Undergrowth

Poetry

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Social media shortcomings. AI silliness. Inevitability.
Poetry

One Mile Inland

Waves roar. Distance whispers. Intimacy echoes.
Poetry

Silt

Shadows lengthen. Presence and absence. Nature knows.
Poetry

De-

Love dissolves. Hearts rebel. Destiny prevails.
Poetry

Tendrils

A comforting presence at a funeral. Loss, connection and hope.
Poetry

Bones in the Rocks

Family, ferries, fatherhood and the pull of home.
Poetry

She’s Up St Mary’s Again

Fading. Dementia dissolving. Fog.
Fiction

Dorothy, the Demon and I

Hallowe’en story: ELIZA in the Underworld. Terror lurks. Choice becomes destiny. Freedom has a price.
Poetry

Cold Weather Front

Night. Predators. Season’s turn.
Poetry

A Bang from the Inky

Thunder breaks. Nature transforms. Life persists.
Poetry

Boiled Air and Brine

Heat and sand. Separate souls. Ocean and tree-shade.
Declaration

Manifesto

An unsure hand taps the sign: “A. B. C. – Always Be Creating”

Undergrowth is a collection of writings by Ian Winter.

Professor Robot KG-12 is an experiment in automated literary criticism. The content of the article, poem, story etc. is thrown at the Claude AI platform, which ventriloquises a critique. It tends towards flattery, sating the author’s ego.