by Ivory Web | May 22, 2011 | Prose & Poetry
Presence And here too, in the place that loved you back,your absence grows; in the guillotine of green-house glass, in a trellis slung from the hips of a rose.The sun hangs in an empty feeder, which jigs and birlson the cherry tree, a web spans tongue to heel...
by Ivory Web | May 20, 2011 | Prose & Poetry
Dead CrabsIt was you who noticed themand placed the first dead crab(no larger than a ten pence coin)in my palm.Its legs were tucked under its shelland one pincer was missing.The tide had left hundreds of themscattered across the bay.We took a token dozen to buryand...
by Ivory Web | May 19, 2011 | Prose & Poetry, Word & Image
Another word and image pairing from our artist/poet in residence C. Albert. Swallow My Mouth is a Hollowed Apple I swallowed the seeds and core. Do strawberry men feel vulnerable wearing their seeds on the outside? I swept the...
by Ivory Web | May 17, 2011 | Prose & Poetry
Cartoon CharacterisationContrary to popularbelief, Yosemite Samis a keen advocateof gun control and a staunchvegetarian. He doesn’t evenlive inYosemite. Instead, heshares an apartment inthe Castro area of SanFrancisco with hislong-term partner,ElmerFudd . They are...
by Ivory Web | May 16, 2011 | Prose & Poetry
Tool-kitJust before the end,the ward sister told ushow the nursing auxiliaryfound her sitting up one day,using the pointed endof a metal nail-file, tryingto adjust a little spring-valvethat controlled the rate of dosagefrom the morphine-drip:file from the same...
