by Ivory Web | Mar 27, 2011 | Prose & Poetry
Arranging the maskAs you stare at the shadowthat clouds the wall of the nightyou sense the solidity of presenceyou shiver deep inside whenyou’re splayed nakedgrappling the inner pulseout of depth and scared.The hammer strikes the anvilan echo fills your chestreasons,...
by Ivory Web | Mar 25, 2011 | Prose & Poetry
Pre Pre-SchoolWhat can kids possibly learn from the school before pre-school? I learned one thing: How to play with toy dinosaurs.There was one thing on my mind: get to the coolest dinosaur before anyone else could. Sitting at tables with crinkly paper and watercolor...
by Ivory Web | Mar 24, 2011 | Prose & Poetry
ReasonsBecause the blue moles eat of earth with their clawsand sometimescome blindly toward the light;for simply having doneall one could imagine wanting to.A pinnacle is merelyslipping with no consequenceaway;backward, into root and tunnel.Reasons need not beof...
by Ivory Web | Mar 23, 2011 | Prose & Poetry
Mene Mene Tekel UpharsinNow the tide pours in, surf highon the beach, a panting sea mistlike the tongue of a weary dog.But no tsunami, no expertarrogance of plutonium.No Japan. And yet alreadysomewhere the story is forming,a novelist sits and scribbles.No one truly...
by Ivory Web | Mar 22, 2011 | Prose & Poetry
bitter spring out of the muddisembodied hands and feetmy dead neighbours aid packages cometied up with UK red tapereturned to sender cherry blossom latedebris in the leafless treesforecasts bitter spring*Janice Windle originally trained as a Fine...
by Ivory Web | Mar 21, 2011 | Prose & Poetry
At LeastI saw the scar in the mirrorlast night after showering.The bandage finally releasedfrom my skin & Iran my fingers alongmy breast, moving forward & sideways to inspectthe shape & I thoughtof all the pretty womenin magazines, on internetprofiles...
