Crosby McCloy's 'Postcard to Somewhere'

by | Dec 8, 2011 | Prose & Poetry

Postcard to SomewhereA one legged man, and his shrouded wife, clad from head to toe, the both of them, but the hat of the man implying summer and the shawl of the woman implying eternity, said summer it is. The view over the fence is obscured by a fence placed just...

The restless Owl-boy studies Venus

by | Dec 7, 2011 | Prose & Poetry, Word & Image

The restless Owl-boy studies VenusWhat do you see Owl-boy, stirring the feathered dark around you ?Your hollow head, plane on the pillow,rattling with unbecoming dice-thoughts beside me. I see your lashes blinktheir sleepless histories. The wishing star warms to your...

'Avalanches' by Isobel J Hillman

by | Dec 4, 2011 | Prose & Poetry

AvalanchesWhen my little brother does stuffI can't do any moreI force out jealousybetween the crystalsand the ice turns blue.A new born whale suckles from its forty ton motherin the clear tropical watersoff the island of Tongain the Pacific. In a librarya girl...

Short prose from Kate White

by | Dec 2, 2011 | Prose & Poetry

“Everything So Blue”I am dreaming hard about heat. About fire. It's been  fifteen years, the memory now brittle lace. My hand is splayed in birdcage fashion. Four pink fingers are latched onto the paint flecked copper heat vent at the head of my...