Matthew M C Smith
@matthewmcsmith.bsky.social
Poet. Writer. Reviewer. Swansea.
‘the image of the cheeto king rises’ 🇺🇸
On the themes of fascism, authoritarianism and dictatorship, a poem for the weekly event that is #TopTweetTuesday on Twitter
Thanks to all readers and contributors. 🙏
On the themes of fascism, authoritarianism and dictatorship, a poem for the weekly event that is #TopTweetTuesday on Twitter
Thanks to all readers and contributors. 🙏
January 27, 2026 at 6:17 AM
‘the image of the cheeto king rises’ 🇺🇸
On the themes of fascism, authoritarianism and dictatorship, a poem for the weekly event that is #TopTweetTuesday on Twitter
Thanks to all readers and contributors. 🙏
On the themes of fascism, authoritarianism and dictatorship, a poem for the weekly event that is #TopTweetTuesday on Twitter
Thanks to all readers and contributors. 🙏
For @tomsnarsky.bsky.social #smallpoemsunday
‘UnMerry Go Round’.
Hat tip to the main man.
#poet #poetry
‘UnMerry Go Round’.
Hat tip to the main man.
#poet #poetry
January 25, 2026 at 9:25 AM
For @tomsnarsky.bsky.social #smallpoemsunday
‘UnMerry Go Round’.
Hat tip to the main man.
#poet #poetry
‘UnMerry Go Round’.
Hat tip to the main man.
#poet #poetry
January 24, 2026 at 8:54 AM
January 23, 2026 at 9:01 AM
Meeting of #poet-friends - @paulwritespoems.bsky.social and I - editorial team for the next Christmas - winter anthology.
Paul edits The Book Bag 💼 📖 📚
Paul edits The Book Bag 💼 📖 📚
January 20, 2026 at 10:39 PM
Meeting of #poet-friends - @paulwritespoems.bsky.social and I - editorial team for the next Christmas - winter anthology.
Paul edits The Book Bag 💼 📖 📚
Paul edits The Book Bag 💼 📖 📚
‘The poet dresses the impossibly-perfect mannequin in the window of fabrication’
🖊️ 💎
The prompt this week on Twitter’s TopTweetTuesday is ‘egotistical sublime’ and here’s a poem about the idea of originality and poetic genius.
🖊️ 💎
The prompt this week on Twitter’s TopTweetTuesday is ‘egotistical sublime’ and here’s a poem about the idea of originality and poetic genius.
January 20, 2026 at 8:05 AM
‘The poet dresses the impossibly-perfect mannequin in the window of fabrication’
🖊️ 💎
The prompt this week on Twitter’s TopTweetTuesday is ‘egotistical sublime’ and here’s a poem about the idea of originality and poetic genius.
🖊️ 💎
The prompt this week on Twitter’s TopTweetTuesday is ‘egotistical sublime’ and here’s a poem about the idea of originality and poetic genius.
January 19, 2026 at 11:24 AM
For #smallpoemsunday and host @tomsnarsky.bsky.social a new poem ‘Plaintive’. Thanks Tom.
#poetry #writing #poet #smallpoem #micropoem
#poetry #writing #poet #smallpoem #micropoem
January 18, 2026 at 7:46 AM
For #smallpoemsunday and host @tomsnarsky.bsky.social a new poem ‘Plaintive’. Thanks Tom.
#poetry #writing #poet #smallpoem #micropoem
#poetry #writing #poet #smallpoem #micropoem
‘The hounds in that house, stirred in the kish of the tremor’
Before the monster Grendel attacked the great hall.
For #TopTweetTuesday and our theme - tales for children 👹
#norse #beowulf #myth
Before the monster Grendel attacked the great hall.
For #TopTweetTuesday and our theme - tales for children 👹
#norse #beowulf #myth
January 13, 2026 at 8:34 AM
‘The hounds in that house, stirred in the kish of the tremor’
Before the monster Grendel attacked the great hall.
For #TopTweetTuesday and our theme - tales for children 👹
#norse #beowulf #myth
Before the monster Grendel attacked the great hall.
