Bridge by reading
Books are often bridgesrickety and narrowreaching over lightyearsof space and timean arrow inkedin blood and sootfrom mind to mind. Books can bridgethe sea and desertsover rivers, bordersinto bedrooms, kitchens,into the […]
Books are often bridgesrickety and narrowreaching over lightyearsof space and timean arrow inkedin blood and sootfrom mind to mind. Books can bridgethe sea and desertsover rivers, bordersinto bedrooms, kitchens,into the […]
Soon dusk and dawn will embrace in gloomy twilight, it goes so quickly after the autumn equinox. The past weekend we escaped briefly to see the mountains tinted in fall […]
Still, a solemn while, a bit of summer lingers,and slowly morning fog is wrecked by sunshinebut birds have left and only crows are singersat autumn equinox the darkness conquersmy heart […]
Dashing donna, luscious ladyyou, you, youdevourer of hearts.I cannot forget only forgive, causegorgeous girlin yourinnocent ignorance, you,you leave in your wakehomes,smashed up and brokenwhile you,you like the westerly wind,moves over […]
His life’s a/mazeof songlines, blind-alley-stanzas& unrhymed end-stops, butthere are days whenhe’s been enjambedriding on a roller coaster metaphor,where sometimesjust before the final plungevistas has been opened;being so exquisitethat they will […]
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