by Helen Ivory | Nov 8, 2013 | Prose & Poetry
The 2013 Aldeburgh Poetry Festival runs for the 8th-10th November and this weekend Ink Sweat & Tears is featuring poems on the theme of ‘Beauty’ which is the subject of the IS&T-supported Discussions and Short Takes this year. Find out more...
by Helen Ivory | Nov 7, 2013 | Reviews
‘Ordinary lives are not for us’, a truth born out in this blatantly autobiographical collection, in which Pope is both the custodian of her extraordinary family history whilst...
by Helen Ivory | Nov 6, 2013 | Prose & Poetry
View Marble sky indented, swithering branches. A pyramid of roofs, the windows of Mary street. Rosemary rising from a Belfast sink. Leaded glass carving diamonds on the window. The green wings of a stained glass thistle spill to milk cartons,...
by Helen Ivory | Nov 5, 2013 | Prose & Poetry
Morning in Soho The sun scream of light is like a cow offering milk to graves. I hear music and laughter in bays of air. On deserted streets I see wind of flowering children set fire to ghosts of wood. In avenues of sky I see echoes of a...
by Helen Ivory | Nov 4, 2013 | Prose & Poetry
Like Cats and Dogs The cat and dog are getting on. The peace deal in place between them means the cat now has permission to live here near the dog’s food bowl. The settlement negotiated, they lie sleeping in the same room, the cat stretched out in...
