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In perhaps the largest, most eclectic volume of previously unpublished poetry in the history of Pacific Northwest literature, Matt Love presents 148 poems written over a 30-year span.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

Grieving with my Father

A Thompson Twins Moment

December 15, 2020, Noon, Rural Oregon Grocery Store

Of Walking in Winter Rain

Declarative Oregon Sentences

Corona Virus Thoughts #20

Secret Coast Radio #26

The Most Forlorn Nativity Scene in the World

Cannabis Christmas News

Tom McCall Reads Twas the Night Before Christmas

Linda’s Christmas Grove (Part 6)

Linda’s Christmas Grove (Part 5)

Linda’s Christmas Grove (Part 4)

Linda’s Christmas Grove (Part 3)

Linda’s Christmas Grove (Part 2)

Linda’s Christmas Grove (Part 1)

Memo to Hallmark Christmas Movie Producers

Psilocybin Santa (Part 4)

Psilocybin Santa (Part 3)

Psilocybin Santa (Part 2)

Psilocybin Santa (Part 1)

The Gift of a Football

Hide and Seek

Beach Love Graffiti

The New Joys of Jello Chronicles Part 7

The New Joys of Jello Chronicles Part 6

Oregon Coast Christmas Tales on Sale!

The New Joys of Jello Chronicles Part 5

The New Joys of Jello Chronicles Part 4

The New Joys of Jello Chronicles Part 3

The New Joys of Jello Chronicles Part 2

The New Joys of Jello Chronicles Part 1

Oregon Coast Christmas Tales

A Friend’s Meditations on Dementia

The Imminent Disappearance of a Fort

The Throw

Corona Virus Thoughts #19

Secret Coast Radio #25

Pick Up Your Trash 2

A Thousand Posts