by Helen Ivory | May 5, 2012 | Prose & Poetry
War Correspondent For James Fenton Floating among the ice, these peaceful soft, curly shapes reflect the sky. The river rocks them lightly, gently, their pace appearing slow and graceful beneath the evening’s silver mantle. We cannot see the fish below, but...
by Helen Ivory | May 4, 2012 | Prose & Poetry
Idle Hands Another rainy Sunday and Irene was staring out of the window. Or, more correctly she was staring at the window, the rain making the solidity of the transparent glass obvious for once. She had already moved on from wondering whether to go out or not, had...
by Helen Ivory | May 3, 2012 | Prose & Poetry
Henri Rousseau (1844-1910) Un tout petit oiseau Sur l’epaule d’un ange Ils chantent le louange Du gentil Rousseau . . . – Guillaume Apollinaire You, gentilhomme, sing bright colors Of faded years into this ennui, Through a dull present, of trackless...
by Helen Ivory | May 3, 2012 | Blogs & News
Dear everyone Since the beginning of 2012 the submissions rate had been increasing considerably, and since we relaunched the new IS&T site last month, it has doubled. This means you will need to be patient please. I used to say the waiting time from acceptance...
by Helen Ivory | May 2, 2012 | Reviews
Many of the poems in this collection, rather than looking outwards as the title implies, are a focusing inwards – a series of close observations of those things which make us human, and sometimes just of things themselves – as in the title poem. However, High’s focus...
