II – Concealed Revelations
Welcome. On the back of the success of Unwhispered Legacy, I thought it would be worthwhile to create a second PDF anthology, again raising much needed funds for Médecins Sans Frontières. This time, I am happy to announce that my guest editor is Leia Butler of Full House Literary. There are no rules on theme and form for this edition however it would be worthwhile for you to read…
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Matthew M C Smith @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Sunday reading - ‘Terrible Mother’ by @benedictan.bsky.social @blackcatpress.bsky.social - beautifully produced and hard-hitting
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Matthew M C Smith @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
We’ve learned enough as poets, readers & organisers that we shouldn’t be repeating, or creating new, elites and structures. There’s so much of it going on. Keep poetry * democratic * and free of hierarchies & false idols. Like what you like! #poetry #writing #readers
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And The Truth Shall Set You Free
ALT: And The Truth Shall Set You Free
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Matthew M C Smith @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Lock up your daughters. The lads are out in the fairground. 🎡 🎢 🍿 #toxicmasculinity #poetry #women #girls #sexism #incels
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Matthew M C Smith @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Never seen a poem about festival mothers in their dry robes and Bergen boots? You’ve got one now. 💄 👄 Some people are immaculate and powerful. I swore I’d never use the phrase ‘liminal edge’. You’re welcome to share, like, repost & comment. #smallpoemsunday #danceislife #ibiza #housemusic
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