in Wisden!


Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2014  now lists  'Guile and Spin' by Stuart Larner in their Cricket Fiction section.

Seaside Earthquake

What if the minor quakes reported in North West England a few years ago had been more extensive?

see poem:


http://www.everydaypoets.com/seaside-earthquake-by-stuart-larner/

Catching the Train from Scarborough

You gave me a lift to the station

With just minutes on the railway clock.

You stopped with a flourish in the car park.

Our life is a roundabout.

Your name I said leaving the front seat

As we came to our usual fork.

Your smile was in the takeaway coffee

I drank slowly, all the way, to York.

Stuart Larner

published in Scarborough Review Issue 8, March/April 2014

The Big Dream

for a detective story with a difference go to:

http://www.everydayfiction.com/the-big-dream-by-stuart-larner/

Courtship by an Equilibrist

I saw a circus acrobat balancing on street furniture, and wondered if he was trying to attract the attention of a lady in the crowd

go to

http://www.everydaypoets.com/courtship-by-an-equilibrist-%e2%80%a2-by-stuart-larner/






to see how he got on.

Find solace from the terrible storms that have lashed our coast

published in the Scarborough Review

How Celebration Grows

On the sea's raging white horses

That beat hooves against our coast,

I saw a Scarborough fishing boat ride home

Encircled by celebrating gulls.

I marvelled at  how, in such a storm,

The  excitement of one gull could attract so many,

But didn't know how important that sight could be.

For now, Chinese New Year of the Horse,

When the sea's stallions stampede again,

I remember summer donkeys plodding on the sand,

And know how the excitement of one child

Drew in the hearts of so many, including me.

Stuart Larner

NEW POEM

Ever had the feeling that the world has changed, and you just can't put your finger on what it used to be like?

To see how I coped  go to:


http://www.everydaypoets.com/the-shop-that-isnt-there-by-stuart-larner/