Fear and desire
The dusk tonight has razor clawsbut sneaks upon you, supple, softas failing embers brings your frost Secluded in her fluffy pawsshe brings you comfort, wine, and warmthand wraps you softly […]
The dusk tonight has razor clawsbut sneaks upon you, supple, softas failing embers brings your frost Secluded in her fluffy pawsshe brings you comfort, wine, and warmthand wraps you softly […]
I once put a pebble into my nose polished, a piece of the sea, one of those lucky-charm-things, best among stones. Inside, it was lost becoming part of my bones. […]
I’m a beetle in a city’s underbelly; unknown to me.. Behind me echoes. Footsteps, heavy, kissed with limp. Ahead an eerie shimmer blinds; is it hope or corpse-light? My breath […]
Minutes trickle tick-tock-prickle heart beats searching passport, suitcase, toothpaste, tickets, haste, but stuck in thickets. syruped rushing seconds gushing searching gates way too late travel nowhere chewing pillow screaming dreaming […]
The thin veneer of day, its light is scabs for scars, Its wind a paper wall for mares. The daylight is Pandora’s box, still closed. It’s a breath prepared for […]
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