by Ivory Web | Oct 20, 2010 | Prose & Poetry
Flying bullet for youLeap lightly now,Leap darkly,The train throwsIts classic conversationWith England, hereAcross the rain;And skies like leadMake judges pleadFor some sun. See,It's begun – the journeyBy day, lit byA little horizon,Mostly what's...
by Ivory Web | Oct 19, 2010 | Prose & Poetry
Rockstars in a Hotel See them from the bar. Rockstars walking through the lobby, actually carrying instruments, long jackets, long hair, brown blond black, bright red hats, yellow, black boots, short sleeves and skinny wrists spangled with bracelets, walking as...
by Ivory Web | Oct 18, 2010 | Prose & Poetry
departure from the linearI swear to lovein stream of consciousness,no dwelling on past yearningsor anticipation of some future caress,only trembling in the sweetnessof this moment’s painful pleasure.I am not the firstto declare departure from the linearor seal my...
by Ivory Web | Oct 15, 2010 | Prose & Poetry
Unfinished Business At 16 a crush, trying every strategy in ‘Jackie’magazine to divert his gaze from the girl withthe ‘Purdy’ haircut. Caught his mates sniggeringat her ludicrous capercaillie courtship, so stompedout of college. Mother could have talked her...
by Ivory Web | Oct 12, 2010 | Prose & Poetry
Like a light bulb
Her long term memory is a bit of lead piping,
one that you can protractor along to the point,
to the pivot of the day shifting from am to pm.
She dreams she swims underwater saying things,
but likes looking down a smarties tube and seeing
the lawn...
by Ivory Web | Oct 11, 2010 | Prose & Poetry
THE TASTE OF A STAMPwaiting at an airportfor a friend’s arrivalI lean over a postcardat a café tableand write ‘Happy birthday’the taste of the stampthe pressure of my thumbon fixing a small coloured rectanglethese are more vividthan this morning’s coffeethe moment is...
