by Ivory Web | Jan 25, 2011 | Prose & Poetry
Something Fishy About Today Dead fish floating on the surface of the sky,your smile is like a red bag of nails,your heart is black mud,your skin – cool as glass.Bubbles fizz in my bottle, theymeasure time,the time in which wedon’t say a word.This silence can kill...
by Ivory Web | Jan 24, 2011 | Reviews
The Piercing Blue of Sirius, Selected Poems 1968-2008 by Larry KimmelWinifred Press, USA, ISBN 978-0-9792484-7-4This Is Not About What You Think by Jim MurdochFandango Virtual, UK, ISBN 978-0-9550636-3-3As someone who has always preferred American literature, it must...
by Ivory Web | Jan 24, 2011 | Prose & Poetry
Dinner Time Here the lapin jumps overPots of boiling vegetablesBites a vein on a chef's armAnd darts through the service doorHe pisses on a waiter's shoeAnd passes sous la tableWhere the president enjoys tête de veauThis skinned rabbitLooks up the first...
by Ivory Web | Jan 23, 2011 | Haibun, Tanka, Haiku & Haiga
Alone with his thoughtsenjoying the Autumn sun,he closes his eyes.* Regular IS&T contributor Patsy Goodsir was in Oban at the end of last year and composed this haiku after seeing this scene.
by Ivory Web | Jan 22, 2011 | Prose & Poetry
Dam I’ve heard all his stories beforeand I am sick of them.They have no affective contentand they try to persuade the listener to think about himthe same way he would liketo think about himself.I glaze over. I think of a beaver’s damstretching across a...