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In perhaps the largest, most eclectic volume of previously unpublished poetry in the history of Pacific Northwest literature, Matt Love presents 148 poems written over a 30-year span.

As he writes in the introduction to A Substantial but Incomplete Autobiography in Poems, “I have organized this collection into six categories: Ocean, Love, My Life, Oregon Tavern Age, Homelessness, Probation. These poems serve as a substantial but incomplete autobiography.”

“Confessionals, odes, scatological doggerel, polemics, tankas, haiku, prose, psalms, requiems, observations, love letters, lamentations, lyrics, stream of consciousness, meditations, lists, riffs, a eulogy, a sermon, a commencement speech, found poetry, tributes, elegies. I threw it all into an ancient cement mixer and hand cranked that concrete beast while watching blue herons undulate overhead and drinking red wine as the husky snoozed in his dirt fort. The result: A Substantial but Incomplete Autobiography in Poems, something merging where Charles Bukowski, Richard Hugo, Mary Oliver and Liz Phair blend together.”

None of Love's poems were ever submitted to poetry journals, contests or magazines, making this collection a true renegade project of passion and readable to any denizen of a coastal dive bar.

Some Things Going On

The Wordless Street Sign

The Usual RV/Trailer Suspects

Oregon Tavern Age: Birthday

Reflections on the Great Recession of 2008-09

Smoky Returns

Scenes of Steve Prefontaine (Scene 6)

Scenes of Steve Prefontaine (Scene 5)

Scenes of Steve Prefontaine (Scene 4)

Scenes of Steve Prefontaine (Scene 3)

Scenes of Steve Prefontaine (Scene 2)

Scenes of Steve Prefontaine (Scene 1)

On Maintenance

Return to Old Town

Recent Experiences

Oregon Tavern Age: The 82^nd Avenue River

Oregon Homeless Age: OHA

Scenes from Charleston, Oregon

Waiting at the Airport

Charging

Bob Cratchit’s EBITDA

Coffee Shop Ruminations

Meditations on My Writing

The Short History of an Oregon Seventh Grade Football Season (Part 5)

The Short History of an Oregon Seventh Grade Football Season (Part 4)

The Short History of an Oregon Seventh Grade Football Season (Part 3)

The Short History of an Oregon Seventh Grade Football Season (Part 2)

The Short History of an Oregon Seventh Grade Football Season (Part 1)

Of Walking in Homelessness

Baby Beaver

A Short History of Christmas in an Oregon Logging Camp

F*** You, It’s Christmas

Oregon Tavern Age: Trumpian Hallmark Movie

Takin’ it to the Streets Hallmark Homeless Christmas (Part 6)

Takin’ it to the Streets Hallmark Homeless Christmas (Part 5)

Takin’ it to the Streets Hallmark Homeless Christmas (Part 4)

Takin’ it to the Streets Hallmark Homeless Christmas (Part 3)

Takin’ it to the Streets Hallmark Homeless Christmas (Part 2)

Takin’ it to the Streets Hallmark Homeless Christmas (Part 1)

The Productivity Company