by Ivory Web | Aug 14, 2010 | Haibun, Tanka, Haiku & Haiga
* Francis Masat is co-editor of Key-Ku (Florida Keys haiku) and author of Lilacs After Winter (haibun) and other books. The haiku used in this haiga appeared in Mainichi Daily News and received an Honorable Mention, Best of 2006.
by Ivory Web | Aug 13, 2010 | Interviews
Nine QuestionsIn this new series Ink Sweat & Tears talks to practicing writers about their process and craft.1. Where do you write? (do you have an office, room, bus or train journey that you find yourself and your writing? etc)Office in the attic, amongst the...
by Ivory Web | Aug 12, 2010 | Prose & Poetry
SEARCH AND DESTROY I hear the windrubbing palm leavestogether; thesound of speedingcars, engines, birds;a woman's sneeze,children laughing,someone whistling;old men and oldwomen talking,sirens, alarms;there is alwayssomething searchingto destroy thesilence I...
by Ivory Web | Aug 11, 2010 | Prose & Poetry
Ladybirds”There are so few clouds in the sky
I could fit them all in my pocket”
you said to me
lying on the hammock in our garden
but I ignored you
assuming you had heatstroke
or were tipsy after your third glass
of Martini and lemonade.
The...
by Ivory Web | Aug 10, 2010 | Haibun, Tanka, Haiku & Haiga
the few daysbetween youth and ageone lifetime* * * * *butter meltingon warm breadSunday morning* * * * *At the antique storeI sawmy memories* * * * *morning coffeeon the patioyour chair, empty* * * * *the house is gonebats circle in the eveningabove the empty space*...
