Author: Matt Duggan
The Gist
Matt Duggan was the winner of the Erbacce prize (2015) Into the Void Prize (2016) and one the winners of the Naji Naaman Literary Prize (2019) his work has been included in Osiris, The Journal, Oxford Magazine, Potomac Review, The Blue Nib, his second full collection "Woodworm" (Hegdehog Poetry Press) (July 2019) he is currently working on his third full collection "Revelations".The Modern Pasquinade
Knack to all gamesmanship
is to always let the enemy
feel they are winning.
Become the ashes that keep burning;
circles of imbalance will fade
like bubbles of oxygen under the sea.
You’ll continue to burn brightly –
above sinking mouths
clawing at opened wounds;
Be the echo of the worm
let them eat the shadows from letters
placed on the talking statues of Rome;
you’ll continue to burn brightly,
their flames will turn into the bottled shades of blue.
