Līgo Haībun – Juanita
Līgo Haībun prompt of the week is “and we danced”, and therefore I want to tell you the story of Juanita. She came to the company every morning, and walking […]
Līgo Haībun prompt of the week is “and we danced”, and therefore I want to tell you the story of Juanita. She came to the company every morning, and walking […]
Carpe Diem prompt today is Tsubame (Swallow) a wonderful spring kigo that I’m waiting eagerly for. I found this wonderful woodblock print by Utagawa Hiroshige pair of swallows dancing in […]
A haiku I wrote a few weeks ago on twitter, my mother isn’t quite so bad… but I’m concerned- in her empty eyes I see wisdom waste away my aging […]
At Carpe Diem Haiku the prompt is Yuki no hate (end of snow). And after snow there’s usually plenty of water. after snow the little mountain brook thundering waterfall ~~ […]
Carpe Diem prompt is zansetsu (remaining snow). For this prompt I share a summer picture from Swedish mountains, where patches of snow remains all through summer. A summer that never […]
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