Controlled Comfort
Smothered so softly, slowly, and sadin a seemingly gentle soothing devotion,her home is a prison, a puddle an oceanperfumed with jasmine, roses, and brineconstrained by his claims: “you are mine”she […]
Smothered so softly, slowly, and sadin a seemingly gentle soothing devotion,her home is a prison, a puddle an oceanperfumed with jasmine, roses, and brineconstrained by his claims: “you are mine”she […]
You are given the choice betweenten times ten similar bottles of milk,butter and cream.You may scanthe shelves filled with soapunable to tellwhich one can washyour sorrows away;and you see the […]
I die with kisses bleeding on my browguarded, hardened by her lies when partingher shadow sieved from sorrow, thus awovedbeauty burning and the bliss of Amor’s dartingclean amissed. my hollow […]
High above his agent-ravens soarcawing coal-cloudscarrion-bird sailingshadow-winged indifferentto anything but to whattheir master bids,they watchthey listen to our soulsdeduce and know of wars to come,bringing tidings to the Godsof battle, […]
My car broke down, between des Moinesand heaven, and I found hellupon a hill, your lonely house,I came at night for help.I came a stranger to your dooryou served me […]
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