Matthew Freeman, Poet
@freemanpoet.bsky.social
My eighth collection, Dopamine and the Devil (Coffeetown Press 2025) now available! I'm a schizophrenia survivor and a songwriter too! Some of my songs can be found on SoundCloud.
Does poetry come from inside you or outside? Or both? As I keep learning into my middle age I find sometimes I get a little confused...
February 10, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Does poetry come from inside you or outside? Or both? As I keep learning into my middle age I find sometimes I get a little confused...
I've mostly written poems. For a brief period in my twenties, I wrote some songs. I tried my best to make them pleasing!
#poetry #singersongwriter
#poetry #singersongwriter
Oh friends! This is the very first song I ever wrote. Thirty-two years ago. Hard to believe! Hope you like it...
soundcloud.com/user-4015511...
soundcloud.com/user-4015511...
Goin To Memphis
l'm a poet from Missouri who's had several books published, most of which can be found at Coffeetown Press. And I have written lots of songs as well! Hope you like them.
soundcloud.com
January 28, 2026 at 7:38 PM
I've mostly written poems. For a brief period in my twenties, I wrote some songs. I tried my best to make them pleasing!
#poetry #singersongwriter
#poetry #singersongwriter
Oh friends! This is the very first song I ever wrote. Thirty-two years ago. Hard to believe! Hope you like it...
soundcloud.com/user-4015511...
soundcloud.com/user-4015511...
Goin To Memphis
l'm a poet from Missouri who's had several books published, most of which can be found at Coffeetown Press. And I have written lots of songs as well! Hope you like them.
soundcloud.com
January 24, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Oh friends! This is the very first song I ever wrote. Thirty-two years ago. Hard to believe! Hope you like it...
soundcloud.com/user-4015511...
soundcloud.com/user-4015511...
Oh, my dear new friends! My sister's cat is sick, in the hospital fighting for her life. BUT! She's also up for America's favorite pet. I'll put the link in the comments. You can vote for free! Let's hope she makes it on both counts!
January 16, 2026 at 7:02 PM
Oh, my dear new friends! My sister's cat is sick, in the hospital fighting for her life. BUT! She's also up for America's favorite pet. I'll put the link in the comments. You can vote for free! Let's hope she makes it on both counts!
I'm really proud of the series of sonnets in this new one that deal with my first big break with reality. Each one is just one sentence. Maybe you'll like them! As one must write one's obsessions...#poetry
January 15, 2026 at 8:21 PM
I'm really proud of the series of sonnets in this new one that deal with my first big break with reality. Each one is just one sentence. Maybe you'll like them! As one must write one's obsessions...#poetry
When I was young
I thought suffering would be
the sweet sad feeling I always got.
I never counted
on this morbid depressing paranoia.
Wow! It really takes so much.
#poetry #mentalillness
I thought suffering would be
the sweet sad feeling I always got.
I never counted
on this morbid depressing paranoia.
Wow! It really takes so much.
#poetry #mentalillness
January 10, 2026 at 8:13 PM
When I was young
I thought suffering would be
the sweet sad feeling I always got.
I never counted
on this morbid depressing paranoia.
Wow! It really takes so much.
#poetry #mentalillness
I thought suffering would be
the sweet sad feeling I always got.
I never counted
on this morbid depressing paranoia.
Wow! It really takes so much.
#poetry #mentalillness
Lovely time with my sister in Tennessee. Wrote lots of poems. But sad about dear River, who has a liver problem. I pray the meds work and all is cool by my next visit!
December 28, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Lovely time with my sister in Tennessee. Wrote lots of poems. But sad about dear River, who has a liver problem. I pray the meds work and all is cool by my next visit!
Will I be working on poems today and tomorrow? Heck, yeah! Blessings to all my new friends on here...
December 24, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Will I be working on poems today and tomorrow? Heck, yeah! Blessings to all my new friends on here...
I was finally able to give my sister a copy of Dopamine and the Devil. And she likes it! Happy Holidays to all!
December 20, 2025 at 11:46 PM
I was finally able to give my sister a copy of Dopamine and the Devil. And she likes it! Happy Holidays to all!
Just heard that I got a fab reading at a really cool place in January. I had been hoping and hoping! Thanks to the Universe...
December 16, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Just heard that I got a fab reading at a really cool place in January. I had been hoping and hoping! Thanks to the Universe...
