Nefarious, they never seem
to travel alone—
only in packs
as if seeded by stars,
conceived the night before.

–Matthew Haughton,
Bigger than They Appear (2011)

“What a cache of treasures this collection is, what a cache of jewels. […] All are reminders of what the best, briefest poems can do: give back the world to us, as it passes, in the mirror of a few well-chosen words.”

-Cecilia Woloch

Matthew Haughton was born in Colorado in 1977. At an early age, his family returned to eastern Kentucky, where his lineage stretches back over a century in the region. Matthew is a graduate of the University of Kentucky. His poetry has appeared in literary magazines such as Kentucky Monthly, Still: The Journal, and The Heartland Review. Bee-Coursing Box was his first published collection of poems. He lives and works as an artist and educator in Lexington Kentucky.