Paul Stewart

Joined March 2021

1316 stories

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Award-Winning Writer, Poet, Scottish-Italian, Subversive.

The Accidental Poet - Poetry Collection out now!

Streams and Scratches in My Mind coming soon!

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Regression
My eyes are bleary, my head — heavy. I tried not once, but thrice to compose myself, to fight the tide, to compose the words for the
By Paul Stewart7 months ago in Poets
What I Should Have Said
She brings me sunshine with her smile challenges me, coaxes my very best— even when I resist. - She is fierce, intelligent, emotionally mature,
By Paul Stewart7 months ago in Poets
Bloated Wolves
So much gets left unsaid reserved for the journal in my head, not out loud — pushed down, right down until it burns
By Paul Stewart7 months ago in Poets
Not Macbeth
the sound and fury no idiots, poor players just you and me—ever * Thanks for reading! Author's Notes: This is my entry for Carolina Borges' 500 Reads Haiku Challenge, which you can find out more about by following the link below.
By Paul Stewart7 months ago in Poets
Four Bowls of Glory. Top Story - June 2025.
As much as Nonna’s was a place for laughter, argument, and wine, it was also a gladiatorial arena. Where only the best could triumph.
By Paul Stewart7 months ago in Writers
Shaving the Grey
I shaved my head today I shaved the grey away Not that I mind it Not really anyway Not that I sit awake Thinking about my grey
By Paul Stewart7 months ago in Poets
Vocal Poetry Anthology: Progress Update and Requests
Hey folks! Remember this? It's that time again, folks! Another update for my long-term self-published poetry anthology project featuring poetry from many of you on this platform.
By Paul Stewart7 months ago in Writers
A Coda for the Living
pulling back from the wreckage the song isn't over yet this isn't my requiem no solemn fixed faces professional mourning
By Paul Stewart7 months ago in Poets
"Janet Horne" — The Last Witch Executed in Scotland. Runner-Up in History Would’ve Burned This Page Challenge.
Imagine you're Janet Horne, an elderly woman living in Dornoch, a quaint little seaside town in the Sutherland county of Scotland's Highlands. It’s 1727, and you lead a modest life — not unusual for that time or place — with your daughter. Life isn’t easy, but it’s yours. You have the love of your daughter and the duty of caring for her to keep you going, despite the creeping onset of an illness we’d now recognise as senility.
By Paul Stewart7 months ago in History
Sanctuary
As the dark circled around me, as my blood was swallowed by the drain again One hesitation mark after another— scorching my flesh and soul.
By Paul Stewart7 months ago in Fiction
The Walk. Content Warning.
The walk there was always something I savoured, trying to make it last longer than the five minutes it usually took. This was not because I wanted to delay my arrival at the destination at the end of the walk.
By Paul Stewart8 months ago in Fiction
She Sang in Steam
This city. The city was my home. The bitterness—the acridity—stifled my breathing, and the city's breathing. Almost. The steam encircling the city was like its living spirit of the present and the dying ghost of its past.
By Paul Stewart8 months ago in Fiction