by Helen Ivory | Jan 13, 2017 | 2017 poetry picks, Prose & Poetry
The Houseplant Advisor Following my own old advice I have put the first part of this, i.e. the part that came out first, at the end or, to be more precise, near the end. And it’s not always first idea first place though often it can be if one is able...
by Kate Birch | Jan 6, 2017 | 2016 poetry picks
Smugglers in memory of Frau L. This blanket of dark; perfect conditions for our latest trip to the siding together. A woman can’t see what’s next to her nose as we clamber down, clutching bags and each other by the elbow. Mind out, it can’t be far from here. Shush....
by Kate Birch | Jan 6, 2017 | 2016 poetry picks
The Homewrecker and His Pun She has high hopes for her white sauce this Christmas. The roux glistens from the wash and slap of milk, as she lightens it a ladle at a time. Her veins grow taut on her forearm as she beats the buttery yellow mixture. Droplets hit her skin...
by Kate Birch | Jan 6, 2017 | 2016 poetry picks
Time of goodwill The elf on the shelf won’t stop staring we bought him from marks & sparks and he seems to turn a few degrees each evening I first noticed on the 5th December when his glare moved towards the newly constructed tree we got from b&q But lately he...
by Helen Ivory | Jan 4, 2017 | 2017 poetry picks, Prose & Poetry
Waiting At Swanpool the sand is Demerara sugar a dark heart floats: cocoa on a cappuccino scurf. Out there, the horses break relentless, Shire hooves kicking up pasts. Fairy lights string the ships in, a bistro siren big on gratuities and gulfweed. The sea has...
by Kate Birch | Dec 14, 2016 | 2016 poetry picks, Blogs & News, prizes and awards
Maybe it was the sense of speed, the need to leave it all behind and yet remain ‘weirdly still in the centre’, but Christian Wethered’s ‘Blade’ raced home to be Ink Sweat & Tears’ Pick of the Month for November 2016....
