by Helen Ivory | Mar 16, 2016 | Prose & Poetry
Promises to Keep But I have promises to keep… And miles to go before I sleep. – Robert Frost. The branches of the trees stood bare and weightless. A sullen quietness hung in the air. To the right, a flash of squirrel...
by Helen Ivory | Mar 15, 2016 | Prose & Poetry
Lovelocked They’re like wedding vows materialised. Couples go to Paris, other places too, mostly bridges, to do theirs. Love locks. A symbol of love everlasting, they say. You said you didn’t want to do one, and then you said you didn’t...
by Helen Ivory | Mar 14, 2016 | Prose & Poetry
Carry On It’s like at the flick of a switch a ghost appears, stitches my eyelids together and all brightness I ever saw is just distorted memory. Soon no-one will remember me as I hide behind locked doors unable to get up off the floor, knowing I’m...
by Helen Ivory | Mar 13, 2016 | 2016 poetry picks, Prose & Poetry
Through a Lens They turned and looked at me as I stood half in the doorway, half in the hall, unaware this had been brewing long before the leaves of trust were bagged up in the coal shed. All eyes speaking louder than a bloody lip, screams...
by Helen Ivory | Mar 12, 2016 | 2016 poetry picks, Prose & Poetry
A Taxidermist Regenerates Blackburn The heart had gone out of it. They’d wanted a Poundland or a Gregg’s; said they needed it. She got out the rat purse, unzipped the fur, counted the coins. She knew where to spend a pound to buy a frozen takeaway...
by Helen Ivory | Mar 11, 2016 | Prose & Poetry
Doors of Perception Congratulations, upon your wise decision To purchase your Doors of Perception From Ikea Although there are no specific rules about How to use your Doors of Perception, We are legally, morally, ethically And metaphysically...
