by Ivory Web | Mar 10, 2009 | Prose & Poetry
Gold and MirrorWhoever called one gold, the other mirrorMust be a she, yes, One who had sagacity and audacityTo have played a game with past nameI think she is a she, a feminist sheBut how bold is gold; how minor is mirror?Gold, from time, is a jewel. It is to...
by Ivory Web | Mar 6, 2009 | Prose & Poetry
BOUNCINGSometimes you do not feelLike bouncingLand with a splat and lieCompressedAirless, flat, no rebound.On half days you plop backEnough to rollSlowly depart the pointOf impactTo comfort of shadowsIn high times you dropExpectingThe bounce to bring you backTo the...
by Ivory Web | Mar 5, 2009 | Prose & Poetry
monkey mindLike a marble rolling down a hillI found the place I’ve settled inI’m here, but easily dislodgedby vibrationthe temporary home I seewalls at times folding inas good a place as anybut not what conjures restor reflection, or comfortflavor bud livingas Captain...
by Ivory Web | Mar 3, 2009 | Prose & Poetry
Five YearsIt’s been five years. Your feet still dangle In the backyard of my mind.I tied a noose around my regrets And hanged them beside you that day. Now broken promises Come creeping under bedroom doors When we turn out the lights.The boogieman is real. And angry....
by Ivory Web | Mar 2, 2009 | Prose & Poetry
MOBILES walking through the subwaynear my flatI passed two Indian guyscoming in the opposite direction they were walking side by sideboth talking on mobile phonesboth in their own language possibly to each other* Colin Cross lives in Norwich and is a...
by Ivory Web | Feb 27, 2009 | Prose & Poetry
Time for another of our short cuts collections, of short poems by 3 different authors…Moonflawedhe waitsfor the dice to tumble,for the scales to falllike rainon an autumn nightmoon-stricken.He’s been a long timebeing someone else.* Anne Brooke wonders if the...
