Undergrowth | Ian Winter | Substack

Recent posts

A Badger on the Road

POETRY: Nature’s struggle in the English countryside

Apr 1 •

Slivers of Gold

POETRY: From winter’s depths, inching to spring

Mar 27 •

As the Lights Dim and Die

POETRY: On my mother’s peaceful final hours.

Mar 18 •

Somebody’s Stolen the Moon

POETRY: America darkly metamorphoses, and the Me is looming close

Mar 11 •

The Wedding Poem

Tongue-tied and need to say something at a wedding? Here’s some sparkle to sprinkle on your speech.

Mar 6 •

LOVE POEM #3: Frustration. Barriers. Desire.

Mar 2 •

On The Struggle Of A Poetry Grump When Confronted With Free Verse That Isn’t

Scuffling with poetry that fails to resonate, blooms and dies. Parched flowers in the dark.

Feb 25 •

LOVE POEM #2: The heavenly choir. Peacefully blessed. Simple desire in an infinite cosmos.

Feb 14 •

POETRY: Cause and consequences, the concertina of time, human failings.

Feb 11 •

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Poetry

Thistles and Thorns

LOVE POEM #4: The pathway to passion. Barbed beginnings. Soft landings.

Apr 6 •

A Badger on the Road

POETRY: Nature’s struggle in the English countryside

Apr 1 •

Slivers of Gold

POETRY: From winter’s depths, inching to spring

Mar 27 •

As the Lights Dim and Die

POETRY: On my mother’s peaceful final hours.

Mar 18 •

Somebody’s Stolen the Moon

POETRY: America darkly metamorphoses, and the Me is looming close

Mar 11 •

Fiction

Dorothy, the Demon and I

FICTION: Night-walking to an appointment with ELIZA in the Underworld. Terror lurks. Choice becomes destiny. Freedom has a price.

Oct 28, 2024 •

Actuality

ACTUALITY: Adventures in AI, in which Claude admits to “talking out of my ass”

Jan 27 •

Practicality

Tiddies and a Six Pack, Here Come the Flattery Scammers

PRACTICALITY: Sharpening your spidey-senses for the Substack sharks

Jun 20 •

How to Use Your Stripe Account as a Substack Tip Jar

PRACTICALITY: Using your existing Stripe account to process tips straight into your bank account from a “Tip Jar” or “Buy Me A Coffee” button on your…

Jun 18 •

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