by Kate Birch | Nov 7, 2015 | 2015 poetry picks
Heat In these heat days when the sun displays a fiery godhead and ordains the liquefaction of Tarmac and the deadest of nights bring a crackle of crickets and all the bedrooms burn in airless struggle to turn the pillow then and face its...
by Helen Ivory | Nov 4, 2015 | 2015 poetry picks, Prose & Poetry
bringing it home outside the pub the trees shone gold then ruby as the sun tried to leave. I held it up for long moments, clutching at its rays and its power to melt cars, helping them morph into the shapes of distant hills, or clouds looking out at the...
by Helen Ivory | Oct 31, 2015 | 2015 poetry picks, Prose & Poetry
A Lucky Charm I was a nurse for nearly fifteen years – worked in A&E for three – and I’ve seen some things – nasty accidents, dying people, and such like – but this really shook me up. It was a horrible thing to witness, certainly, what I saw...
by Helen Ivory | Oct 16, 2015 | 2015 poetry picks, Prose & Poetry
Untitled And I think that you think you understand a lot of things Things you just don’t. Getting caught between the rhythm and home. But you see I’m only telling you this because I used to think I understood a lot and I just...
by Kate Birch | Oct 15, 2015 | 2015 poetry picks
We are very pleased to be able to announce that the IS&T ‘Pick of the Month’ for September is Pearl Harbour by Antony Owen. Antony was inspired by Hada Sensei who was 8 years old when the atomic bomb fell on Hiroshima. She lost both of her sisters and could not...
by Helen Ivory | Sep 27, 2015 | 2015 poetry picks, Haibun, Tanka, Haiku & Haiga
* spasmodic second hand of the clock on the wall of the doctor’s waiting room * walking along the beach my sore feet– the moon wrapped in gauze * another email from Olive Garden– what does she want now?...
