Foreign tongues
Still the blackbird singsbusyin the greens of woodlands. I walk, myfeet without a thoughtfinds the pathdepressed in soilby the countless pilgrimswho came before. My lips are forming questionswhy?who?or when?as I […]
Still the blackbird singsbusyin the greens of woodlands. I walk, myfeet without a thoughtfinds the pathdepressed in soilby the countless pilgrimswho came before. My lips are forming questionswhy?who?or when?as I […]
At the center heand you, me, sheand they;each and every onea crossroadtangled, meshed, confused. As we make pathswe point and arguecontrolling, trample and get lost. When all we craveis just […]
Serpent tongues ensnaredwith skin on skin in sunon silver sand and salt,exploring sunburned legswhile muscles toned to sinbless our itch of lust,as we climax lulled by surfexposed for skies to […]
If I’d known (understood)the fallacy of sunk investmentI would have left before the fall. I would have known,that beyond the first,every hourevery nightevery dollar spent was lost.But hope, though brittle,may […]
Death tiptoed beside my mother for years, grabbing small pieces of her mind. He made her create a string of lovers she never had, repeating stories we already knew. 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