by Ivory Web | May 9, 2011 | Prose & Poetry
(new recruit)curled uphe blows into his handsthought deserts were hotand traded his gloves on the plane(fried lunch)catfish greasedrips on my jeansreminder of my mother's love*Corey Hutchins has her master’s degree in Renaissance literature from the University of...
by Ivory Web | May 8, 2011 | Prose & Poetry
Little blue egg In bed of grass and twigs, Little blue egg liesWith siblings four or five. To the side of gravel road,Little blue egg lostAnd plucked from home. From trunk and branches high Little blue egg paintedIn shades of darker sky. Little...
by Ivory Web | May 7, 2011 | Reviews
Nasty Little Intro #1 by Hannah Jane Walker, Nasty Little Press 2011, £2It was with some trepidation that I came to review Hannah Jane Walker’s Nasty Little Press sampler, which is simply titled Nasty Little Intro #1. I have seen Walker perform live and she is a great...
by Ivory Web | May 6, 2011 | Prose & Poetry
BlackworkA type of embroidery which dates from the sixteenth centuryA broken heartBackstitched on a linen sleeve in black;The dye corroded, like my love, the threads Which held us worn away. You take your leave. You take your leave.I count the weary days in lengths of...
by Ivory Web | May 5, 2011 | Prose & Poetry
1BrenhildaThe river-sun whitens the birch wood trunks.
I lie as foreign as coloured glass amidst the mossy greens,
shadows of birds flying across my skin.
Shushing leaves fill the sky with the rush of the sea,
and above my closed eyes
the clouds become boats filled...
