by Ivory Web | Oct 31, 2011 | Prose & Poetry
No Screaming while the Bus is in Motion It’s true that I pulled a wardrobe door from the firewood pile and painted a sign: Parker’s Ghost-Hunting Agency in dripping red letters and nailed it to the fence alongside our house where passersby pointed and...
by Ivory Web | Oct 30, 2011 | Prose & Poetry
JakeThe Jack Russellwith a yellow pencil trapped in his jawruns between our argument – we stopour mouths, you and I, caught by the sight of him as he paws, bows and scribbles on the linoTo you bothI just can't do this anymoreRegards,Jakeand exits the...
by Ivory Web | Oct 29, 2011 | Reviews
Joanna Ezekiel: Centuries of Skin. Ragged Raven Poetry. 2010. ISBN: 9780955255298. £7.Miles Cain: The Border: Valley Press. 2011. ISBN: 9780956890443. £7.50.Centuries of Skin is the first full length collection of poetry from Joanna Ezekiel. Bringing...
by Ivory Web | Oct 28, 2011 | Prose & Poetry
Natural History Museum I wish Lord let me be nervous again, as confidence makes them wary,and please make me meek — as if it could make them love me —but for now I want to shout Fuck and my tone may be unsympathetic, though I don’t have the accent for street ranting.I...
by Ivory Web | Oct 27, 2011 | Prose & Poetry
At the Heart of ThingsRemember when your mother was taken ill-and was rushed anonymously to the hospital?and in the waiting room your older brother -cried and shivered like glass.But you felt like some dumb blunt dull thing-no tears, no panic, no nothing…And the...
