Ribbons (poetry collection)

Ribbons is an upcoming new collection of poetry by Matthew Little.

About
Little began writing the collection about two months after publishing his debut collection Hell in a Basket in August 2013 while he lived with his family in an apartment in Fairhaven, Massachusetts, then continued writing after moving to Southbury, Connecticut to be with his ex-boyfriend, but after returning to Massachusetts they broke up, and it was there the collection was continued until finalized.

===Title When the collection was started Little had the title "The Public Approach" in mind, as sort of a way to mention his social anxiety. The title was then changed to "Nothing Like a Leo", a poem that will appear in the collection, but it was then changed again to "Ribbons", a long and extremely person poem that will appear as well.

Themes
The themes of the poetry don't stray too far from Hell in a Basket, Little continues to write about his anxiety, dealing with an alcoholic parent (and addiction in other forms), and also writes about love as both something he had and something he wants to have.

Unlike Hell in a Basket, which was styled to progress with each poem, Ribbons will follow no set theme in content; Little has decide for the most part to keep the collection in order of which each poem was written as a way to show his writing skills maturing both for the reader and himself. It's tagline is set to be "A random assortment of poetry". Little also still follows his traditional confessional style.