Richly Evocative
So Long and thanks for all the ghosts and hobbits: Robert ‘Bob’ Gilbert 6th October 1942 – 7th June 2026.
Field Guide To a Shelf
Poeting in April
Stylish liars and petrol-pumps in pools of light: digressions on re-reading The Great Gatsby.
Unwhispered Legacy
Brutal Bristol
An underground manifesto…
Rewrite What You Know
28 Tories Later
The Richly Evocative Meaningless Reading Awards 2025
Talking Walking: Podcast interview
An audience with angst: trying on techniques
Three Cheers for a cemetery gate
Performative Readers and Hypocrite Lecteurs
Some place, unplugged
Sometimes, coming close feels like winning anyway
A Love Poem to Libraries
Matt Gilbert – “Locked in”
Reinventing New York through the medium of trousers
Salix Magic
Unfulfilled Playlist
Unamerican
The meaning of ‘Meh’
Adios Twitter
Dear First Name
Postcard from Romania: towers, trees and an unexpected encounter
From Paul Writes Poems blog – The Book Bag – Street Sailing by Matt Gilbert
Ghosts exorcised by art, books & memory, plus unexpected delis. Four recent poems.
Pond warriors & morning stars: four recent poems
In search of the remarkably mundane
Four short poems: The passing comfort of rain, Declaration of a thrush, Belfort and Oaks Avenue.
Three new poems: Brussels to Bruges, Political Donations, No Smoke
Previously, on the me show