Subscribe to The Renaissance Garden Guy Two Poems Here are two poems. Sort of free verse-ish, sort of prose-ish. I just wrote them now, and ran outside to grab a pic in the dark. So, two hastily written poems and one hastily snapped photo is my RGG contribution this evening. (Somebody ought to can me.) […]
Subscribe to The Renaissance Garden Guy It’s Nice to Be Asked to Say a Few Words… It’s nice to be asked to “say a few words.” Whether those words are spoken live at a particular social event, or written in a printed quote, the idea that someone thinks your thoughts are important enough to be
Subscribe to The Renaissance Garden Guy Wanderlust “Wanderlust” is my latest work of short fiction, and it’s right here, published for the first time in The Renaissance Garden Guy. By John G. Stamos Wanderlust John G. Stamos The main trouble with apartment life, Roger thought, was the rent you had to pay. Rent was the
Subscribe to The Renaissance Garden Guy Flowers Grew Here My original poem, “Flowers Grew Here,” published for the first time, right here in The Renaissance Garden Guy. By John G. Stamos Flowers Grew Here John G. Stamos In the shade of a gray potting shed, hidden by overgrowth and scrub, there is an empty forgotten
Subscribe to The Renaissance Garden Guy In the Midst of Plant Lives I live my own life in the midst of plant lives. Many, many plant lives. Since I’m the publisher here, this situation would seem to be about right. But I choose to live my life with plants for reasons far beyond the vocational.
Subscribe to The Renaissance Garden Guy Traveling Dialogues “Traveling Dialogues” is my original poem. Published for the first time, here in The Renaissance Garden Guy. By John G. Stamos Traveling Dialogues John G. Stamos A few days after he thought he remembered it starting, A Wednesday, He asked the old man, “Do you need whiskey
Subscribe to The Renaissance Garden Guy Moonlight “Moonlight” is my new poem. It’s about that plaintive light that reveals more secrets than just those of a cloudless night. By John G. Stamos Moonlight John G. Stamos Moonlight, Can I follow you beneath the knitting of copses and thickets and eaves? Under a shell of my
Subscribe to The Renaissance Garden Guy Marble “Marble” is my brand new short story, published for the first time ever right here in The RGG. I churned it out just this evening and I really hope you like it. By John G. Stamos Marble John G. Stamos Ken squeezed the appointment in on the day
Subscribe to The Renaissance Garden Guy The Cherry Tree (Small Things) Cherry blossoms carry almost a mythical significance in Japan. That special magic exists on other shores as well. By Lisa Louis The Cherry Tree (Small Things) Lisa Louis During my five and a half years living in Kyoto in my twenties, it was impossible
Subscribe to The Renaissance Garden Guy Cycad Susurrations A poem about a houseplant? Seriously? Well, it is a pretty remarkable houseplant… My original work, “Cycad Susurrations,” is indeed a short poem inspired by one of my own potted plants, the mysterious and sinister Sago Palm. This plant is a cycad – of the genus Cycas
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