Choice (or not)
Are you chosen by joyin the way a dust-moth danceswithout effort in afternoon sunor as a sea-song goesto rest on the beach at sunsetas the moon-street guides youinto heavenly sleep? […]
Are you chosen by joyin the way a dust-moth danceswithout effort in afternoon sunor as a sea-song goesto rest on the beach at sunsetas the moon-street guides youinto heavenly sleep? […]
faraway deserted church-bells tollfaraway deserted church-bells tollsoftly fall of paws, retracted clawssoftly fall of paws, retracted clawsdeserted paws of church-bells fallfaraway claws retracted softly toll from open graves their voices […]
My sourdough starter,made from flour, waterequal parts by weightfed awakened in the morningbefore it’s time to bake,when the starter bubblesI mix with the strongestflour I can findfor taste some ryesome […]
From darkness deep and with its gaze aglow,retracted claws, the varmint slithers, sneaksbelow skeletal branches, tender cunning, slowits mind on murder, when a sudden creak.exposes evil and your heartbeats race,you […]
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 […]
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
Now we see through a glass, darkly