Late Blooms For Laughing Ghosts

In Late Blooms for Laughing Ghosts, poet Matthew Riley debuts a deft talent for merging his life experiences with diverse interests and varied influences, giving us his unique and compelling artistic voice. With this first collection, he demonstrates a gift for craft often redolent of Surrealist, Beat, or Asian poetic traditions (to name but a few.) Just as often though, he renders poems with an endearing, confessional style that reflects our times and transforms his personal artistic journey into the common language of our shared humanity. In so doing, he confirms that the life of an artist is always emerging—in any soil or season. – Daniel R. Carrington, Houston Poetry Festival Anthology Chair and Editor of Letter Sent Inland