Picture in Grey – a prose poem by Mandy Pannett

by | Mar 25, 2008 | Prose & Poetry

PICTURE IN GREYThere’s the sense of a river behind a low wall; footsteps on leaf-fall, grey light through the mist. There are hours ahead for the unshed rain. This is an island of pavements and derelict blocks; a low landscape, no colour here. Nothing to do but wait...

Two poems by Amanda Weeks

by | Mar 24, 2008 | Prose & Poetry

ScrubberFrom the minute I wake upI can hear her sweeping brush against the pavementAnd wonder how many particles of dirtHave settled since the last cleansing exerciseEight hours ago.Then she moves on to the windowsillThe paint faded through constant rubbing.Next is...

It's that way – by Mike Montreuil

by | Mar 23, 2008 | Prose & Poetry

IT'S THAT WAYi.the day beginsnever in the waywe imagineit would betoo predictableeven the loveI have for youis that wayii.the shower water is hotmore so than yesterdayI wanted it that wayiii.I tried to seta place for youat my breakfast tablesome things are...

Two new works by Deborah Gordon

by | Mar 20, 2008 | Prose & Poetry, Word & Image

The TigerThe Paper Clip MenSlightly bentAnd – spent aroundThe edgesThe paper clip menDance – wildly onThe ledges. • This is Deborah Gordon's second appearance on IS&T, she says “I began writing at the age of seven and since then have never...