Matthew Klane

New Work


I had already written 
“already written”

so I write in bed
watching TV

something a little sad, 
a little political

I write through my trauma 
towards the tradition  

but instead of “tradition” 
I write “trad” 

Puff Piece


I’ll throw myself
a softball
of marshmallow fluff
sink my teeth in
beef tallow
and call the thinking
philosophy

My Column


Get yourself a poem
who can do both

bat its eyes
like a Gemini

and battle bots
in Times New Roman

Matthew Klane's books of poetry include Of the Day(Publication Studio 2025), Hist(w/ James Belflower, Calamari 2022), Canyons (w/ James Belflower, Flimb Press 2016), Che (Stockport Flats 2013), and B (Stockport Flats 2008). An e-book My is online at FENCE. A poetry reading cassette w/ Warren C. Longmire is available from Spiral Editions/Elis Press, and his second record, Sunshine Committee, was released in March of 2026. He lives and writes in Albany, NY and is currently co-curator of the poetry and performance series Salon Salvage.

See: matthewklane.com.

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