Hi, my name is Matthew Dryden.
It can be said that more honourable men go their entire lives without finding meaningful connections. Regardless, at 24, Matthew Dryden continues his journey through words. His intentions are to discover if love feels the tangle of emotion like the leg of fevered lovers, if hope tastes like the colour of curiosity, and what an honest effort feels like.
Every poem Matthew writes is filled to the brim with the back routes of Moncton New Brunswick, the downtown streets of Guelph Ontario, red wines & pale ales, trails of splintered hearts and blood stained hands.
His single album “Uprooting EP” with Matthew Dryden & the Patchwork and his previous chapbooks “Concerning My Heart” and “i know only that it is true and sweet and sad” are collections of poetry written as a testament to the waves of existence and endearment, every drop of emotional struggle in between, the boys he wishes would grow in to fathers and the ones still waiting.
His poetry has welcomed many strangers into its four chambers and invites you to find a piece of yourself in the halls of its open arms.
Matthew Dryden is telling the truth to get honest responses.