by Ivory Web | Oct 16, 2008 | Haibun, Tanka, Haiku & Haiga
It’s that KWISH…… sound of the truck’s air brakes backing up snug tothe loading dock’s battered pads in the middle of thenight.windshield rainsmell of hot drip coffeefrom the thermos~ ~ ~ ~ ~The Sign As They Likely DashedAt 2am it is a curious but welcome sight –...
by Ivory Web | Oct 15, 2008 | Word & Image
Here's our latest poetry podcast recording, courtesy of PoetCasting.co.uk. The poem – Winter Collection – is by regular IS&T contributor Ken Head and taken from his new digital chapbook published by Snakeskin.* Instructions: To access this podcast: click on...
by Ivory Web | Oct 15, 2008 | Haibun, Tanka, Haiku & Haiga
Kata #1Is this what you call luck?It's always about to go sour or need some attention.Is life like a nagging sore throat you can't shake?It's a soft breeze in the head—no! a warm sip of tea.Kata #2Why is there music on?No, and yes, it's a sample...
by Ivory Web | Oct 14, 2008 | Prose & Poetry
One more time ‘This is the place where they house the dead books. This is where we store the tales that no one reads any more. It’s like a graveyard though paper is slower to decay than flesh. I am the guardian. Let me show you around, help you settle in, make...
by Ivory Web | Oct 13, 2008 | Prose & Poetry
my seven hours as a door to door vacuum cleaner salesman shake a stickthrow a jabsodomize a garbage can. peel an orangelop off your foot with a banjoplay the cymbal with your penis. wear a suit of baloneysnorkel on a gravel roadread a biography of...
