Accents Publishing
Winged Series - The Winged Series features selections from the Accents Poetry Chapbook contests
•Paperback: 32 pages
•Publisher: Accents Publishing
•Language: English
•ISBN-10: 0984411863
•ISB-13: 978-0984411860
"Matthew Haughton's debut collection honors and extends Kentucky's great literary heritage, which stretches from Greenup to Bowling Green, the 18th century to now. In poems that dare 'pray there's a heaven for snakes,' and dare see a man 'growing like a sycamore out of the untamed earth,' he adds his worthy voice to the chorus." - Frederick Smock, Author of Guest House
This is Matthew Haughton’s debut collection of poetry, written with honest and powerful poems. His well-crafted work is tight and straight from the heart.
The title poem “Bee-coursing Box” follows a man as he returns to a bee tree year after year. This could be an author returning to a piece of work again and again trying to get it right.
I mark the tree and return
Year after year
We grow old
together
Deep into his second life.
“Deer Tongue: A Conversation about Tobacco”reminds me of my times spent in the tobacco fields when I was young.
Crushed leaves
Make smoke,
The senses snap …
I also enjoy “Tracking Seeds” part ii Whirlybirds:
Little pink
fans
spill from
the tree
limbs …
I can vividly see these little whirlybirds flying through the air during the early parts of summer, twirling and swirling.
Haughton writes honestly from nature’s backyard and this is a book worth reading for anyone who is serious about poetry.
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