Merging/diverging
From time to time we mergefrom me and you to us,we dance a while, rejoiceand find a cause, uniteinto common voicebefore we pause, divergeand suddenly you’re outinto the third dimension: […]
From time to time we mergefrom me and you to us,we dance a while, rejoiceand find a cause, uniteinto common voicebefore we pause, divergeand suddenly you’re outinto the third dimension: […]
Above the tear-blurred canyontheir calling cawssend me contrast-less colours,telling tales of what to be,a blindness for all but past,which is my “now”. My watercolour mindis everything and naught,a glimpse of […]
The library isa manifold amazingmaze, unmappablewith bothhalls — vaster than the seaand rooms like coffins,with nooks and crannies,trapdoors,and ouroboros corridorscircling back again. The library can onlyprovide the answer to thevisitors […]
Dust settles in his hair, on his skin; grey it far beyondhis years;but he carries it with pride,since every speck is bornfrom books,from parchment, paper, inkit rest in every corner,every […]
Mediaeval meal still hanging onto Thursdays; peas and porkstew-thick, still we name itsoup; cheap and filling servedin prisons, schools, to soldiersteachers, kings and queens. To love the pea-soup is a […]
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