by Ivory Web | Jun 4, 2007 | Haibun, Tanka, Haiku & Haiga
Garden Notes…its exotic scentbelies the primitive looksof the sweet brier rose• Charles Christian
by Ivory Web | Jun 3, 2007 | Haibun, Tanka, Haiku & Haiga
Caught OutOkay, you've caught me. Here I am cowering in a tiny spot of shade at the bottom of a 600-foot deep canyon. It's the only shade that I could find in the last 6 miles of hiking back up to my truck at the top.The temperature is 105 degrees F. Well,...
by Ivory Web | May 29, 2007 | Prose & Poetry
FishWhen you were eleven you loved fishing.When you were forty you went outand bought yourself the bestrods and lures your hard-earned money could buy.You even boughta special fishing hat.You sat on the bankin your nylon chair ...
by Ivory Web | May 25, 2007 | Prose & Poetry
This poem was not intended for publicationThis poem is not intended for publicationand is to be found post-humously among my effectswhen the scholars and publishers scavenge throughthe biography-shaping artefacts of my life. It has been carefully concealed so as to be...
by Ivory Web | May 23, 2007 | Haibun, Tanka, Haiku & Haiga
Dragon FlyThree days of steady rain pummeling the cabin's roof. This morning it has slowed to a soft hiss. The break comes in late afternoon, the wind gentling, spots of sun breaking though, clouds turning white, the surface mirroring the sky.A gray heron rests on...
