by Ivory Web | Nov 21, 2010 | Prose & Poetry
The Old Ash Tree Rhydymwyn Valley, North East WalesI walk this bend of tarmac road.Here the River Alynflowed past you, old sleeping Ash Tree,feet firmly on the bank.What do you dream in this thin November...
by Ivory Web | Nov 19, 2010 | Prose & Poetry
The Weird and Wonderful World of TEFL #1 – #10 # 1
Sally got sacked for bringing stray dogs to class, although she swears it was because she refused to wear shoes.
# 2
Chas got sacked for playing his guitar too much during lessons.
# 3
Duncey was a born-again...
by Ivory Web | Nov 18, 2010 | Prose & Poetry
Monica Lewinsky smokingbut not inhalingthat urge to fit inwe felt the sameI knew. conjugate the verb: to suckhe sucks(present absence)I sucked(past tense)but I didn’t swallow(excuses);the voyeurs lap it up.* Myfanwy Fox always read but only recently dared...
by Ivory Web | Nov 17, 2010 | Prose & Poetry
Elizabeth’s Guinea Pig Madam, a diversion the courtier saysand scoops me, not unkindly, from the basket.You know me: a bean-bag with petal feetwhich flower hot or cold depending on the mood,fur whirled in a double crownon my brushwood-coloured rump. I'm on...
by Ivory Web | Nov 16, 2010 | Prose & Poetry
Things I sometimes think about when traveling by plane
Blowing through clouds, I want to see the desert sunthey talk so much about in movies. The ocean looks
bigger, thirty thousand feet in the air.Shaken by turbulence, I wonder what people thought of when the plane...
by Ivory Web | Nov 15, 2010 | Prose & Poetry
Forge Housefor Valerie, in memory of our motherBetty Greening (née Turner), born May WhaleHe leans out of the door to the forge, holding a smilethat might be simple courtesy or satisfactionwith something he’s made, but could be because of knowingmore than us – about...
