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About Matthew Woodman

Matthew Woodman teaches writing at California State University, Bakersfield and is the Southern Pacific Review poetry editor. His poems have appeared in S/WORD, Hawai'i Review, Sierra Nevada Review, and The Meadow; more of his writing can be found at matthewwoodman.com.

3 poems by Matthew Woodman

Matthew Woodman

lunar alchemy

Self-Portrait I’ve fashioned profession out of crow call and graphite, blind stubbing blunt instruments against a blank white sky. Ain’t how fall you far what gets you. It’s the lines you … [Read more...]

Moon Songs: two poems by Matthew Woodman

Matthew Woodman

Zen Moon

Salving the Tidewrack How to carve a driftwood lover: Begin by conjuring contours and proportions. Find a blank that speaks promise and between from among the other tangled flotsam populating … [Read more...]

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Established in 2000 and edited by Denise Enck, Empty Mirror is an online literary magazine that publishes new work each Friday.

Each week EM features several poems each by one or two poets; reviews; critical essays; visual art; and personal essays.

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