Introducing a new series of poems by Julian Matthews. Julian is a writer and Pushcart-nominated poet published in The American Journal of Poetry, Autumn Sky Poetry Daily, Borderless Journal, Beltway Poetry Quarterly, Dream Catcher Magazine, Live Encounters Magazine, Lothlorien Poetry Journal and The New Verse News, among others. He is a mixed-race minority from Malaysia and lived in Ipoh for seven years. Currently based in Petaling Jaya, he is a media trainer and consultant for senior management of multinationals on Effective Media Relations, Social Media and Crisis Communications. He was formerly a journalist with The Star and Nikkei Business Publications Inc
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By Julian Matthews
Go on then, blow off you old butthurt kettle
Steam-scream, you wretched daydreamer
What a grown-ass sadsack-windbag
Cranky-canker, cantankerous word-wanker
Shallow-faker, deep-tinkerer
Whiny-whinger, dirty laundry-unloader
Boomer-zoomer, apocalyptic-doomer
Loathed late-bloomer, bemused muse-keeper
Unwoke ember-stoker, twisted fire-starter
Fast-draw verse-tamer, lit-wit poetry-twit
Oh, go on and get off, you uncanny-kenninger
First published in “Words on the Wire 3” Anthology 2026 of the Chapter One writers group, edited by Sue Hill and Bob Walton, Britain.
