by Ivory Web | Nov 23, 2010 | Prose & Poetry
HarvestFor once when you asked
I followed without question,
brushing through the sour nettles
that choke the gap in the hawthorn hedge
to stand at the edge of this moment
you have led us to:
full and clear
it rises like music over the wheat.Far off a back-yard...
by Ivory Web | Nov 22, 2010 | Blogs & News, Prose & Poetry
Fifty Years of the Eric Gregory AwardsThis year sees the 50th Anniversary of the Gregory Awards, a legacy of publisher and art benefactor Dr Eric Gregory who died in 1959. The Awards, overseen by the Society of Authors, aim to encourage and benefit a handful of...
by Ivory Web | Nov 21, 2010 | Prose & Poetry
The Old Ash Tree Rhydymwyn Valley, North East WalesI walk this bend of tarmac road.Here the River Alynflowed past you, old sleeping Ash Tree,feet firmly on the bank.What do you dream in this thin November...
by Ivory Web | Nov 20, 2010 | Haibun, Tanka, Haiku & Haiga
Kigo. Summer’s last day Exactly as summer’s first A sinking feeling. # # # # # September’s shadow A black cloud that follows me The sun still hiding. # # # # # New love and new life Create warmth within my chest Breath becomes...
by Ivory Web | Nov 19, 2010 | Prose & Poetry
The Weird and Wonderful World of TEFL #1 – #10 # 1
Sally got sacked for bringing stray dogs to class, although she swears it was because she refused to wear shoes.
# 2
Chas got sacked for playing his guitar too much during lessons.
# 3
Duncey was a born-again...
