by Ward | Oct 16, 2026 | Poetry, Writing
every day I reacha thousand timesabove my headfor a glass or platelift a childraise a roofbeam high aboveanother brother’s, sister’sbloodied bodymurdered by another war every day I reacha thousand timesto you my loveI reach out to youwho are notmy loveand yet you...
by Ward | Oct 14, 2026 | Poetry, Writing
you cannot avoid your pathyou cannot step off your pathit’s non-negotiable, can’t look awayyou will see your path through you can improve, ruin, build, destroydo whatever you wish to your pathyou can beg for forgiveness, cry outfor relief, but all you get is your path...
by Ward | Oct 6, 2026 | Poetry, Writing
Sunset lit wind swirls,smells of waning days, sleeping warm.Light eddies, tumbles in little whirlpools,dances the future of leaves, drain of hoursof gold. Winter waits to reel, foxtrot, polkawith emptiness and snow. We sit and watch,peculiarly indifferent, idle,...
by Ward | Oct 5, 2026 | Prose, Writing
A Cautionary Fable About Addiction and Its ConsequencesHistory of GeniesA genie, otherwise known as a djinn, or jinn, from the Arabic al-jinn is a quixotic creature. They can race the wind, turn a desert into lush farmland, blow a storm from their mouth, or stretch...
by Ward | Sep 28, 2026 | Poetry, Writing
Shimmer of birch leaves against slap of sunlightall flicker and history, tale of what is to be,what is told. Time between winter and summer,reckoning and memory, counting and forgiving.Clouds grate sky grey as we pursue last fruit,last seeds, set our ships to sail...
by Ward | Sep 23, 2026 | Poetry, Writing
The more I drink, the more I love my family.Until we drink too much, then we fight and cry.That’s not a plea for understanding or absolution,it’s a question of what makes those you lovemore beautiful, or unbearable, if only for a moment?Drunkenness creates the aura of...
