by Ward | Jun 16, 2025 | Poetry, Writing
we all naturally floatit’s a matter of factcarried over a waterfallbathing in Shangri-lawe all float with easeit’s true some float morethan others, not to mentionthose who are sinkersbut that’s not whatI’m thinking aboutrest assured, it seemsa good time to remind...
by Ward | Jun 10, 2025 | Poetry, Writing
I have learnt to appreciate tea.It gives a lift, almost sinful,between the late afternoon,and the beginning of the dark.That moment that is like readingsomething difficult, you try to getthrough, it wears you down, youcan’t comprehend it, but you’reaware, you reach...
by Ward | Jun 4, 2025 | Poetry, Writing
Bonnie woke up to a globe covered in hair.It wasn’t originally furry, it must havehappened over night, she didn’t rememberit being that way before she went to sleep.It was a gift from her grandfatherwho wanted to encourage an interestin geography — but it wasn’t...
by Ward | May 28, 2025 | Poetry, Writing
night time humidstartled by thunderlightning brilliant flashesendless rain, endless rainawaken to light on the ceilingopen the curtains, the clouds are gonethe horizon bright warm excitingthe Sun God says helloclouds grey cold dayslate sky seems empty flatbut the...
by Ward | May 22, 2025 | Poetry, Writing
Naked under leathersoaked in waterlaugh on instinctsee far beyond youstand on what’s understart again what’s overthink about what’s forgottenreach past your graspdive deep into obsessionmake a quick getawaysave for a rainy dayspend like a drunken sailorremember what’s...
by Ward | May 15, 2025 | Poetry, Writing
we refine ourselvesadd to ourselvesthrough acts of kindnesshelp othersshare lovedefine ourselvesthrough sorrowsour errorsour foolishnessbut foolishness is notalways sorrowsometimes it can be joyfriendshipan inconceivable actof givingwe did not intendbut instead...