I am so glad to have five new poems in this wonderful new journal you might like to check out!
www.americanpoet.org/2025/12/matt...
www.americanpoet.org/2025/12/matt...
Matthew Freeman Poetry |Modern American poets
Matthew Freeman Poetry |Modern American poets
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December 9, 2025 at 5:14 PM
I am so glad to have five new poems in this wonderful new journal you might like to check out!
www.americanpoet.org/2025/12/matt...
www.americanpoet.org/2025/12/matt...
I don't really get any ideas for poems anymore. I just get the actual words. On top of that I'm very naive! Hope you writers are all working hard. #poetry
December 8, 2025 at 5:40 PM
I don't really get any ideas for poems anymore. I just get the actual words. On top of that I'm very naive! Hope you writers are all working hard. #poetry
I hope you like this, my friends. It's my own favorite song!
soundcloud.com/user-4015511...
soundcloud.com/user-4015511...
Goodbye
A new recording of a re-working of an old folk song...I think this is my favorite own song!
soundcloud.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:43 PM
I hope you like this, my friends. It's my own favorite song!
soundcloud.com/user-4015511...
soundcloud.com/user-4015511...
I am so thankful for poems and stories and books and the people who love them! And I am hoping for new energy as we go into the next year. Let's keep doing what we do no matter what! #poetry
November 27, 2025 at 6:55 PM
I am so thankful for poems and stories and books and the people who love them! And I am hoping for new energy as we go into the next year. Let's keep doing what we do no matter what! #poetry
Bloom quotes someone else as saying You must think one thought and think it unto the end. Mine would be Ideas of Reference. Yours? #poetry #mentalhealth
November 23, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Bloom quotes someone else as saying You must think one thought and think it unto the end. Mine would be Ideas of Reference. Yours? #poetry #mentalhealth
Well, for all my dear new friends on here I am doing this again. I believe you won't be disappointed!
www.amazon.com/Dopamine-Dev...
www.amazon.com/Dopamine-Dev...
Dopamine and the Devil
Dopamine and the Devil [Freeman, Matthew] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Dopamine and the Devil
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November 17, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Well, for all my dear new friends on here I am doing this again. I believe you won't be disappointed!
www.amazon.com/Dopamine-Dev...
www.amazon.com/Dopamine-Dev...
Behind me is my good buddy, Dane. He did the fab cover for Dopamine and the Devil. Which might be enough reason to pick up a copy! Hey!
November 13, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Behind me is my good buddy, Dane. He did the fab cover for Dopamine and the Devil. Which might be enough reason to pick up a copy! Hey!
What a wonderful day! I sold every book at Barnes and Noble!
November 8, 2025 at 10:00 PM
What a wonderful day! I sold every book at Barnes and Noble!
So excited to be signing books at Barnes and Noble next Saturday at noon! If you are in the STL come out to Ladue Crossing. If not, check this out. A good read guaranteed!
www.amazon.com/Dopamine-Dev...
www.amazon.com/Dopamine-Dev...
Dopamine and the Devil
Dopamine and the Devil [Freeman, Matthew] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Dopamine and the Devil
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November 3, 2025 at 6:53 PM
So excited to be signing books at Barnes and Noble next Saturday at noon! If you are in the STL come out to Ladue Crossing. If not, check this out. A good read guaranteed!
www.amazon.com/Dopamine-Dev...
www.amazon.com/Dopamine-Dev...
"But I never counted on
this beautiful duress, this vision
that constricted other vision..."
this beautiful duress, this vision
that constricted other vision..."
October 31, 2025 at 8:57 PM
"But I never counted on
this beautiful duress, this vision
that constricted other vision..."
this beautiful duress, this vision
that constricted other vision..."
A wild ride through a symbolic and schizophrenic landscape!
Thanks to all my friends and family!
www.amazon.com/Dopamine-Dev...
Thanks to all my friends and family!
www.amazon.com/Dopamine-Dev...
Dopamine and the Devil
Dopamine and the Devil [Freeman, Matthew] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Dopamine and the Devil
www.amazon.com
October 25, 2025 at 6:44 PM
A wild ride through a symbolic and schizophrenic landscape!
Thanks to all my friends and family!
www.amazon.com/Dopamine-Dev...
Thanks to all my friends and family!
www.amazon.com/Dopamine-Dev...