Tethered to its gaze
Beneath the canopies we’re tethered to an unblinking gazetorn in fear by lidless eyes,where there is fun and gamesfor some to bleed from teethforest-fear of retracted clawssnakes, disease beneathwith leeches, […]
Beneath the canopies we’re tethered to an unblinking gazetorn in fear by lidless eyes,where there is fun and gamesfor some to bleed from teethforest-fear of retracted clawssnakes, disease beneathwith leeches, […]
…in a state of waiting i could not care if anything i did would mean a thing, unobserved the sky, the trees and wind carried on on living while i […]
Afterwards in the temporary morguethe corpses whispered putrid storiesto the twilit void they once called home.They repeat the revolutionary versessang to a riot-geared audience, theirbutchers with cattle-prod arms. Theywhisper of […]
Imagine thunder from artillerythe reek of mud and fleshthe fog-horn panic when we seeka subway safety belowwhen the war we never wantedcloses in;and I pray for ironwork of gunsfor bombs, […]
Beneath her bangsthat sultry gazeenkindlesin my flesh and minddesire, lust and lossof plansexcept to falldevoted on my knees,beggingbeggingher to tethertightly meor forever set mefree to seekmy fortune inforgetfulness alone Today […]
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