Matthew Wilson : Writing

Water on Stone

Water on Stone

A Poem by Matthew Wilson


The world is made of many kinds of substance and words are the same. Some are fluid and can only undermine as a passive power like the constant lies ..
Autumn Leaves

Autumn Leaves

A Poem by Matthew Wilson


A poem which celebrates the bittersweet falling away that is the ineluctable twilight of days, seasons and lives.
Your Lips

Your Lips

A Poem by Matthew Wilson


'Stolen' (hopefully) from Pablo Neruda’s ‘Your Hands’, a family favourite.
Hurtling

Hurtling

A Poem by Matthew Wilson


Simple, joyful metaphor of how Swallows dive down and then swoop upwards as they take off from their nests, where words are my air that give upwards t..