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the town square
This collection of poems is a booklength journey through a small town, and an act of personal testimony to the hardships of people at the crossroads of life. There is love, longing, despair, joy, separation and grief – basically life in its many forms.
dew on mornings. Past
On Sidewalk Theatre: “I have been led through familiar cities, glimpsed moments from the lives of strangers and caught fragments of their overheard conversations. But these are more than poetic snapshots of contemporary life. These poems are imbued with disdain for privilege and compassion for those without it. Every now and then, the poet turns his gaze upon himself, evoking places he has been and moments he has lived. This juxtaposition between the lives of strangers and the deeply personal captures something very true about travelling, and about living. Through the lives of strangers, we are reminded of past intimacies and the things and people we have lost.” Andrew Bovell, playwright...
The Old World on Desire Lines
Using both poetry and prose, author Joachim Matschoss exposes truths that turn tiny moments into revelations. He finds appreciation as he uncovers profound insights in common life experiences. Meet the variety of people that he encounters as he treks through Europe and Australia, and the discoveries he makes as a result. This literary journal is no ordinary account of the author's travels. Poetry and snippets of prose stand next to short stories about the everyday moments, the little idiosyncrasies, the people you meet on the road. Matschoss writes with the meditative attention that is needed when visiting places that seem foreign, but were once home, and in a way still are. - Lukas Drihy, poet/writer The most distinctive feature in Matschoss' new poems are their beautiful clarity and the sense of stillness. - Campbell Connors, poet/writer Joachim Matschoss is an accomplished teacher of theatre, and also writes plays and poetry.
Travels with Myself
The haiku that punctuate Joachim Matschoss' travels work as luminous mile-markers, cryptic road signs and legends on maps that trail off into myth and legend. Matschoss understands that the language of intimacy between humans extends to interactions with landscape, history, animals and weather. These haiku find the sum of their many parts in a palpable immediacy and longing. - Anthony Lawrence Matschoss devotes himself to an ancient art form that captures the moment before it escapes, and he does it with humour, insight, whimsy, a keen ear, and a sharp eye. In publishing so many haikus, he shares his unique take on the world. Reading them, you may be inspired to create and share yours. - Arn...
SIDEWALK THEATRE
I have been led through familiar cities, glimpsed moments from the lives of strangers and caught fragments of their overheard conversations. But these are more than poetic snapshots of contemporary life. These poems are imbued with disdain for privilege and compassion for those without it. Every now and then the poet turns his gaze upon himself evoking places he has been and moments he has lived. This juxtaposition between the lives of strangers and the deeply personal captures something very true about travelling, and about living. Through the lives of strangers, we are reminded of past intimacies and the things and people we have lost. Andrew Bovell, playwright, Australia. In theatre each ...
Dead River Oaks
We hadn¿t planned that walk. We had never planned anything. It happened and other times it didn¿t. We had intended just to sit for a while, watch the birds dive or swoop across the surface, but somehow we started to discuss religion and politics, and as always I was the one listening and Karla talked. `I¿m sorry, Lisa. I guess it¿s because I rarely have a chance to talk. When I¿m with him I barely get the chance¿to talk.¿ Somewhere between Heidegger and the role of Lothar Späth in the collapse of the Christian Democrats-led government in one of the Southern states of Germany she told me, that she had recently dreamt of my hair and how much she would like to lift its thick mass off my...
Rain Overnight
The writing is evocative, lively, thought provoking and captivating. The reader is taken on a journey through time, place and imagination and it is a pleasure to follow Matschoss in his travels. The book is a feast of sensory detail which makes the reader feel that she or he is right there with the writer. The combination of information about the places visited, the personal reflections on theatre and the sensory descriptions keep the reader interested and turning page after page. Martha Lovette Joachim Matschoss displays a true traveler’s eye for what most other people are too busy to notice. Geoff Page Matschoss is a man whose world is a stage – and the people on it are his muses, his ...
a time heavy with life
…the time that lies ahead of him grows shorter. the rearview mirror has been cleaned and he can see his younger self, but he cannot hear him. the words he once had spoken are transcribed by memory, unvoiced… A book of memory, of a life and of our time. - PHILIP KAVAN The process of reading these new poems is to re-experience what the past feels like. It is a strangely moving little book, true and dignified. - LAURA GRAHAM Matschoss understands that the language of intimacy between humans extends to interactions with landscape, history, animals, and weather. - ANTHONY LAWRENCE Every now and then the poet turns his gaze upon himself evoking places he has been and moments he has lived. - ANDREW BOVELL I am mesmerized by the intimacy the poems capture in these lyrical scenarios. - THOMAS KELLOGG Joachim Matschoss offers a hope and acknowledgement of life's beauty and of the resilience of love and youth. - JILLIAN CAMPANA There is nothing that can’t be found in poetry. - MAX REISER
At Home in My Shoes
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