No Ladders of Escape
She breaks the whiteto fragments of eternal hues,never caringif they match the draperies of absent suns;she ceased to care about horizonsto gaze above for verticalsto climb,escape from the gilded cageof […]
She breaks the whiteto fragments of eternal hues,never caringif they match the draperies of absent suns;she ceased to care about horizonsto gaze above for verticalsto climb,escape from the gilded cageof […]
The cages that we buildwith screenswith updates, likes and chatswith never sitting down to eatdiscuss or face a friend. We watch the stories, reelsof people eatingbrewing, bakingsometimes making stuffbelieving it’s […]
When you live and thriveto find your way, survive,you cannot cope for mileswithout a stranger’s smile;when in misery aloneyour heart will turn to stoneand in sorrow wither downso beam your […]
Once, believing in dawnas sunrisekissing pinkness in the cloudsclose to never and foreveris this dooman extinction of use? Less light when nearto winter solsticeas inkspilled we stumbleensnaredin lugubrious gloomsleepless and […]
Looking backto this year when democraciescrumbledwhen compassion’s been paintedas weaknessand when purpose to govern is fearfor savage enforcementwhen war on civilians is wagedfor expansion for fewwhen lying’s been branded as […]
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