by Ivory Web | Oct 12, 2008 | Prose & Poetry
TIME AND SPACEFeelings in humans are like time in space: the former moves while the latter stays.Time is forever. Space doesn’t live that long – it requires updates. Though imprescriptible, time is still wrong for space.Space is suicidal: it tends to an end. Time has...
by Ivory Web | Oct 11, 2008 | Prose & Poetry
Do What’s Good For You “Dirty seaweed,” mother says. “Put it down and eat your burger.”~ ~ ~ ~ ~Lunchtime BlackShe sitsonly for an hour.But,there is no golden revelationat the bottom of a snatched paper cup.No answerbetween nervous bitesfrom a wilted balsa wood...
by Ivory Web | Oct 10, 2008 | Prose & Poetry
trash for someone i've seen twiceWhy am I not allowed to just gather your face into my hands and pull you close whenever I see you? I would melt all over the floor. Solids to liquids, liquids to solids – I wouldn't be able to do it.I imagined you were waiting...
by Ivory Web | Oct 9, 2008 | Word & Image
Here's the first of our poetry podcast recordings, courtesy of PoetCasting.co.uk. The poem – Things I Should Have Said At The Time, But Never Did – is by Jo Bell. An archaeologist by training, Jo Bell is the Co-ordinator of National Poetry Day (October 9th) and...
by Ivory Web | Oct 9, 2008 | Prose & Poetry
COLLATERALWhat goes through my mindcoughing dirtbreathing dust.Soft swoon of her bedtime minutesgiving way so sudden.Nothing at firstbut tinnitus crescendoswelling my headas I come to realising.A bedtime taleonce upon a weapon is primedattack siren lullabysoftly...
