forever if not
if not the for the thawthis midwinter daywhen sun would collapseto the toll of the bells, if not for for the snowforgotten the corpseof intentions once spreadto the wind of […]
if not the for the thawthis midwinter daywhen sun would collapseto the toll of the bells, if not for for the snowforgotten the corpseof intentions once spreadto the wind of […]
Instagrammed teensIn their shoplifted gloryseek adorationdevotion and passion byfollowing othersdreaming of influenceby likeness to likesonly to be swipedsheined and discarded,tossed into samenessbelievingthat hunting renewalin exposure to networksis the same as […]
“The Old Year’s gone away/ To nothingness and night “:John Clare “ The Old Year” (ii) We never cheeredfor the oldno fireworks for what’sbest discardedburned to be forgottenlike my unsent […]
Beneath the canopies we’re tethered to an unblinking gazetorn in fear by lidless eyes,where there is fun and gamesfor some to bleed from teethforest-fear of retracted clawssnakes, disease beneathwith leeches, […]
Afterwards in the temporary morguethe corpses whispered putrid storiesto the twilit void they once called home.They repeat the revolutionary versessang to a riot-geared audience, theirbutchers with cattle-prod arms. Theywhisper of […]
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