by Ivory Web | Jun 12, 2011 | Prose & Poetry
RhododendronWe stumbled over the spelling,of those robotic syllables. We arguedmerrily, making fun of where the ‘R’ and the ‘h’ go, being silly, a goodsign, the beginning of somethingother than Rhododendron. The earlySeptember evening spoke of autumn: gloomy and...
by Ivory Web | Jun 11, 2011 | Prose & Poetry
And breatheVenter Institute scientists have createdthe first synthetic bacterial genome.As the scientist’s apprenticedraws his hand back from the dishthe harsh strip-lighting announcesevery shadow in every crevice. His fingers retract from the act,retreat towards...
by Ivory Web | Jun 10, 2011 | Prose & Poetry
OutWashing up, you might be reaching for the next plate when you hear a noise. You pause. You hear it again, a creaking. You dry your hands. On the porch under stars an empty chair rocks. Were this a movie you'd see the rockers in close-up. But you've watched...
by Ivory Web | Jun 9, 2011 | Prose & Poetry
Crack in the Asphaltthe road to the centre of the villagethe aberration of light in the lens of a transparent leafmakes all contours lose their meaningsbetween the hammer of the sunlightand the meat of clay delivered by the crack in the asphaltthe fracture of the...
by Ivory Web | Jun 7, 2011 | Prose & Poetry
No Way People in this world look at things mistakenly, and think that what they do not understand must be the void. This is not the true void. It is...
