by Helen Ivory | Jul 28, 2012 | Reviews
Counting Rain by Karen Dennison is an interesting first collection. To me it felt like the writing of someone who is on the way to being great. The collection is carefully constructed,...
by Helen Ivory | Jul 27, 2012 | Prose & Poetry
If present trends continue Scientists believe, predict, that if and should, we’ll all be – that’s a proven fact. Scientists assert (and to a man, or possibly a woman) even if, or when, or by some chance, Black Swan Event, a blip, an unforeseen, a...
by Helen Ivory | Jul 26, 2012 | Prose & Poetry
Sister Moon All day she watches. When I hang out laundry, ceanothus branches frame her cloud-cupped face. I peg socks, shirts, pull down cotton sleeves. She’s out of place in this wind battered garden where bruises play ring o’ roses at my throat....
by Helen Ivory | Jul 25, 2012 | Prose & Poetry
Solstice The longest night. The moon sways close on its string. We decorate the bed with figments of light – tinselly bodies drop sparks on the carpets, the sheets. The earth tilts. The stars dip near enough to waste on...
by Helen Ivory | Jul 24, 2012 | Prose & Poetry
Ming Ming is a very friendly white male about eight years old. He needs to be an indoor cat as he is bewildered by the outside world. Sadly his owner has died. Starlight and Ming didn’t get on, however, and the issues involved soon divided...
