by Ivory Web | Jan 28, 2011 | Haibun, Tanka, Haiku & Haiga
cranberry boga honeybee drainsthe pink flower darkening skyorange leavesa deeper glow green teathe tasteof distant stone slanting sunred ivyon grey stone* William (Bill) Cooper is the Distinguished University Professor and President Emeritus,...
by Ivory Web | Jan 27, 2011 | Reviews
Thought Disorder by Joshua Jones Published by Knives Forks & Spoons Press www.knivesforksandspoonspress.co.uk Finally, a poet who can reach me on this lonely plateau, where middle-aged duds circle my malnourished bookshelf like vultures flapping wings of twee...
by Ivory Web | Jan 27, 2011 | Prose & Poetry
Instructions for the UninspiredBeen around long enough?Tried and failed?Moved, changed, married, divorced, a make up, a break up?Screamed into a pillow! GOOD NEWS!You can write something with aunique voice.Something that no one else in the worldcould write.No...
by Ivory Web | Jan 26, 2011 | Prose & Poetry
Hay StreetNoon, people roll down the shopstreets, heat of February pullsclothes in, pulls moods up.I've watched shades lighten,faces, dress and in lightstriking down against storefront walls.Banners flutter city news,flapping shows,events, selling the cityinto the...
by Ivory Web | Jan 25, 2011 | Prose & Poetry
Pretty As a Picture“Can I take your picture?” he asked, a cigarette sticking to his lip through the words. The girl seated on the step didn’t respond. She was skinny, he noted with the clinical eye of a professional photographer. He wasn’t trained to see beauty,...