by Ivory Web | Jul 23, 2008 | Prose & Poetry
RENOVATION Blisters of her green paint ruptured wetunder my nail like fatbladders of seaweed.The God of all Mildew had blownbird's egg speckles and flown.Whoever dressed her, has left her he said.Sea licked the beach beyondas I watched them take downFor...
by Ivory Web | Jul 22, 2008 | Prose & Poetry
LIGHT CONVERSATIONFiona over the road asked mewould I please stop shining a light (my reading lamp) through her bedroom window. She said, it's like a searchlightand these new lamp-posts are the wrong onesshe addedthe council will have to replace them. It might be...
by Ivory Web | Jul 21, 2008 | Prose & Poetry
REEDThere are babies growing in the reed beds again. They grow in cocoons like the nests of harvest mice, a little looser in the weave. The cocoons have been swelling since the spring; the first frosts have come and gone but the cold will be back. I feel it...
by Ivory Web | Jul 20, 2008 | Reviews
drop, anchor is the new chapbook collection by Ben Barton. Although the author is described as 'a queer poet from Folkestone' this is not a collection of gay poetry. True, there are some that deal with aspects homosexual relationships but essentially this is a...
by Ivory Web | Jul 19, 2008 | Haibun, Tanka, Haiku & Haiga
• Alexis Rotella is a regular contributor of haiga to Ink Sweat & Tears
