Sadness from the sea
A story ’bout the sailor’s lifehe had the sweetest girlIn happiness his trust he gavewhile she seduced an earl He built a cottage close to seait was the sweetest placehe […]
A story ’bout the sailor’s lifehe had the sweetest girlIn happiness his trust he gavewhile she seduced an earl He built a cottage close to seait was the sweetest placehe […]
We never went the winding waythat would have led us rightwe tried to run, to circle backbut nowhere there was light We failed to see and now we’re caughtinside this […]
The only tune that’s played tonightwhere darkness deeply neststhis bloodlust rushing in my veins,this thirst! I cannot rest.I walk the passage to your roommy footfalls hungry, hushedas perished roses left […]
October clay-foot darkness walksbehind my shadow darkly,with labored breath, he never talks,he’s hungry, leer is sparkly. He scrapes my skin with finger-twigsleaves me dreamless, barren,nowhere to turn, my end is […]
The clouds lament in solitude and sea is sighing sorrow her footprints leading to the sea in souls of no tomorrow. Recalling what she wrote to him about his vile […]
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
Now we see through a glass, darkly