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In perhaps the largest, most eclectic volume of previously unpublished poetry in the history of Pacific Northwest literature, Matt Love presents 148 poems written over a 30-year span.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

Thank You Godfather’s Books

God Sent Me

Dogs Raining (reigning) in My Mind Part 7

Kindness and Gratitude Prompts_Possible Submission of Piece for Publication

Lines Written in the Kindness/Gratitude Workshop

Notes from the City

Oregon Tavern Age: First Date

Duct Tape Repairs

Yet Another Short Story from the City

Thoughts on James Cain and Smiles

Charles Bukowski On Writing

Bonnie and Clyde Files 39

The Old Seal

Dogs Raining (Reigning) in My Mind Part 6

Unknown at the Jetty

January Meditations Overlooking Youngs’ Bay

Oregon Tavern Age: Double D New Year

Bonnie and Clyde Files 38

Coaching Service for Aspiring Authors Launched in Astoria

Probation Poem MLK Day

Oregon Tavern Age: Keno Hamburger

Bonnie and Clyde Files 37

Oregon Tavern Age: Tiny’s Tavern and the Legend of Evelyn Part 2

Oregon Tavern Age: Tiny’s Tavern and the Legend of Evelyn Part 1

Ruminations on Rilke

Smoke Eyes Tell the Truth

Probation Poem 1-8-18

On Friendship

Short Story from the City of Rain

Oregon Tavern Age: Cowbell

Dogs Raining (reigning) in My Mind Part 5

Dogs Raining (reigning) in My Mind Part 4

Dogs Raining (reigning) in My Mind Part 3

Dogs Raining (reigning) in My Mind Part 2

Dogs Raining (reigning) in My Mind Part 1

Talking to Mr. Seal

Oregon Tavern Age: Silence

Kindness/Gratitude Writing and Publishing Workshop in Astoria

On a Nativity Scene

Random December Thoughts