Pledge
Breeze me tender; move your hands along and graze my ribs unbroken. Mend me, be the river for my willow-roots. Blend forevers to caesuras, left between my heartbeats. Oxygen my […]
Breeze me tender; move your hands along and graze my ribs unbroken. Mend me, be the river for my willow-roots. Blend forevers to caesuras, left between my heartbeats. Oxygen my […]
At night, I still remember hearing him, my good husband praying, while they, our closest neighbors drank and fornicated. But yet in togetherness we tilled the land side by side […]
At spring when there is lilac in the air: a scent so sweet to bring me back to end of school: we hugged and promised: it’s not goodbye it’s called […]
Relax by running sounds like a contradiction, but for me it’s not. When I focus on how I place my feet on the path, lift my chest and push a […]
When we got closer to the sea we saw how the chill of winds over water had made the spring progress a little slower. We felt like gaining back some […]
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