by Helen Ivory | Sep 19, 2017 | 2017 poetry picks, Prose & Poetry
The House’s Role The house stays put. It has its reasons referred to as people for my purposes. Separated from the outside though not thought particularly isolated – the house considers what the world has to offer other than itself but respectfully...
by Helen Ivory | Sep 17, 2017 | 2017 poetry picks, Prose & Poetry
The door sings its welcome it’s the kind of door that trickles honey in the light and says come in twice at least leave your coat in the hall the kettle’s singing sit yourself down here at the window in the garden oak a blackbird warbles...
by Kate Birch | Sep 15, 2017 | 2017 poetry picks
This was a nicely balanced competition with votes and comments across the board but Freya Jackson’s supporters just tipped the balance at the end and her ‘Cowardice’ is Pick of the Month for August. This ‘raw’, ‘visceral’ poem...
by Helen Ivory | Sep 6, 2017 | 2017 poetry picks, Prose & Poetry
The Seventh Car Will Be His As the raindrops collected on the glass the old man opposite strolled down his path. Kneeling on the chair she watched all movement. Next door’s tatty tabby sat on the kerb washing methodically behind his ears. A...
by Helen Ivory | Sep 3, 2017 | 2017 poetry picks, Prose & Poetry
The Issue of the Day It has been discovered that what’s known of the fifth fundamental force is the trace of the thing itself. The target has the intrinsic ability to evolve away from its common design into something that cannot be judged,...
by Helen Ivory | Sep 2, 2017 | 2017 poetry picks, Prose & Poetry, Word & Image
Take Two After Howard Fritz A flock of geese migrating, startled by a minor earthquake, interrupt a couple’s tilted tête-à-tête. Her headscarf’s pink and contrasts with the drink she clasps – a red Cinzano he’s just bought her. With his...
