by Ivory Web | Jan 23, 2008 | Prose & Poetry
RumoursThey said she was a witch –The old woman at number forty-nine,So we never played ball near her houseOr chased her cat.The crowd outside the chip shopMoved when she appeared,She never said “excuse me”Like everyone else.When I fell over, running past her houseShe...
by Ivory Web | Jan 21, 2008 | Prose & Poetry
Coniston*1. The Ferry The child on his father’s lapreaches out, touches the water.He trails a finger, sucks it.It tastes of old rain, he says.It tastes of not the sea, deep,slowness, town scouts fingers.2. Campbell Cold water cures many ills,lowers desire to the pitch...
by Ivory Web | Jan 18, 2008 | Prose & Poetry
FULLNESSSomething breathingrises, falls, tides pulled by sentiencewisdomher lipsparted as if beginningspeechor receiving toucha song playsacross the empty fieldsbreaks like brookingson the way to fullnesswidenessopen sea.And the waters swim mewithout knowing meenvelop...
by Ivory Web | Jan 16, 2008 | Prose & Poetry
On the first night of the dark moonIn Bolton,In a basement,In a tall black room with a hard black floorI listened,To a woman,To a tall dark haired woman dressed all in blackReading poems,Long dark poems,New Scriptures about God and a woman and a box and a BeastThe...
by Ivory Web | Jan 14, 2008 | Prose & Poetry
Eightyeight String of shimmering pearlsBlack and white tremblingFor the divers touch but not afraidAnd who holds the keysMusky loverCaressed by a million hands before meRavaged by strong and slightPetulant...
by Ivory Web | Jan 11, 2008 | Prose & Poetry
FoxThoughts elsewhere, eyes happened to glancein your direction.Dominated now, my mindabsorbingyour sleek, shining perfection.Motionless figure, pricked ears,wary and wantonapreyed on predator:king of the fields. Your brilliant eyes compelling contact,appraising,...
