by Ivory Web | Jan 21, 2008 | Prose & Poetry
Coniston*1. The Ferry The child on his father’s lapreaches out, touches the water.He trails a finger, sucks it.It tastes of old rain, he says.It tastes of not the sea, deep,slowness, town scouts fingers.2. Campbell Cold water cures many ills,lowers desire to the pitch...
by Ivory Web | Jan 18, 2008 | Prose & Poetry
FULLNESSSomething breathingrises, falls, tides pulled by sentiencewisdomher lipsparted as if beginningspeechor receiving toucha song playsacross the empty fieldsbreaks like brookingson the way to fullnesswidenessopen sea.And the waters swim mewithout knowing meenvelop...
by Ivory Web | Jan 16, 2008 | Prose & Poetry
On the first night of the dark moonIn Bolton,In a basement,In a tall black room with a hard black floorI listened,To a woman,To a tall dark haired woman dressed all in blackReading poems,Long dark poems,New Scriptures about God and a woman and a box and a BeastThe...
by Ivory Web | Jan 14, 2008 | Prose & Poetry
Eightyeight String of shimmering pearlsBlack and white tremblingFor the divers touch but not afraidAnd who holds the keysMusky loverCaressed by a million hands before meRavaged by strong and slightPetulant...
by Ivory Web | Jan 13, 2008 | Haibun, Tanka, Haiku & Haiga
• Maggie West says “After I had been writing short poems for some years, I discovered haiku while studying formal western-style calligraphy. In 1992, I became a member of The British Haiku Society and was thereby introduced to other forms of Japanese poetry. I...
