by Ivory Web | Nov 14, 2007 | Haibun, Tanka, Haiku & Haiga
TankaPine cones filled with snowlitter the feet of tall firspointing ever skyward,hairs on the back of the worlddraped with miniature starsFallingfalse weightlessness of F thrills, as branches breAk time stutters, turns, tumbLes ...
by Ivory Web | Nov 12, 2007 | Haibun, Tanka, Haiku & Haiga
Yes, we are a day late but here are two pieces (one by Maureen Weldon and the second by IS&T editor Charles Christian) with a relevance to Remembrance Day on 11th November. Not so well known these days is that November 11th is also St Martin's Day (or...
by Ivory Web | Nov 11, 2007 | Haibun, Tanka, Haiku & Haiga
• Pamela Babusci is an American poet and artist and previous contributor to IS&T. She describes 'taiga' as made-up term for combining tanka with art, in the same way that a haiku + art becomes a haiga.
by Ivory Web | Nov 9, 2007 | Prose & Poetry
Willow Tree Night and Snowy Visitors Winter is tappingon the hollow willow tree's trunk –a four month visitor is about to move inand unload his messy clothingand be windy about it –bark is grayish white as coming night with snowfragments the seasons.The chill...
by Ivory Web | Nov 7, 2007 | Prose & Poetry
Home This is home: you could be happy here. Spangled lights fill the hallway, a painted smile. From the outside it sounds like a party – high-pitched screams, music turned up way too high. Look around you, no-one's laughing. Smoke crawls into their throats,...
