“In the Maker’s Image” by Matthew Haughton

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Bigger Than They ApearWithered hand turns
a knife,
slice and peeling
an onion.
Lumps of flesh
unravel round
man and maker;
the leaves of an onion.

–Matthew Haughton,
Bigger Than They Appear:
Anthology of Very Short Poems
(Accents Publishing)

Matthew Haughton has published one chapbook, Bee-coursing Box (Accents Publishing), and one full-length, Stand in the Stillness of Woods (Wordtech Editions). His work has appeared in many journals and magazines. Haughton lives in Lexington, Kentucky.

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