by Ivory Web | Mar 7, 2011 | Prose & Poetry
The Old Cat She sits in the sun,most days,enjoying what’s leftof time.She walks sideways now,accompanied by three limps.Her yellow, glaring eyespass commenton the speed ofmice these days. * Tim Bedford is a copywriter and doesn't want to be a...
by Ivory Web | Mar 6, 2011 | Haibun, Tanka, Haiku & Haiga
Cochise's StrongholdCochise was a Chiricahua Apache leader who took up armsin 1861 against an encroaching US Army. He died a naturaldeath in 1874 and was buried in his favourite place of retreat,now called Cochise Stronghold, in the Dragoon Mountains...
by Ivory Web | Mar 5, 2011 | Prose & Poetry
Our thanks to Vanessa Gebbie for submitting this poem on behalf of one of her friends…BridgesOn Thursdays I cross the bridge over the railwayOn Fridays I cross the river bridgeOn Saturdays, there are no bridges to cross.* Aneliya Siderova is Bulgarian and lives...
by Ivory Web | Mar 3, 2011 | Prose & Poetry
Mind, body and spirit In the literature of self-helpthere are no empty whiskey bottles,no cigarettes rolled from fag endssalvaged from 3 a.m. ashtrays, no fools in love. There are relaxing bubble baths and scented candles, of course, there are people...
by Ivory Web | Mar 2, 2011 | Prose & Poetry
Hard WinterA thrush clickedin a frozen thicketits beak, metallic,flicked on a stoneagain and againtill a mollusc crackedand was gulped, so quickyou could mistake itfor a cold quiverof the earth.*Brian Cole says: “I had no contact with poets until one crashed...
