Justicia
Buried six feet under,shadowedfrom the blood moon’sprying gazemy secret rests;safe from slanderblood and bones;my sweet revenge. But moon may pick the locksto dreams,she follows blood-trailssees and listens,meddleswith my mindshe hunts […]
Buried six feet under,shadowedfrom the blood moon’sprying gazemy secret rests;safe from slanderblood and bones;my sweet revenge. But moon may pick the locksto dreams,she follows blood-trailssees and listens,meddleswith my mindshe hunts […]
Call out rude bells! for midnight skies;to autumn rain, to falling leaves;to what’s been lost to what we grieveCall out! let truths succeed their lies. Ring out the war, ring […]
A rain of missiles from abovemorning kamikaze droneshurled at playgrounds,bicycle paths in the morning rush,on residential houseson anything resembling normalto cause fear,to terrorize the sleep-deprivedhunkering again in subway stations.This should […]
I haven’t named my sourdoughit would be an omen,to bring you bread unleavened,faint and flat just like the friendyou hold too dearwho brings you sorrow in betrayal,the sourdoughyou love too […]
Elle looked younger than her thirty-something, so when she registered on Tinder it didn’t take long for the creeps to start swiping her. She realized in the way they told […]
Writing about living in two places (and times)
Poems & Stories from The Author Stew
practising for a whole life
haikai poetry matters
Running in the slow lane
The view from here ... Or here!
“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.” — Albert Einstein
chronicling my quarter life crisis