Peter J Matthews

Biography

A widower of 90 and living alone but not lonely, I have written short stories, poetry and memoirs for a number of years and hopefully have given pleasure in the telling of them to reading and creative writing groups in my locality in Leicestershire.

Samples

The Autobiography of a Tin of Peaches I don't like this talk about "shelf life" or labels that say "best before", and I do wish that man wouldn't put back my can 'cos She reckons it's been on the floor. I heard that comment about me looking bent, but it's ‘cos I got pushed out of true, and here in the dark things look pretty stark for these young tins just cover the view. The stackers examine my bottom to see when my "sell by" will be, if its getting too close I shall get quite morose for a bargain I don't want to be. Don't think really it's on when they say "two for one", ‘cos I don't fancy going with him. But what makes me feel blue is when they state "three for two" for to me, it sounds like a sin. I've heard stories of losing your label and things that then might have been, of them opening the tins for the table, and consuming whipped cream with baked beans. The tale goes she got really flustered but She said she was setting a trend, it was better than sausage and custard and it went down the same in the end.

All poems are copyright of the originating author. Permission must be obtained before using or performing others' poems.

Blog entries by Peter J Matthews

The Autobiography of a Tin of Peaches (09/08/2020)

Small World (09/08/2020)

Bramble (09/08/2020)

The Approach (09/08/2020)

Blog link: https://www.writeoutloud.net/blogs/peterjmatthews