Mike MatthewsAshes is Mike Matthews' second book of poetry. He thinks of this book as a prequel to his first book, Water of Joy, also published by Finishing Line Press. Mike Matthews lives with his family in a small city, Copperas Cove, in Texas. He teaches collee English courses including Creative Writing I Three Genre, Creative Writing II Novel Writing, and Literature for community college students at Central Texas College in Killeen, Texas. He studied for his Masters of Fine Arts in Creative Writing, Poetry, in San Marcos, Texas, at Texas State, and he studied English, Music, and Fine Arts in undergrad school at the University of Texas at Austin. Mike Matthews has also been working on his artwork. He works with acrylics, oil pastels, and digital. The cover of his book, Ashes, is his work, Ash, drawn with a digital stylus. After his classes are over and he is not busy revising or painting, Mike Matthews goes for walks to the pond in the park to practice listening for the whispers that manifest the moments of poetry and art. Read More Read Less