by Ivory Web | Sep 1, 2011 | Prose & Poetry
The Flower FestivalWhen everything is gathered in as for an arkor the Last Day, I hope there’ll be a place likethis: where cultivars lean against wild flowersand Sweet William is arranged among green leaves.That red Pillar roses will climb in shadethrough, oxeye,...
by Ivory Web | Aug 31, 2011 | Prose & Poetry
Snails are death’s pale eccentrics, the poets of disgust, theybring their great sadness to the shelves, to the world.They are the lethargy every husband chews on in his sleep, biting his cheeks.You can fit one thousand of their tiny mouths beneath your...
by Ivory Web | Aug 30, 2011 | Prose & Poetry
Our StonesOur stones are never at rest.They’ve no permission to bask in light,to gather heat, and nurture photons.They are displaced by the commuters’ feet.Stillness is alien, an impossibility.The streets are never peaceful, but humwith all that is exacted by...
by Ivory Web | Aug 29, 2011 | Reviews
Keep it in the FamilyHost, Sarah Hymas (103 pp, £10, Waterloo Press)Hymas’ engaging debut collection comes in two parts. Around two thirds of the book consists of poems which form an episodic, chronological family saga spanning four generations. This novel structure...
by Ivory Web | Aug 28, 2011 | Prose & Poetry
Free VerseEverything I do is “free” verseEven if it rimesBecause for every poemOr song I’ve writtenI haven’t been paid a dime*Denny E. Marshall lives in the Midwest and has had art & poetry recently published.
