by Helen Ivory | Sep 10, 2015 | Prose & Poetry
Illusions The depth of snow that winter! You dug deep, deeper, waiting for life to begin again. To find you I sent lightning, crows, a skein of swans to stretch the sky with their looking. To lie low you grew into evergreens,...
by Helen Ivory | Sep 9, 2015 | Reviews
NJ Hynes’ debut collection won the inaugural Live Canon First Collection Prize and was published in 2014. Full disclosure: I too have been in Live Canon...
by Helen Ivory | Sep 8, 2015 | Prose & Poetry
Emperor The emperor stands at the roadside, grinning He wears a ready smile, And dusty, once black shoes. On his shoulder, the weight of the world, A yellow satchel of homework. He is only fourteen. Sucks at cricket, runs his feet...
by Helen Ivory | Sep 7, 2015 | 2015 poetry picks, Prose & Poetry
Cassowary When I first loved you, shy flightless bird, our mouths barely touched. You left your red-blue scarf on the nape of my headboard, a slack talisman. A reason for your return. I could not bear to let you go. You kicked your...
by Helen Ivory | Sep 6, 2015 | Prose & Poetry
The Path My steps stutter in small paces, keeping balance in case I stumble and roll down and down landing with a splash under the green ironwork bridge. It’s a small stream leading to pools that feed pools draping silver shawls over the...
