Matthew Welton

Matthew Welton was born in 1969 in Nottingham. He teaches creative writing at The University of Bolton. His poetry has appeared in Faber's First Pressings and New Poetries 2 (Carcanet). The Book of Matthew won the Jerwood-Aldeburgh First Collection Prize 2003.

For Matchbox 11 Matthew has given you the very special gift of his signature, written in invisible ink on the box. Where? Do you trust us? You need ultra violet light.

He has also given this wonder, Poppy, not available in the box, exclusive here until his new book arrives. See below for delights

Poppy

Scout puts a record on. In the kitchen sits Tujiko. Naomi and Damon eat too
much rice. I came back from Sao Paulo expecting twins.

Joanna and Rachid have a feel for the seasons and an amateur interest in
entomology. I cycled slowly into the small green field. Somewhere on the tape
there’s someone singing hymns.

After the sun sets, the sound of a piano is like a gradual fluctuation in the colour of the clouds. The birds were reappearing; the wind is on its way.

Bailey is thought to have abandoned his wife in a house in Manhattan built
from small wooden blocks. The store proprietor drove through London. Mika
and Philippe are righteous people.

Ursula started to bore me. Thurston started to bore me. Sunlight becomes
twilight; flowers bloom and it rains. McGregor restrains his impressive voice.

I never understood my conversation with Didi. I expect Jakob to separate
from Yoshimi, his wife. My older brother stood away from my friends. I’m
sitting on a sofa with maracas in my hands.