For #TopTweetTuesday and our theme - tales for children 👹
#norse #beowulf #myth
For #smallpoemsunday and host @tomsnarsky.bsky.social a tribute to lovely, shiny, Turkey #teeth 🦷
#poem #poetic #micropoem #dentistry
#poem #poetic #micropoem #dentistry
January 11, 2026 at 12:32 PM
For #smallpoemsunday and host @tomsnarsky.bsky.social a tribute to lovely, shiny, Turkey #teeth 🦷
#poem #poetic #micropoem #dentistry
#poem #poetic #micropoem #dentistry
January 4, 2026 at 2:56 PM
The artificial intelligence of humans. For #smallpoemsunday and its curator @tomsnarsky.bsky.social
Thank you. 🧠
Thank you. 🧠
January 4, 2026 at 6:18 AM
The artificial intelligence of humans. For #smallpoemsunday and its curator @tomsnarsky.bsky.social
Thank you. 🧠
Thank you. 🧠
January 1, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Getting ready at the cafe on the Golden Gate bridge to facilitate a 'Crafting Your Year in Poetry' workshop, starting in 50 minutes, online. A group of writers joining to focus on their poetry objectives for the next 12 months. My, it's chilly up here!
December 30, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Getting ready at the cafe on the Golden Gate bridge to facilitate a 'Crafting Your Year in Poetry' workshop, starting in 50 minutes, online. A group of writers joining to focus on their poetry objectives for the next 12 months. My, it's chilly up here!
Surely the inspiration behind the new monster in @netflix.com #Frankenstein @realgdt.bsky.social? An experimentation with body makeup more than a weta workshop style prosthetics approach. I’d have preferred the latter but a strong remake, nevertheless.
#maryshelley
#maryshelley
December 30, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Surely the inspiration behind the new monster in @netflix.com #Frankenstein @realgdt.bsky.social? An experimentation with body makeup more than a weta workshop style prosthetics approach. I’d have preferred the latter but a strong remake, nevertheless.
#maryshelley
#maryshelley
'a crystal-white, elven world' ❄️
'vinyl crackle of carols' 🎶🎄
With the spirit of Christmas, a new poem 'A Christmas Bonus' for this week's TopTweetTuesday on Twitter and one of the themes, 'nostalgia'. 100 word limit was tough.
Look forward to reading/ hosting.
#poetry #Christmas
'vinyl crackle of carols' 🎶🎄
With the spirit of Christmas, a new poem 'A Christmas Bonus' for this week's TopTweetTuesday on Twitter and one of the themes, 'nostalgia'. 100 word limit was tough.
Look forward to reading/ hosting.
#poetry #Christmas
December 29, 2025 at 8:33 PM
'a crystal-white, elven world' ❄️
'vinyl crackle of carols' 🎶🎄
With the spirit of Christmas, a new poem 'A Christmas Bonus' for this week's TopTweetTuesday on Twitter and one of the themes, 'nostalgia'. 100 word limit was tough.
Look forward to reading/ hosting.
#poetry #Christmas
'vinyl crackle of carols' 🎶🎄
With the spirit of Christmas, a new poem 'A Christmas Bonus' for this week's TopTweetTuesday on Twitter and one of the themes, 'nostalgia'. 100 word limit was tough.
Look forward to reading/ hosting.
#poetry #Christmas
Christmas book present
#poetry #seamusheaney @faberbooks.bsky.social #MatthewHollis #rosielaven #BernardODonoghue #poetic #irishpoetry
#poetry #seamusheaney @faberbooks.bsky.social #MatthewHollis #rosielaven #BernardODonoghue #poetic #irishpoetry
December 27, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Christmas book present
#poetry #seamusheaney @faberbooks.bsky.social #MatthewHollis #rosielaven #BernardODonoghue #poetic #irishpoetry
#poetry #seamusheaney @faberbooks.bsky.social #MatthewHollis #rosielaven #BernardODonoghue #poetic #irishpoetry
December 19, 2025 at 8:17 AM
December 7, 2025 at 12:16 PM
When nothing in life can be normal when there is butchery, extermination, forced starvation and genocide.
#gaza #gazaunderattack #genoci̇dei̇ngaza #genocide #gazachildren
#gaza #gazaunderattack #genoci̇dei̇ngaza #genocide #gazachildren
November 29, 2025 at 9:47 AM
When nothing in life can be normal when there is butchery, extermination, forced starvation and genocide.
#gaza #gazaunderattack #genoci̇dei̇ngaza #genocide #gazachildren
#gaza #gazaunderattack #genoci̇dei̇ngaza #genocide #gazachildren
November 29, 2025 at 7:16 AM
'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