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Matthew Paul

lives in Rotherham and has worked as a local government education officer since 1992. His first collection, The Evening Entertainment, was published by Eyewear in 2017. He is also the author of two haiku collections, The Regulars (2006) and The Lammas Lands (2015), and co-writer / editor (with John Barlow) of Wing Beats: British Birds in Haiku (2008), all published by Snapshot Press. He co-edited Presence haiku journal, has contributed to the Guardian’s ‘Country Diary’ column, and reviews poetry pamphlets for Sphinx. Matthew Paul’s blog is here.

    Slightly blurred mostly blue picture of a white lighthouse on the end of a pier.

    Life and love

    Matthew Paul reviews Lanyard by Peter Samson (Carcanet, 2022)
    Some mangoes in a basket, and one loose on some large yellowish rocks

    The grief I cast is for me

    Matthew Paul celebrates the life and poetry of Ted Walker
    What does Matthew Paul say?

    What does Matthew Paul say?

    I had a succession of very engaging English teachers. For 'A' level, our texts included Robert Lowell and Donne, both of whom I really enjoyed ...
    a green lawn close up with some bowling balls on it , a red flash on the top left corner reads "The Worlds finest bowls"

    Considering the effects

    Matthew Paul looks at poems featuring bowls by Stephen Payne, Pauline Stainer and Ted Walker
    The three pamphlet covers, Sarah's is white with a green diagonal flash, Judi's has the title in a blue oval on a background pencil drawing of a river and rocks and Hugo's is the shadow of banister railings non a light brown background.

    Three pamphlets: Sarah Mnatzaganian, Judi Sutherland and Hugo Williams

    Matthew Paul reviews Lemonade in the Armenian Quarter by Sarah Mnatzaganian, Maggie Mackay reviews Following Teisa by Judi Sutherland and Hilary Menos reviews Badlands by Hugo Williams
    Black and white image of Patricia Beer, she is wearing a dark jacket and is standing in front of conifers. Her expression is knowing.

    Compassion in strange places

    Matthew Paul on the life and poetry of Patricia Beer
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