Being at the Whim of Words
I’m tired of being at
the whim of words
I want to break them open
and see what’s inside
~ Matthew Rodgers
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Mathew has an MFA in Poetry from the New School and has been taught by such poets as Philip Levine and
Robert Polito and David Lehman who said of him: “His work shows a real talent, he has a lot to say, he’s got
the news.” Robert Polito, said: Such a potent new voice in poetry. I feel like he builds his poems for the sky.”