Always forever
Always the lies, denial of factsrepeating deceits, alternative truthsAlways the acts, obscuring his fearsby never be silent or seeking adviceAlways the smears, spreading his venomthose who oppose are enemies, foesAlways […]
Always the lies, denial of factsrepeating deceits, alternative truthsAlways the acts, obscuring his fearsby never be silent or seeking adviceAlways the smears, spreading his venomthose who oppose are enemies, foesAlways […]
Captured in ink-danceboth moon-street silver,bud-bursts blossom, forgotten springand alas, a sentence-explosionof built-up angerfor what’s lostto misinterpreted mind-mapsof a brow-folded soul. Still we nightshade forgetand gloss the axe-wordswith honey-muted lips. In […]
Sylla-bled each word,each sense,each scent, the parting sentence“au revoir, in Paris mon amour”the parrot says,again, again. She recallshis uniformand paddy fields, the river deltahis bicycle, both bread and rice. Waiting, […]
Delight me darling, smile and dancelet’s enjoy and spend the nightthen melt together take the chanceI’ll be your shining knight We were meant to fuse, amalgamatealloyed forever we’re strongbut first […]
“Time was a wave, almost cruel in its relentlessness.”― Han Kang, The Vegetarian Often as I age I think about sea-glass, I still remember the sharp edges, my toddler-rage, when […]
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