Listen to a reading of Blood Pudding Press poet Matthew J. Hall's poem, "harbouring thoughts of escape"...

Listen to Jenny S. read the poem "harbouring thoughts of escape" by Matthew J. Hall, which appears in Hall's Blood Pudding Press poetry chapbook, Pigeons and Peace Doves.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lgGal7mE3YA

Then you might want to acquire your own copy of Pigeons and Peace Doves HERE - https://www.etsy.com/listing/236081428/pigeons-and-peace-doves-by-matthew-j?ref=shop_home_active_10

And Yet Another New "Fuck Cancer Poems" has found a new home!

Matthew J. Hall received his copy of the new Blood Pudding Press poetry chapbook, "Fuck Cancer Poems" by Michael Grover!

Get your own copy from the Blood Pudding Press shop here - https://www.etsy.com/shop/BloodPuddingPress

(By the way, Matthew J. Hall is a Blood Pudding Press poet too - and his poetry chapbook, "Pigeons and Peace Doves" can also be acquired from the Blood Pudding Press shop.) 

New Review of Pigeons and Peace Doves by Matthew J. Hall

"On the surface this may seem depressing, and people who want flowery life is wonderful, everybody is happy messages shoved up their asses probably won’t relate to this, but if you’ve ever struggled to want to keep living, a book like this helps the journey."

from a new review by Peter Jelen of the Blood Pudding Press poetry chapbook, "Pigeons and Peace Doves" by Matthew J. Hall 

read more of the review here - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1334029742?book_show_action=true&from_review_page=1

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procure a copy of "Pigeons and Peace Doves" for yourself here - https://www.etsy.com/listing/236081428/new-pigeons-and-peace-doves-by-matthew-j?ref=shop_home_listings

NEW Review of Pigeons and Peace Doves by Matthew J. Hall (Blood Pudding Press 2015)

"A handful of Hall’s poems pull you into the darkness of his room, where he is at his most introspective."

from a new review of the poetry chapbook "Pigeons and Peace Doves" by Matthew J. Hall (Blood Pudding Press 2015), appearing at The Luxembourg Review.

Thank you to reviewer Nathan Hassall.

Read more of the review HERE - http://theluxembourgreview.org/2015/10/22/pigeons-and-peace-doves-a-review/

Procure a copy of Pigeons and Peace Doves for yourself at the Blood Pudding Press shop HERE -https://www.etsy.com/listing/236081194/new-pigeons-and-peace-doves-by-matthew-j?ref=shop_home_active_6

NEW Review of Pigeons and Peace Doves by Matthew J. Hall (Blood Pudding Press 2015)

"It is not often I come across a chapbook that incorporates the tangible materials of its binding and pages into the reading experience. The silvery sparkle of the grey pages and the messy, yet endearing thread binding of Matthew J. Hall’s Pigeons and Peace Doves gently pull the reader into a pool of melancholy reflection his poetry creates.

Through the narrator’s stream of consciousness, the reader is able to peer into the thoughts of an often stigmatized and ignored voice—the voice of those who live with mental illness. Hall writes candidly about depression and the contemplation of suicide, and he does justice to the realities of those living with mental health issues. The reader witnesses the narrator struggle. They are in bed with him as he is torn between the grace of the peace dove and the effrontery of the pigeon—the chaos of depression and the peace of mental health."

From a new Review of the Blood Pudding Press poetry chapbook, "Pigeons and Peace Doves" by Matthew J. Hall at Blot Lit Reviews.

Thank you to Blotterature Literary Magazine and reviewer Kayla Greenwell.

Partake of more HERE - http://blotterature.com/2015/09/30/blot-lit-reviews-pigeons-and-peace-doves-by-matthew-j-hall/

Procure a copy of the chapbook HERE - https://www.etsy.com/listing/236081194/new-pigeons-and-peace-doves-by-matthew-j?ref=shop_home_active_4

NEW Review of Pigeons and Peace Doves by Matthew J. Hall (Blood Pudding Press 2015)

A new review of the 2015 Blood Pudding Press poetry chapbook, "Pigeons and Peace Doves" by Matthew J. Hall.

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The book is beautifully hand-crafted & is bound by a stem of fine multi-coloured rolled wool. The pages are ultra smooth and when you hold them to the light they sparkle like scattered gold stars. Recently asked about the symbolic import of the title ‘Pigeons & Peace Doves’, Hall mentioned that pigeons “are representative of a kind of urban sadness which I guess is a theme for me overall. The Peace Dove represents hope- which hopefully- does come through the poems."

