Whatever You Do, Just Don't by Matthew Stewart latinamericanpoetry Eliot Prize and Whitbread Poetry

Eliot Prize and Whitbread Poetry Award

it’s also terrifically sad

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"An authentic poet" Humphrey Astley

both in humanistic study and modern culture

Whatever You Do, Just Don't by Matthew Stewart latinamericanpoetry Eliot Prize and Whitbread PoetryThese poems refuse to be pigeon holed. Whatever they focus onmatters of the heart, football, the post Brexit marketplacetheir method is concise and yet searching, serious but playful. Their language is (mainly) English, their standpoint European. By day, Matthew Stewart is involved in the Spanish wine trade. But his commitment to poetry is just as intense. Line by line, he weighs the risks, invests meticulous skill, and finally invites the trust on