Pilgrimage
We bonded over walking, wide and farin endless summer and incessant lightwe wandered miles and miles forgetting nightwhen over mountains, meadows, marsh we paired We trekked in rain and storm, […]
We bonded over walking, wide and farin endless summer and incessant lightwe wandered miles and miles forgetting nightwhen over mountains, meadows, marsh we paired We trekked in rain and storm, […]
Flooded and burnedfrom dust into ashdrowning in mud,and we namethese disastersinstead of a child. Flowers without any fruitsurveillance and droneswe live to be safebut forget how to thrive. Fall without […]
I, shadowlessled by pale cravingsfollowher scent of lavenderand innocence. Dead yet living,I cannot helpmy yearningsfor the flowersof her youth. So closeI sense the veinsbeneath her skinI bare my teethanointing herto […]
Ahead is marked by cairns,the pathmeanders, crawlsbeneath the bluffs, acrossa frothing streamover rocks whilestepby stepinside we meetourselves afresh. Later, guided bythe breezeour shadows followridges diving intovalleysnever lost as we followa […]
by reaching sea-wardshorizon-wide he’sthe last ship to leavebrine-washed and aloneopen book unread every line’s a wavefrom syllables blowncourse laid plotted forfaraway lighthouseto harbours unknown library-oceanmostly unchartedhe is explorerwith compass in […]
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