by Ivory Web | Nov 27, 2008 | Prose & Poetry, Word & Image
Here's the first of our new podcast series. The poem is by regular IS&T contributor Helen Pletts and was recorded in the Czech Republic, where she now lives. So, well done Helen for not only coping with the recording technology – but managing it in Czech....
by Ivory Web | Nov 27, 2008 | Word & Image
More topical concrete poetry comment by Chris Major – this time of UK Chancellor of the Exchequer (ie finance minister) Alistair Darling's emergency budget plans…
by Ivory Web | Nov 26, 2008 | Prose & Poetry
THE ONE WITH HERAll fires are smallexcept the one with her.It smoldered so long,for years.It must have beenthe ground –the cool damp sandthe coals return to.Brittle white twigs,ashy dirty sand,cactus protrudinghere and there;the estuarywafts in on the night air...
by Ivory Web | Nov 25, 2008 | Prose & Poetry
An interlude of you To get to know you, I resort to stratagems. To not to know you, I again resort to stratagems. This oscillation is not a simple periodic motion of my will, neither of yours I believe. We've been the object of my circumstances, my fate and...
by Ivory Web | Nov 24, 2008 | Prose & Poetry
Boozing Buddies Scabby Dave Scrofulous,Adhering to his beard The froth.A skeletal rock monster On his back,He looks like that. Lance Telling me he is going to open a boutique in Londonin his rags.A fishing rod for a walking stick,Then...
