by Helen Ivory | Jan 20, 2019 | Prose & Poetry
The Stony Heart We had travelled thousands of kilometres across Australia in a Jeep Wrangler, through sagebrush and spinifex and red sand to get to the centre of this world. But it was not our world. I felt just as lost in Melbourne after my wife...
by Helen Ivory | Jan 19, 2019 | 2019 poetry picks, Prose & Poetry
#WhyIDidntReportIt All he was doing was standing alone in the pool, spreading his arms out the width of the double lane, just looking, all he was doing was taking the point you’d just made, making it over again to the rest of the team, just...
by Helen Ivory | Jan 18, 2019 | Prose & Poetry
Royal Enfield I wish, when I go to Goa, I could see my father riding a Thunderbird down the dusty streets chasing the final adventure. He might drive right past me, enthralled with his midnight machinery, the carburettor chugging, recalling to him...
by Helen Ivory | Jan 17, 2019 | 2019 poetry picks, prizes and awards, Prose & Poetry
Off-Peak Single The turnstile jammed, trapping me half way through, casting me in the role of inconvenience for the queue that gathered in Fibonacci curves, bristling with smartphones and resentment. I scanned and inserted my ticket...
by Helen Ivory | Jan 16, 2019 | Prose & Poetry
Join You’re reading my poetry so why not come to my monthly group meetings? Your presence will keep me fresh and as the idea of the poem is changing you will be at the forefront of verse innovation. Becoming a poet-supporter means you get to meet me and...
by Helen Ivory | Jan 15, 2019 | Prose & Poetry
The Small Stuff I worry about you, girl, so don’t worry about yourself. Don’t settle for the first man who says he loves you, there’ll be others. Any dress you wear will be wonderful, that body you have will not always look like...
