by Ivory Web | Dec 7, 2010 | Prose & Poetry
SNOW-BLIND In early April an arctic storm ...
by Ivory Web | Dec 6, 2010 | Prose & Poetry
Throwing Whirring and grindingpressing and touchingmoist and bendingwanting to be madeinto something of significance.Pulling and pushing, grit between fingertipsGlobs of slush on wristsWheel between kneesForehead crunchedconcentration no equal Glowing and...
by Ivory Web | Dec 5, 2010 | Prose & Poetry
GLAZING you sing as you wash windows – I climb on the chesterfield so we can kiss through glass# # # # # THINGS FORGOTTENin my top desk drawer:expired passport stamped for Mexico and Francecracked wooden alto recorderfive dried up fabric paintsa blank 90-minute...
by Ivory Web | Dec 4, 2010 | Prose & Poetry
Doves Flying from Gravel in the CemeteryLa Petite Maine, pouring silentlythough Montaigu across the water-meadow.I come up its banks, and through the stained gates.Then strain for resurrection:the notes of bones reshuffled, if I listen. In this cold, careful...
by Ivory Web | Dec 3, 2010 | Prose & Poetry
Nobody Pays for ItTwo days after his car was found burnt-out near a cliff’s edge her PA handed her a padded envelope. She recognized the handwriting, its unruly loops and truncated stems. There were meetings scheduled that day. Her clients had travelled distances, one...
by Ivory Web | Dec 2, 2010 | Prose & Poetry
Letting the Secret Out There is a child that grows inside her mouth,rooted like a word that cannot be spoken. All night it flutters on the rough of her tongue,restlessly gulping liquid down. She sleeps towards the wall, afraid to snore.In dreams,...
