by Ivory Web | May 18, 2008 | Prose & Poetry
This Is the Story of My Story It’s 1936. And Teddy Rosen has a date with some girl named Jane Stein who spends her summers in Michiana, Michigan, which owes its rather picaresque name to the fact that it lies on...
by Ivory Web | May 16, 2008 | Prose & Poetry
Eat a PeachTom and Shirley were in love and in debt. He was an aspiring actor and she, a moon-eyed wannabe ballerina. They lived in a small apartment on Bleecker. He loved the way he could make her laugh or cry. They threw parties. They had plenty of friends....
by Ivory Web | May 15, 2008 | Prose & Poetry
Singapore side-streetThey spray the hanging duckwith hot waterin this restauranta converted British shop houseno. 9was once an opium dennow a whorehousewith a peking duck restaurantfowl between chopstickswhat's she saying? Shit,I can't understand Cantonese.the...
by Ivory Web | May 14, 2008 | Haibun, Tanka, Haiku & Haiga
Brother of the Sea Lake Erie – blue water and sky become one. I sit in the sand not far from the place along the channel where my father and I used to fish. The beach is smaller now, cluttered with garbage cans and signs. The driftwood too, scattered along...
by Ivory Web | May 13, 2008 | Prose & Poetry
This is for all of you who have struggled with poetry forms…I’ll write a sonnet…I’ll write a sonnet about a haiku(ironic that, if I say so myself) or maybe I’ll pen an apt senryuand leave the cinquain to rot on the shelf.I’m not really sure which type I...
