by Ivory Web | Feb 19, 2009 | Prose & Poetry
RunningThose springloaded, aerodynamic NikesTouch my old heart for their simple fore-runner,The plain gymshoe, plimsoll or sandshoe, whichWe whitened then with bottled white, first cousinTo the chalky compound that coated the trundling wheelOf the contraption that...
by Ivory Web | Feb 17, 2009 | Prose & Poetry
We haven't published any sonnets on IS&T for some time but this one really ticked all the boxes – in a pleasantly subversive way…A sad soggy sonnetShe wore a lampshade on her head that daydespite the warnings of the weather manwho promised rain. She...
by Ivory Web | Feb 16, 2009 | Prose & Poetry
A Billion Lilies I dream A hundred wishesAs the day beginsTo loom. I taste 2000 kissesAs they pranceAround my room. I think A million sillies As my headBegins to spin. I smell A billion liliesAs I tumbleIn the...
by Ivory Web | Feb 13, 2009 | Prose & Poetry
The Muse i wish i hadthe wordsthat told the storyshowed the loveburied the hatekilled the evildoersreunited the lovers i wish i didn'thave to wrestlethe machine to givethe prefect spellingthe noble phrasingthe honest truth i wish the Musewasn't...
by Ivory Web | Feb 11, 2009 | Prose & Poetry
VesuviusYour Kool-Aid complexion defies what you desire, but is perfection; the alabaster promise.The blue freckles of your hairless backstand to attention in the cold,and as I lay the black in swathes around you,your fingerprints cling.* Deborah Bates studies...
by Ivory Web | Feb 10, 2009 | Prose & Poetry
Inspirationalpoet.comWell now, hello there, weary travellerCome stop and sit a whileCome rest by meI have so much – so much to share with youI've caught the sunsetsI've snapped the seaI have great wisdom and all the precious wordsI come to soothe youSo...
