by Ivory Web | Jul 4, 2008 | Prose & Poetry
Should Amy Winehouse ever stay in a caravan by the seaAfter looking into the pan of a Dudley Diplomat,Amy heads, barefoot,for the shore;past Rajah, centre stageat the Animalarium;his spots stagnant in the big-cat cage.On the sand she takes a boy’s kite:starstruck, he...
by Ivory Web | Jul 3, 2008 | Haibun, Tanka, Haiku & Haiga
Tanka for a Thursday night the televisionjams the corners of my roomwith tiny, scared ghosts.They crowd the dark with questionsand flickering, fearful smiles.• Padrika Tarrant is a regular contributor to IS&T – her latest collection of short fiction – Broken...
by Ivory Web | Jul 2, 2008 | Prose & Poetry
Agency WorkersWe sit on New York-style chairs,stainless steel on cloudgrey carpet.Here in the heat and lightis our morning's ration of luxuryas the register fills up. Each namea strengthening of each, conspirators together,muffled from the cold.Another working...
by Ivory Web | Jun 30, 2008 | Prose & Poetry
A Gemini Thing It’s a Gemini thingMy secret worldOpposites attract yin and yangAngel devil lecher priestEach made more by the other’s beingHooded serpent fur and fangs writheIn deadly dance knowing no other wayNo mercy for second placeHungry pack snorting steam...
by Ivory Web | Jun 28, 2008 | Prose & Poetry
THIS COUPLEwho, ten years ago,were so well knownin local circles – both feared a little, sniggered at onlybehind their backs: we were very young –this couple pass usin a fashionablerestaurant. They’veeaten early and,as we arrive,are on their way out,him with his...
