by Ivory Web | Jul 6, 2010 | Prose & Poetry, Word & Image
MORNINGThe dead-awakening sound of the alarm clock tells me it is morning again. I wash up and prepare breakfast for my husband and my children. I wish them a nice day as they rush out the door. I sit at the dining table breathing burned toast, dishes waiting to be...
by Ivory Web | Jul 4, 2010 | Prose & Poetry
Two new poems by Dan Wyke – and read on for details of his new collection… Saturday Night in St. Ives The snack van is closing –a steel sheet padlocked over the hatch,hot oil fed down the drain. The owner sweeps up kebab shavingslike scraps of...
by Ivory Web | Jul 2, 2010 | Prose & Poetry
Once upon a timewhen you were eight, it was the Complete Brothers Grimmyou turned to in lonely hours, that silver tomeof grisly parables—toes chopped off for vanity, eyes pecked out for evil or maybe lazy crow-culling—the answerto questions you hadn’t uncovered...
by Ivory Web | Jul 1, 2010 | Prose & Poetry
Where not to go to pass the timeA collective sigh of relief goes up across the world this week, as, after several weeks of captivity, parents are finally being set free. Yes, school holidays have once again come to an end, and children everywhere are gathering up...
by Ivory Web | Jun 30, 2010 | Prose & Poetry
Two new poems from Nigel Pickard…KITE-FLYING The bold colours of the kites against the bold light blue of the Spanish sky and the bold dark blue of the sea. What little breeze there is cups the kites, keeps them up. Naked, we are as drawn in felt-tip:...
by Ivory Web | Jun 29, 2010 | Prose & Poetry
Feather Factory We kiss by the side of the feather factory,the stench of singed wings fills our noses and mouths.We are nest-bound – tongues entwined,pockets full of Swan Vestas and...
