by Ivory Web | Mar 9, 2009 | Haibun, Tanka, Haiku & Haiga
The Leather Tassels on ThemGordon Johnson is an actuary. By day he plies hisconservative trade assessing and projecting financialrisks from natural catastrophes, mortality, andmorbidity. He wears the modern equivalent of the grayflannel suit: a blue blazer, cornflower...
by Ivory Web | Mar 7, 2009 | Haibun, Tanka, Haiku & Haiga
* John Irvine's a regular IS&T contributor
by Ivory Web | Mar 6, 2009 | Prose & Poetry
BOUNCINGSometimes you do not feelLike bouncingLand with a splat and lieCompressedAirless, flat, no rebound.On half days you plop backEnough to rollSlowly depart the pointOf impactTo comfort of shadowsIn high times you dropExpectingThe bounce to bring you backTo the...
by Ivory Web | Mar 5, 2009 | Prose & Poetry
monkey mindLike a marble rolling down a hillI found the place I’ve settled inI’m here, but easily dislodgedby vibrationthe temporary home I seewalls at times folding inas good a place as anybut not what conjures restor reflection, or comfortflavor bud livingas Captain...
by Ivory Web | Mar 4, 2009 | Word & Image
Our latest Billy Collins animation is of his poem Man in Space with animation by Acumensch, juxtaposing images from the movies Citizen Kane, Catwomen of the Moon, Star Trek TNG: Angel One and Aeon Flux.
