WRITING IN SUMMER
By “writing”
I mean
boozing
and snoozing
and listening to “Suzanne”
by Leonard Cohen
THE LONGING
to write
“no longer”
The longing
to write
“is stronger
than ever”
ABOVE THE FRAY
How tender the need
to venture
flight
to write
above the fray
How tender the need
to lob
a fresh bouquet
to my friends and legends
of the tower
NOW OR NEVER
I didn’t write
anything
down
and now
shit’s gone
forever
Biographical Statement
Matthew Klane lives and writes in Albany, NY. His books of poetry include Of the Day (Publication Studio 2025), Hist (w/ James Belflower, Calamari 2022), Canyons (w/ James Belflower, Flimb Press 2016), Che (Stockport Flats 2013), and B (Stockport Flats 2008). An e-book My is online at FENCE. In 2025, as well, he released his first record, Too Little Too Late, available on all of your streaming platforms. A poetry cassette with Warren Longmire is forthcoming from Elis Press and Spiral Editions. The founder and co-editor of Flim Forum Press, Matthew currently co-curates the poetry and performance series Salon Salvage.