by Helen Ivory | Nov 26, 2019 | 2019 poetry picks, prizes and awards, Prose & Poetry
End Forget you. The ash of bone. The uncradled heart, leaky valve long scorched. Forget the unthinking arm that fell on my shoulder, those times we crossed the M6 flyover and you drove with one hand on the wheel and I’d change gear, rather badly....
by Helen Ivory | Oct 26, 2019 | 2019 poetry picks, prizes and awards, Prose & Poetry
A conversation with my daughter about my brother’s suicide She is awake. The moon is bright and the clouds have parted. The trees are painted trees, living a still life. She tells me my brother is in the moon. I’ve bathed her, given her milk and...
by Helen Ivory | Jul 10, 2019 | 2019 poetry picks, prizes and awards, Prose & Poetry
Seats Before a table of white People, I stand with ballet Slippers strapped/soft soles Head pointed towards the angels. A dance, I commence. Pirouette Grand adage, en point Followed by flight as a helium Addicted balloon. Circling a table of white...
by Kate Birch | Mar 6, 2019 | Blogs & News, prizes and awards
Revisit the poems below or go to https://inksweatandtears.co.uk/archive/?cat=102. Good luck to all!
by Helen Ivory | Jan 17, 2019 | 2019 poetry picks, prizes and awards, Prose & Poetry
Off-Peak Single The turnstile jammed, trapping me half way through, casting me in the role of inconvenience for the queue that gathered in Fibonacci curves, bristling with smartphones and resentment. I scanned and inserted my ticket...
by Helen Ivory | Sep 20, 2018 | prizes and awards, Prose & Poetry
Honey Shot Samson knows the sound of lies and scissors, clings to some muscle he used to have. Jumping through hoops to stay alive. You don’t need to impress me. Snip, slash in a dirty flat, he gathers bottles, cans, vials, he...
