Snowless spring
This last day of March I reflect on how far spring has progressed this year. Yesterday we went for a walk in the local forest. Though the ground is mostly […]
This last day of March I reflect on how far spring has progressed this year. Yesterday we went for a walk in the local forest. Though the ground is mostly […]
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,And sorry I could not travel bothRobert Frost, The road not taken Sitting by the window of my hut looking at the snow I […]
With icicle hands I clutchyou heartand with venom in my words,I take control;distort your gaze to watch for specksdeform your thoughts away from planksand bend your sense of reasoninto treasonrage […]
Engraved,in mindthe dire dreamsof dirge and dread, awakeat three AMslick with sweatwith bedsheets coiledaround my legs I realize, alas,that nightmaresreally sugarcoat realitywhere crooning dronesawaitto crack my ribcageand rip my heart […]
Returning daylight, nowtoday at vernal equinoxa day victoriousagainst the blindness of the night. Imagine if, also rays of truthcould penetrate the twilightspread by hate. If spring could make it clear […]
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