by Kate Birch | Aug 11, 2015 | 2015 poetry picks
We are very pleased to announce that Kinga Fabó’s Not Because It’s Chic is the voters’ choice for the IS&T Pick of the Month for July. Kinga has asked that her prize be donated to Age UK Not Because It’s Chic Here I have a place where I...
by Helen Ivory | Jul 28, 2015 | 2015 poetry picks, Prose & Poetry
Not Because It’s Chic Here I have a place where I can be sad. I adore it. I adore it. I exist only in roles. I want colors! Colors! Just as above me the sky is always blue. Not because it’s chic. Not because of that. ...
by Helen Ivory | Jul 27, 2015 | 2015 poetry picks, Prose & Poetry
Voices Oaks rumble in deep bass that thrums straight down their roots, draws from the earth. Hornbeams belt out Sixties pop songs, twist and shout. Willow divas wail soprano dramas in a minor key. In the blades of grass, whispers coil....
by Helen Ivory | Jul 25, 2015 | 2015 poetry picks, Prose & Poetry
Breathing Sometimes in the car I forget to breathe, almost. Respiration reduces to tiny transactions reluctant to leave any trace. Warm skin and car seat a new union, matter overcoming mind, the windscreen a cornea to see through,...
by Helen Ivory | Jul 22, 2015 | 2015 poetry picks, Prose & Poetry
Leda plucks a swan Old now, the body that enchanted him grown coarse, how could he know her? Yet she knows him, this creature, even with fallen wings, eyes empty of desire. Not hers. She’s spent a lifetime finding what he stole from her, doing it...
by Kate Birch | Jul 15, 2015 | 2015 poetry picks
We are very pleased to announce that Jane Burn’s Whatever shall I do with this time to myself? is the voters’ choice for the IS&T Pick of the Month for June. Jane has asked that her prize be donated to Shelter. Whatever shall I do with this...
