The Knives of Villalejo

Exploring themes of home and exile, Matthew Stewart's first full collection of poetry spans two decades and encompasses diverse settings from suburban Surrey to Extremadura, Spain. The poems feature delicate syllabic structures that mask deep emotional currents, delivering powerful insights through their brevity and simplicity. Each line acts like a discrete drop, contributing to a larger, pent-up storm of feelings that resonate with the contrasts of time and place.