My Medusa – Petrarchan sonnet
Your dark temptations are like fireflies your sweet electrified pulsations sting entangled tresses of your hair that cling ensnare me like Odysseus’ sirens lie your dresses vary – unexpected guise […]
Your dark temptations are like fireflies your sweet electrified pulsations sting entangled tresses of your hair that cling ensnare me like Odysseus’ sirens lie your dresses vary – unexpected guise […]
the pestilence of what you never said the death of all your withered starving words I gather ashes from a scattered sentence – bled I whisper carefully beneath Damocles’ sword […]
in sass and moxie lies a tempting flair a velvet shadow in the burning sun a shore-side light-house, lit to ships ensnare and laughing afterwards you always run your voice […]
There are things we kept secret after the war The things that could hurt, we hid and concealed. as culprits escaped, we’re closing the door for ever their crimes will […]
I feel the warmth of sun in singing birds the wind’s a gentle kiss on broken lips I smell the sea in nature’s lulling words like pomegranates are rubies, your […]
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