William Matthews was a contemporary American poet born in Cincinnati, Ohio. He died in 1997 after publishing eleven books of poetry and earning a reputation for his clever turns of phrase. His work often explores universal themes like life, time, and humanity.
‘In Memory of the Utah Stars’ captures the manner in which memories can provide us with both pleasure and pain.
Each of them must have terrified
his parents by being so big, obsessive
and exact so young, already gone
and leaving, like a big tipper,
‘The Accompanist’ by William Matthews is a direct and powerful poem about jazz and what music can accomplish.
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