by Ivory Web | Oct 16, 2007 | Prose & Poetry
THE DANCERI am tired,my brain hangs loose,locked in my rucksack.This is the hour for the owl to fly,to hoot to winking moonthrough clouds of mist.This is night,the quiet time ..Because I am on my own,while night-clubs chokewith laughter,and the girl in white throws...
by Ivory Web | Oct 14, 2007 | Haibun, Tanka, Haiku & Haiga
• Pamela Babusci is an American poet and artist (and previous contributor to IS&T) living in Rochester, New York. 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 | Oct 12, 2007 | Prose & Poetry
Building SkillsThe man blinked, adrift On the classroom’s sea of papers and pens (The tools of our trade.) There were twelve of us, faces eagerTo learn how to teach those for whom words danced on the page. Ready to embark on our voyage. He’d seen the advert as well,...
by Ivory Web | Oct 10, 2007 | Prose & Poetry
A WOMAN FOR ALL SEASONS (EXCEPT ONE)Visiting the past you gave birth to Christhad John the Baptist's head brought to yousubmitted Samson's hair to a Number One cutbared your breasts in Minoaseduced Mark Anthony in Memphisstepped in to kiss Nelson on the deck...
by Ivory Web | Oct 8, 2007 | Prose & Poetry
Leisure It was pleasant to be out of work by choiceno longer a slave one giant leap out the corporate doorthing is time soon takes holdand strangles your willthe television becomes your friend who never talks backand the bed your lazy lover*****NatureThe wood pigeon...
