by Ivory Web | Jan 14, 2012 | Prose & Poetry
ΠI got the tattoo because it is irrational. I got the tattoo because I used to hate maths. I got the tattoo because Pi reminds me of my late Grandfather. I got the tattoo because I want it to reflect how constant I can be. I got the tattoo because I studied...
by Ivory Web | Jan 13, 2012 | Prose & Poetry
Wish I Had A pet scorpion. A pet scorpion named Chris.(1) A deceased scorpion named Chris encased in Lucite.(™2) A belt buckle made from a deceased scorpion once named...
by Ivory Web | Jan 12, 2012 | Prose & Poetry
OutlinesI have dreamt about waterThe sea watersalty as sweat,dripping over medrying my face,taking away my tears.I have dreamt about a lobsterthat is crossing a seacoast,coming towards me,climbing,crawling,stopping on my hair,watching over me.I have dreamt about the...
by Ivory Web | Jan 10, 2012 | Prose & Poetry
ChirimoyaCustard apple. Sweetsop. Guanabana.Mostly, it’s the human heart,
its skin – green or yellow, thick or thin – marked as if moulded
by the fingers of everyone who touched it.Picked too soon, it gives a little
under pressure, is easily broken intoor cut open...
by Ivory Web | Jan 9, 2012 | Prose & Poetry
insomnie marinethe salt of insomnia burns my templesI pick up black shells along the endless shoreaquamarine eternitywhite surf dancing under the roof of summer*Virginie Colline is a French translator living in Paris. Her poems have been published in The Scrambler,...
by Ivory Web | Jan 8, 2012 | Prose & Poetry
The Woman Who Loved Every Man I collect them. Devote myself to it.Reminders on corkboards, pinned by pointed tacks as tokens of attention.Sometimes in scrapbooks:Hair gently trimmed during sleep,A pressed flower from a poet,The butt from a stranger whose lips I...
