Stella's Stones -- Journeys to the Human Heart

Here I collect small, polished, observational pieces/moments of experience - in a nutshell haiku/senryu or other forms of micropoetry and very short fiction. For my main blog please go to http://stellapierides.com

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Searing heat

searing heata postcard arrives from nowhere

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Ballet dancers visiting 'Dance with Parkinson's'

Balletttänzer des Theaters Augsburg zu Gast bei „Tanz mit Parkinson“ – einem Kurs des Staatstheaters Augsburg für Menschen, die mit dieser Erkrankung leben. Unter der Leitung von Gabriella Gilardi und Serena Pettinari bringt das Angebot durch Bewegung, Musik und Tanz Lebendigkeit und Verbundenheit in den Alltag der Teilnehmenden. Ein großartiges Projekt! Ballet dancers from Theater Augsburg are…

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After the argument

In Cornflower 1, 2026, P.16, my poem ‘after the argument’. Thank you to Michael Pappafava and all the editors for the inclusion! And congratulations on the outstanding inaugural issue of Cornflower Magazine! after the argument cherry petalson the washing line

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Gathering

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Unpicking

Reflecting on the current climate.unpicking the spring canvas…freezing wind .In Blithe Spirit 36, no 2, p.15.

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Volunteer Programme Augsburg

Recently, I became aware of the Volunteer Programme Augsburg and the incredibly generous contribution they make to quality of life and community in Augsburg. On Friday, May 8, 2026, in conjunction with the European Day of Protest for the Equality of People with Disabilities, they hosted the event “We’re Moving Inclusion Forward 2026”. They truly opened the doors to those interested to learn about…

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Soul searching

soul searchingMenyanthes or Bogbean

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In Chrysanthemum 32

Glad to be in Chrysanthemum, issue 32, p. 157, April 2026. My haiku in English, translated into German and placed in this issue’s wonderful pages. Grateful to Beate Conrad, Editor, and congratulations to all featured poets.

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Happy World Parkinson's Day!

Happy World Parkinson’s Day friends! This is the day for persons with Parkinson’s, their families, friends and healthcare professionals to work together to promote awareness and increase the profile of Parkinson’s Disease. Resources to explore: Davis Phinney Foundation: stories, tools, strategies, real-life insight https://davisphinneyfoundation.org/resources/ Parkinson’s Europe: How to lead…

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Palm Sunday

Palm Sundaythe dogwood’s blood redhues

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Horror Senryu Journal

Pleased to have 2 #senryu appear in horror senryu journal! sweet smell drifting outof the hospice window…long nights.And.still dark…blood seeps intothe mattress.In horror senryu journal, 30 January 2026Many thanks to editor Thomas Tilton

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Lobsters

Delighted to see three of my one line poems in The Other Bunny, 29 June 2026 (see one of the three poems included with image below) Grateful thanks to editor Johannes S. H. Bjerg!

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hushed sounds...

.hushed sounds…snowflakes soaking upthe light

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adult bibs

Delighted to appear in issue 3 of Flying Fish Haiku Journal! Many thanks to Editor Richa Sharma for including this poem: endof the line…adult bib It connects to earlier work on the same theme. In 2022, reflecting on the problems faced by persons living with PD, I wrote about the qualities of haiku that recommended it as a tool in the Parkinson’s toolbox. Briefly, I saw haiku as a container or…

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Rainer Maria Rilke's Birthday

Today, the 4th of December, is Rainer Maria Rilke’s birthday. Honoring the poet, three biographies appeared in 2025, which I am about to read: Sandra Richter’s “Rilke or The Open Life”, Manfred Koch’s “Rilke – Poet of Anxiety” and Ruediger Shaper’s Rainer Maria Rilke: The Prophet of the Avant-Garde. All three in the German Language. In the biogaphy by Manfred Koch, Rilke’s traumatic experiences…

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Advent

Advent…logs becoming flamebecoming heat.

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Breaking through the grey

.breaking through the grey…rays of hope

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