BREAKING NEWS: my new poetry compilation THREE A.M. is available on Amazon now (get it HERE)! Over 250 of my poems in one book! Get more info/watch a book trailer below:
Over the years, acclaimed writer Matt Burns has written novels, memoirs, short stories, essays and screenplays but one style of writing he never thought he would try was poetry. This was because he was intimidated by the form and the rhymes. Also...well, let's face it folks: he thought poetry was wussy.
Burns' attitude changed, however, one night in January 2013 at around three o'clock in the morning. He was surfing through Netflix and stumbled upon a documentary on the unconventional poet Charles "Hank" Bukowski. Burns was immediately fascinated by Bukowski's work and realized that poetry didn't need form or rhymes. Also, poems could be about non-wussy things that were gritty! And raw!
That night, Burns tried writing his very first poem. It went well. It went really well. From that point forward, Burns was officially bitten by the poetry bug, and thus ensued a four-year period where Burns pretty much wrote nothing but poetry.
"THREE A.M." is a collection of that poetry.
At times very dark, at other times very funny, Burns' raw and gritty poetry is a must-read for fans of the Bukowski poetic style. Subjects range from politics to social studies to current events, media, philosophy, psychology, spirituality, religion, human nature, sex, drinking, love, hate...and much, much more. There are over 250 poems in this diverse collection of poetry so there is bound to be something for everyone.
I don't know much about politics I never know who to believe I never know who's doing right So much confusion out there Lies Deceit Illusions But then I realize there's a litmus test Figure out who the mainstream media dislikes And then I'll know who's doing right Because mainstream media Is corporate owned media And what the corporations want Is almost always what I don't want Because the corporations are inherently anti-human And I'm pro-human The mainstream media vehemently dislikes Trump They despise Trump Everything corporate Everything mainstream Are all anti-Trump So I think to myself He may not be doing everything right But if corporate Mainstream Media Hates him so much Then he must be doing something right
Strange times Evil's flipped all inside out Those who are liberal are fascists Those who are activists are fascists Those who hate guns are fascists Those who support the immigrants are fascists Those who support the races are fascists Those who support the gays are fascists Those who say #MeToo are fascists Those who hate the fascists are fascists
It's like that second Terminator movie The Terminator comes back Newly designed Stronger Smarter More advanced
Now fascism is back Newly designed Stronger Smarter And so much more advanced
I needed booze, I thought I needed it to numb me from reality But booze brought death near Snarled And scared the booze right out of me Suddenly, reality was just fine
I was in the pan Then jumped into the fire The fire became pan I jumped into the next fire Which also became pan I jumped into the next fire The fire became pan All fires from the past are now pans They seem like nothing now But this fire I'm in now Won't turn to pan I've finally found the fire That won't turn pan
...The illness is the devil...a win for this devil wouldn't be to kill me...it would be to make me an angry...bitter...depressed...victim... ...Victimization is the win...If I don't become a victim...if I deny the devil the satisfaction of the victimization...then I win... ...it can hurt me...it can make me suffer...it can even kill me...but victimization is my choice...if I'm a victim...then that's on me... ...I can choose to win...or I can choose to lose...
