Sun Shadow Beats started as a Covid clutter-clearing experiment. Papers written and hoarded over decades of a life mounted so high I thought reading and recording the stacks of poetry and prose out loud would help me move them out the door. It didn’t. Instead they became precious spells by which I cast back in time to emotions and memories, fantasies and relationships long since lost, abandoned and forgotten. Forgive that I chant them rather than type them and travel with me…
The C Word
Summary Poems and prose about breast cancer by the poet…
The Maze
A journey through a mind maze of colours. Summary The…
Cold Undone
Summary Poems and prose about winter blues and beauty by…
Snakes and Ladders
Summary Poems and prose about internal struggles and collective madness…
The Veil
Summary Poems and prose about the impossible, unknowable choices we…
Parkly Rainy
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Witches’ Brew
Summary Poems and prose about witches by the poet Sun…
Omens
Summary Poems and prose about omens, portents and seers by…
Moon Wizard
Summary Poems and prose about wizards and wonders by the…
Dreaming Dreams
Summary Poems and prose about dreams and fantasies by the…
Burning Star
Summary Poems and prose about jealousy, suspicion and the pain…
Stardust Snow
Summary Poems and prose about stars and stardust by the…
Magical Train
Summary Poems and prose about living large and feeling all…
Hilltop Verse
Summary Poems and prose about a lush tropical hilltop as…
Southern Postcards
Summary Poems and prose about imagined voices and places in…
Bitter Pill
Summary Poems and prose about regrets and loss of innocence,…
Clatter On
Summary Poems and prose about peace, poets and pariahs by…
Clatter On
Summary Poems and prose about peace, poets and pariahs by…
Two By Two
Summary Poems and prose about mating rituals, couples and creatures…
Night Shift
Summary Poems and prose about walking and working the nightshift…
A Fug
Summary Poems and prose about being lost in the infinite…
Positive Charge
Summary Poems and prose about trying to stay positive with…
Turf War
Summary Poems and prose about gambling with life and livelihood…
Insomnia
Summary Poems and prose about insomnia and sleeplessness by the…
Cubism
Summary Poems and prose about white collar office work and…
Midsummer Madness
Summary Poems and prose celebrating the wild, the free and…
Smile Sweetness
Summary Poems and prose about saying goodbye to love and…
Plans Fall Apart
Summary Poems and prose about plans going wrong and obsessions…
Amazon Auntie
Summary Poems and prose about the pleasure and pain of…
Entertain Us
Summary Poems and prose about the shift of entertainment towards…
Sonnet Muses
Summary Sonnets to a life of muses by the poet…
Forgotten Poet
Summary Poems about trying to be a poet by the…
Pain
Summary Poems and prose about pain by the poet Sun…
Oh Wise One
Summary Poems and prose about finding wisdom and learning from…
A Day on Earth
Summary Poems and prose about living on planet Earth by…
Mandalay Way
Summary Poems and prose about travelling around Myanmar and meeting…
Prism
Summary Poems and prose about colour by the poet Sun…
Indochine Visions
Summary Poems and prose about places and people in Indochina…
Still I Want
Summary Poems and prose about longing and nostalgia for days,…
Friend
Summary Poems and prose about close friends, friendship and keeping…
Guilt
Summary Poems about guilt in its different forms by the…
Voices
Summary Who do you listen to most in the day?…
The Flower and The Drum
Summary Poems about war and loss of identity, and peace…
Little Island
Summary Poems from a little island near the equator by…
Inspired
Summary Impromptu poems created while looking at art by painters…
Negative Emotions
Summary Poems and prose about the negative emotions we all…
Unveiled
Summary Poems and prose about clarity of vision and thought…
Addiction
Summary Poems and prose about addiction to gambling, drinking, smoking…
Did You Make it to 2022?
Summary Poems about 2021 and a look back at another…
Safe Distance
Summary Poems about distance, uncertainty and separation by the poet…
The Sea
Summary Poems about the sea by the poet Sun Shadow.…
Sick
Summary Poems about sickness, fever and death from illness by…
Connection
Summary Poems about connecting with people and the natural world…
Jaded
Summary Poems and prose about melancholy, emptiness, loneliness, ennui and…
For a Song
Summary Poems and prose about music, singing and dancing. #sunshadowbeats…
Nana
Summary A eulogy for one who was loved by the…
Wordplay
Summary Playing with words, play on words, wordplay and other…
Monsoon
Summary Poems about the monsoon and waiting for the monsoon,…
Dreams
Summary Poems about dreams, dreaming and the dreamers who dream…
Best Friend
Summary Poems dedicated to and inspired by my dogs 🐾…
Sand and Surfers
Summary Poems and prose about the beach and the sea.…
Iberian Sighs
Summary Poetic memories and prosaic fictions of Spain and Portugal …
Fur and Feathers
Summary Flying with eagles and monkeying around with cats. Animals…
Tropical Train
Summary Join me on a train journey through a tropical…
Weather Vane
Summary Poems about storms, seasons and mother nature’s general awesomeness…
Backpack
Summary Gap year, travelling to exotic lands, and being young…
Lovers
Summary Poems and prose about love, lovers and heartbreak #sunshadowbeats…
Elephant and Castle
Summary Poetic ramblings about London #sunshadowbeats #sunshadow #poetry #prose #poems…
The Pyre
Summary Poetry inspired by attending an Indian funeral #sunshadowbeats #sunshadow…
Damned
Summary Musings inspired by Amsterdam and Aldous Huxley #sunshadowbeats #sunshadow #poetry…
Baguette
Summary Poetic musings from trips to France #sunshadowbeats #sunshadow #poetry…
Heaven to Hell
Summary Short poetic beats #sunshadowbeats #sunshadow #poetry #prose #poems HEAVEN…
Bruised generation
Summary Poetic beats by Sun Shadow #poetry #poeticbeats #sunshadow #sunshadowbeats
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