by Ivory Web | Mar 20, 2011 | Prose & Poetry
BiohazardIn the newspaper he read about a massive earthquake in South America. He went to the store and purchased the ingredients for an earthquake kit. On cable news he saw breathless coverage of the latest drug resistant, flesh-eating superbug spreading throughout...
by Ivory Web | Mar 17, 2011 | Prose & Poetry, Word & Image
Prayer You were bubbles of wonder when we met that went pop, pop, pop. Each strike by electric shock made you forget. You came to my studio for a drawing class that day and asked, Do you pray? Will you pray for me? I said yes, to...
by Ivory Web | Mar 16, 2011 | Reviews
Electric Shadow Heidi Williamson, Bloodaxe Books. £8.95 paperback ISBN 1 85224 902 1. 64pp. 2011. Having read and enjoyed the odd poem by Heidi Williamson in journals such as the Rialto and Poetry News over the last few years I...
by Ivory Web | Mar 15, 2011 | Prose & Poetry
OSCILLATINGI see myselfin the elongated mirror playingtic-tac-toe with red lipstick,Xs and Os over my skinslick with summer heat,oscillating fan sweeping my moodback and forth my weight on each bare foot,skinny as I want,wanting to run naked down the hallwayinto the...
by Ivory Web | Mar 13, 2011 | Prose & Poetry
Smiles by DesignThe brickwork drab and crumbling.Leaves gust along the streetsettling on the beer hatch.The pub name is spelt wrong.A smile tugs the corner of my mouth.At the Pitcher and Piano the glass makes mirrors,memories of music and laughter spill out.There’s a...
