Perfume – you
You’re the scent of moss-rose, amber, dewa starlit sky, the daisy meadow late in June.You’re the sense of thunder, the wind that blewa bashful breeze of lavender ‘cross dunesand waves […]
You’re the scent of moss-rose, amber, dewa starlit sky, the daisy meadow late in June.You’re the sense of thunder, the wind that blewa bashful breeze of lavender ‘cross dunesand waves […]
“Over there” you calledwhile I un-folded my father’s old tripodput my eye to the scopeeagerly watching the white-fronted geese, swimming rest-lessly waiting, eating, preparingfor weather and windto carry them skyward northward […]
Regrets remains in its jaundiced collar and the cuffs too frayed,too greyed it’s off-white now withBolognese stains, a missing buttonmildly mildew scented, but still I hope & add detergent, bleach , warm-wash, hopingthat maybe once again to […]
In this pandemic, days are added to days. Season follows season, and we have started to count the time in years. We can go on to live like this, as […]
At dusk the librarian anticipates the nightand gets ready to to close the doors;he walks the halls, making surethat every visitor and thief have left,and as shadows travel in his […]
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