SPI's Featured Poet
Matthew Elmore
BIOGRAPHY
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Matthew Elmore is currently employed at an air compressor factory and caring for his elderly mother while living in Black Knat Kentucky. A graduate of Western Illinois University with a bachelors degree in Broadcasting, he was an editor of the WIU literary short story/poetry magazine for three years 1995-1998, art model, and singer in various rock bands.
He published his first book of poetry Constellation Road in 2023, with a new book in the works. A poet and musician at heart, he currently enjoys quality family time, writing and promoting poetry, as well as traveling with his girlfriend seeking new places and adventures.
Currently Matthew Elmore is an ambassador for Wheelsong Books out of Plymouth England under owner and publisher Steve Wheeler. He is an active administrator on Facebook Invisible Poets and moderator on Wheelsong Poetry Groups, creating weekly exercises for aspiring artists.
His book, Constellation Road, is the stunning debut poetry collection. Matt's writing draws on spectacular confections of words, lines and bars that shimmer as they flow. His verse is observed by an earthy, ironic eye for the preposterous that is hidden inside the prosaic and yet still manages to exercise a social conscience that is deeper than the ocean. His titles are compelling and at times flamboyant, his verse rushes at you like a speeding locomotive. His poetry presents you with a feast of lines, internal rhymes and counter-tempos that arrive rapidly and leave you wishing for more.
See the below link for a sample of his work.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/skylarkpoetrsocity/permalink/1145752879739758/?mibextid=UyTHkb
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