by Ivory Web | Sep 1, 2008 | Prose & Poetry
SUMMER BUSINESS September. Crowds leave.What tanned on beachesnow works the factories.The tiny ice-cream stand shutters.Joe measures his bank-bookagainst the great winter idleness.He hates the touristsbut despises their leaving more.It's his closed fishing...
by Ivory Web | Aug 31, 2008 | Prose & Poetry
Straw Widow Monday is putting in time,Tuesday, the longest day,Wednesday, a frisson –a swell between my legswhile I track your journeyfrom industrial estate,to train, to bigger train;the final stretch is your walkfrom the station to home,and me: your straw...
by Ivory Web | Aug 30, 2008 | Prose & Poetry
sugar packet artHere's my number. You should call me if you ever get bored. You can ask me to coffee. I'll politely ask you if you had somewhere particular in mind, and you'll probably say no. I'll then begin to list off three or four of my favorite...
by Ivory Web | Aug 25, 2008 | Prose & Poetry
SHE PLAYED ME LIKE A STEEL GUITARWinter trees scrape the cracked sky. Clouds like old bruises mass in the late afternoon. I walk on. She played me like a steel guitar, coaxing out sweet sliding sounds at will, just for the fun of it, for her own amusement. The rough...
by Ivory Web | Aug 23, 2008 | Prose & Poetry
A couple of months ago (see 15 June posting + cover artwork) we ran a news item about regular IS&T contributor Gwilym Williams' new collection Genteel Messages (Poetry Monthly Press, ISBN 978-1-906357-17-7). About the same time I was reading a book about...
