by Ivory Web | Jun 16, 2010 | Prose & Poetry
Fighting for AirI know Despair and she knows me. We first met as I worked, in Hope, as the ground became harder and my tools became blunter. I worked. I said “this is...
by Ivory Web | Jun 15, 2010 | Prose & Poetry
Chloe’s PantoumThe summer we carried the puppies up the garden.Four cousins, each with their own damp handfulof fur, paw tongue. The animal smell.We knelt in the grass to make them beds.Four cousins, each with their own damp handful:Chloe, Lady, Duke and the runt.We...
by Ivory Web | Jun 14, 2010 | Prose & Poetry
A Plea to Saint WilgefortisAs you know, the hair on my face is dark,it downs my cheek, forests my upper lip, my jaw. As you must surely know, I tried creams, they fetched a rash and the hair sprang back.I’ve never considered myself a freak, just hairier than most,...
by Ivory Web | Jun 13, 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, 10th Haiku Contest, 2007.
by Ivory Web | Jun 12, 2010 | Prose & Poetry
The Fond Farewell.The hour marches on defiantly,like a small child, stamping.She shows me into herparlour. What a time beaten name for a room.The air is thick with emptiness. I have to swim my way throughand I wash up next to my fatherin his Sunday Best.His skin...
