Carpe Diem Haiku – birdsong
Today Carpe Diem is birdsong. Here in Sweden it’s slightly milder, but winter is far from over. I heard the great tit this morning. A clear sign that someone believe […]
Today Carpe Diem is birdsong. Here in Sweden it’s slightly milder, but winter is far from over. I heard the great tit this morning. A clear sign that someone believe […]
A Carpe Diem special is wonderful. To try to write a haiku inspired by a haiku-master’s poetry. Today it’s this one by Masaoka Shiki: cold winter blast a cord of […]
I wrote the following little tetrameter poem the other week on twitter. It’s based on the word nuque, which was word of the day in #altwic and it means the […]
Today the kigo on Carpe Diem is quilt (futon). And when you search for woodblock you enter the area of Japanese erotic art. I used this fairly innocent one. Most […]
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