This ambivalence between sadness and hope is a key feature of Hall’s fledgling writing. Descriptions of the vibrancy of life in its full bloom are sometimes tempered with thoughts of despair, decay and death.

read more of this new review at BOLD MONKEY here -http://georgedanderson.blogspot.co.uk/2015/09/mathew-j-hall-pigeons-and-peace-doves.html

then consider procuring your very own copy of the chapbook at Blood Pudding Press here - https://www.etsy.com/listing/236081428/new-pigeons-and-peace-doves-by-matthew-j?ref=shop_home_active_8

Get TWO 2015 Blood Pudding Press Poetry Chapbooks for a lowered price - Fiddle Is Flood by Lauren Gordon and Pigeons and Peace Doves by Matthew J. Hall

End of June 2015, A NEW listing has been added to the Blood Pudding Press shop, through which you can acquire a SET OF TWO, meaning both 2015 contest winning Blood Pudding Press poetry chapbooks for a substantially lower price if you purchase them as a set.

Fiddle Is Flood by Lauren Gordon AND Pigeons and Peace Doves by Matthew J. Hall for only 10 bucks (plus shipping).

Here is the listing - https://www.etsy.com/listing/238583883/get-two-2015-chapbooks-for-a-lowered?ref=shop_home_active_1

A NEW Thirteen Myna Birds flock is alive as of June 2015 - snarling and breathing and vibrant and heavy!

Thirteen Myna Birds is now an all new entourage of unusual and uniquely powerful poetry offerings - starting with three emotionally moving poems from the new Blood Pudding Press poetry chapbook, "Pigeons and Peace Doves" by Matthew J. Hall - and followed by a malformed force field of creepy, sexy, strange, and odd treats by Jennifer Hanks, Lynsey G, and Ellie White.

"love, even as pure as hers would never be enough - nights I drip in bed - honey coming from the scrapes - my spine the fuel of stars - four heads snarling against their stomachs - I see ferns now and tear off my shoes, sometimes everything - your dogs step out of their split skins - leaving plaster dust hanging like a pulled-apart cotton ball - bread molding blue - the Venus de Milo was flesh once, female and breathing - the heads were vibrant and heavy - bones harbor the prettiest ghosts"

Here it is - http://13myna.blogspot.com/

An Excerpt from Pigeons and Peace Doves (Matthew J. Hall's NEW Blood Pudding Press Poetry Chapbook) created by Marcy Erb, appearing at Illustrated Poetry Today

Marcy Erb, the cover artist of the new Blood Pudding Press poetry chapbook, Pigeons and Peace Doves by Matthew J. Hall., has created and featured an excerpt from this collection on Illustrated Poetry Today, HERE -http://illustratedpoetry.com/2015/06/09/city-poem-hall/comment-page-1/#comment-2070

NEW from Blood Pudding Press! - Pigeons and Peace Doves by Matthew J. Hall - the second Blood Pudding Press poetry chapbook of 2015!

June 2015 offers you the new "Pigeons and Peace Doves", the second Blood Pudding Press Contest Winning poetry chapbook of the year - and the first poetry chapbook by Matthew J. Hall.

It includes thirteen gorgeously written, emotionally rendering poems by Matthew J. Hall that are "representative of a...self-destructive struggle, an internal struggle".

Matthew J. Hall is an artist and writer living in Bristol, England. He is an avid reader, writer and reviewer of poetry and fiction and has been featured in some fine literary publications and websites including The Small Press Book Review, Literary Orphans, Rusty Truck and Hobo Camp Review. To read more from Matthew, visit his blog (www.screamingwithbrevity.com) where he frequently publishes reviews and other poetry and fiction related things.

Here are a few lines from one of the Pigeons poems, "This City is Sad and Angry", followed by a photo of the new chapbook.

You can procure a copy of these broken, lovely Pigeons for yourself at the Blood Pudding Press shop here - https://www.etsy.com/listing/236081428/new-pigeons-and-peace-doves-by-matthew-j?ref=shop_home_active_2

"the high risers are leaning in

and the tarmac pulls

and sadness wells and spills

in and from the crippled pigeon’s eyes

I think he wants to cry

but doesn’t know how

I'd like to make a lollipop-stick splint 

for his contorted leg"