by Ivory Web | Jan 4, 2010 | Haibun, Tanka, Haiku & Haiga
With the UK having already had its coldest winter for 25 years (and there's plenty more to come say weathermen) here's a seasonal haiku by regular IS&T contributor Patsy Goodsir, along with a photo she took at sunset yesterday (Sunday)…A New Year...
by Ivory Web | Jan 3, 2010 | Prose & Poetry
ME, JULIAN OF NORWICH AND HER CAT 'Only the cat can come and go at will and the rats of course. She never goes out, part of her job. I on the other hand have to wait until the curtain opens, until the queue works its way to myself and I...
by Ivory Web | Jun 30, 2009 | Prose & Poetry
Awakening of an Urban WitchCast from Shadowland; yet clinging stillto trailing fingers of kindred wraithsmy harbinger spirit seeks respitein Hades’ neon hallways then flounders in its silent searchas useless sleep lets loose her gripand that bastard nocturnal...
by Ivory Web | Jun 29, 2009 | Prose & Poetry
TRIPYou shine like a glazed clay bowl in the sun. The door slides shut behind you – leaning down towards me you say hello. I’m not as good as my fellow passengers at avoiding eye contact. Hello I reply. The seat between us littered with papers giving me space from...
by Ivory Web | Jun 28, 2009 | Prose & Poetry
Tanka 1During these hard timesa tall man catches ducklingsas they fall like starstowards the unmoving road.Small lives not yet forgotten.Tanka 2The moorhen’s green toessmooth the grass with each long step.They should not belongto such a small scrap of birdbut to...
