by Ivory Web | Jan 22, 2007 | Prose & Poetry
All the Queen's Menin the cold crystal hallsof the Snow Queen's palace,rows of single silent menpose against the blinding frozenwhite of glacier walls withicicles through their heartsunsolved puzzles in their handssad mouths twisted in sorrowthat nobody felt...
by Ivory Web | Jan 16, 2007 | Prose & Poetry
HingesA daily chore of yoursin the cold winter dawnis dealing with the sliding doorsof the boat's cabin.Broken for ages. Somethingwe all take for granted by now,something we know we haveto come across.They are out of their hinges,secured only at the topand stuck...
by Ivory Web | Jan 10, 2007 | Prose & Poetry
ElevationFrom the upstairs library, through laboratories, down the grand stairs, back along corridors, through the cafeteria and out the front security entrance takes nine minutes to walk, 863 paces. Via the lift marked ‘do not use’ it takes only two and a half...
by Ivory Web | Jan 10, 2007 | Prose & Poetry
Getting Real (Inspired By Actual Hallucinations)You think you know the real me? I ask him. You think you've seen inside me? I laugh. I laugh bitterly and gaily and I see that now he's the one who's uncertain, he's the one who's afraid. He's...
by Ivory Web | Jan 10, 2007 | Haibun, Tanka, Haiku & Haiga
Do they still sit and dream on the Parkinson Steps?Past the late night Warsaw Stores at the end of the road, across the street from the Sikh temple by the traffic lights. Did the sign in that cafe really say Only one fork per plate ? Later, sitting around the kitchen...
