Matthew Clough : Writing

Cold Coffee

Cold Coffee

A Poem by Matthew Clough


It was just one of those days. Finding yourself in the back booth at the old corner café, reading the weather report in a ..
Having To

Having To

A Poem by Matthew Clough


Having forgotten what it felt like To fall in love, I thought it easier To respond with a tiny “yes” than To tear apart the f..
Choke

Choke

A Poem by Matthew Clough


Sometimes I pull on stray cats’ tails until they get annoyed and either bite my wrists or flee around the corner drugstore, chirping ..
Love

Love

A Poem by Matthew Clough


I fell in love once, long ago, thinking that it was everything - I had one shot at this phenomenon, kissing her slowly on the forehead, ..
Promises

Promises

A Poem by Matthew Clough


When I fell asleep next to you, promising to write you a poem about the stars, I did not realize that the only things that might come to ..
Tears of a Mother

Tears of a Mother

A Poem by Matthew Clough


Is there nothing so sad as the tears of a mother? The woman who, regardless, stands at the sink washing dinner dishes: the..
Red Sun

Red Sun

A Poem by Matthew Clough


Glossy through your white lace drapes it ignites the tips of shadowy pines, candelabra on the narrow kitchen table. There’s only ro..
Shadow

Shadow

A Poem by Matthew Clough


Never, they say, and I concede,because no one ever botheredto put always in my vocabulary,and I couldn’t muster the strengthto find it buried in..
Loneliness

Loneliness

A Poem by Matthew Clough


I came upon a bright white canvas in the alley dumpster behind my house. Someone had left it there to dissolve in the rain, two black..
Frayed

Frayed

A Story by Matthew Clough


An aging couple struggles with their deteriorating marriage in the face of loss and conflicting philosophies of grief while traveling through the outs..