On this Day 14 of National Poetry Month we set out a travelling... Getting There Tread apace across worlds, stars as your guide There and back again, chant the wanderers creed to speed a nimble journey Adventure awaits, for the bold The road to the horizon beckons, calls to your nomadic heart with... Continue Reading →
We ponder on this Day 13 of National Poetry Month... Deposits and Withdrawals Life’s deposits and withdrawals written down within the universe’s ledger, red and black Little columns filling, filling, like to drown Life’s deposits and withdrawals written down Register of conduct, of every smile and frown, extending rows upon rows, stack upon stack... Continue Reading →
Day 12 and I bring you a Blitz poem... One Shred Left Nerves buzzing Nerves on edge Edge of losing it Edge of nothing Nothing calm Nothing soothing Soothing sounds Soothing, where are you? You are stressed You are screaming Screaming to be heard Screaming out loud Loud noise Loud voices Voices... Continue Reading →
Day 11 has dawned with another poem... Laughter in the Dark Lost in the corner alone in the dark While life revolves around you Snatches of laughter drifting on breezes life always revolves around you Listening to voices alone in the corner Their lives revolve without you © A. F. Stewart... Continue Reading →
Day Ten of National Poetry Month brings a little sorrow... Unspoken Promises Standing past the warm summer breeze the smell of honeysuckle drifting from the trees I still see the ghost of you beyond the sea You never mouthed the perfect words your tongue stumbled in knotted speech standing past the warm... Continue Reading →
Be Afraid of the Dark 