by Ivory Web | Sep 28, 2008 | Haibun, Tanka, Haiku & Haiga
DowntownLight from everywhere this afternoon, every windshield and sheet of glass, light off of cuff links and earrings, from every concealed whim, light from belt buckles and clasps on the vintage shoes of that assistant manager, light off the foil that guards...
by Ivory Web | Sep 27, 2008 | Haibun, Tanka, Haiku & Haiga
* Maggie West says “After I had been writing short poems for some years, I discovered haiku while studying formal western-style calligraphy. In 1992, I became a member of The British Haiku Society and was thereby introduced to other forms of Japanese poetry....
by Ivory Web | Sep 26, 2008 | Prose & Poetry
The Rain When the rain began, people rushed out to gather as much as they could. It was real. All denominations. Money. Wealth beyond avarice. Then came the day it changed. It burst into flames and scorched their eager fingers,...
by Ivory Web | Sep 24, 2008 | Prose & Poetry
At the End of a RoomThey took the bed. Wardrobe. Chest of drawers. The low wooden trunk that sat at the bottom of the bed. When mama was alive there were cushions on the trunk – turquoise with gold thread that I traced with my eyes. After she died, the cushions...
by Ivory Web | Sep 23, 2008 | Prose & Poetry
Dementia: Forgotten soundsIn the beginningsilence and emptinessbefore you begin to rememberandthen the hush that makes you feel light at the top of your spinethen the quietness that hints at memory soundsthen the itch that makes you scratch your eardrumsthen the hum...
