Seduced by words
Long ago he was young and greenstill uncorrupted by these scrollsuntouched by wisdom, words not seenhe swirled with music uncontrolledhe walked in scent of bloom and girlsand gazed for dreams […]
Long ago he was young and greenstill uncorrupted by these scrollsuntouched by wisdom, words not seenhe swirled with music uncontrolledhe walked in scent of bloom and girlsand gazed for dreams […]
You can check-out any time you like, but you can never leave!Hotel California, The Eagles Traveller, pilgrim beware,many who have enteredhave forever been lost,to the taste of a tomeburied in […]
In the library time isa six year old girl named Aldorarunning through the corridorsand alleys and seeminglywith her unicorn magic takingyou over storm-ridden seasacross snow laden valleysinto Mediaeval battle fieldswhere […]
The library isa manifold amazingmaze, unmappablewith bothhalls — vaster than the seaand rooms like coffins,with nooks and crannies,trapdoors,and ouroboros corridorscircling back again. The library can onlyprovide the answer to thevisitors […]
His life’s a/mazeof songlines, blind-alley-stanzas& unrhymed end-stops, butthere are days whenhe’s been enjambedriding on a roller coaster metaphor,where sometimesjust before the final plungevistas has been opened;being so exquisitethat they will […]
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