Fire-feathers
You say that ash is all that’s left and yet — watch how fire-feathers flicker still inside the pyre of our past. You only have to blow a single kiss […]
You say that ash is all that’s left and yet — watch how fire-feathers flicker still inside the pyre of our past. You only have to blow a single kiss […]
Once on fire — now I’m cold I burned too long and faded out — a hearth of ash and longing. Come kindle me with kisses — kindly wrap your […]
Your world of ash and charcoal where only winners sparkle is dark and patriarchal your heart is cold as marble Your sword is dull and blemished with lies you set […]
behind curtains of rain — another lie’s been told; afterwards it’s strange how much a void can weigh when left alone afterwards in suffocating sense of loss — the sound […]
Willowbender woman — you wind and force of fury, sage and savory; woman sun and rainbowmender, your day today is bright but you are mostly every night, women — you […]
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