by Ivory Web | Dec 5, 2007 | Prose & Poetry, Word & Image
Today we've got two pieces by a new contributor – Caroline Maldonado – a concrete poem and a prose poem. And, in case you were wondering, the tango is danced in a figure of eight pattern.TANGO IS ...
by Ivory Web | Dec 3, 2007 | Prose & Poetry
JACKET POTATOESwhen we werekicked out of the pubin the early hoursof the morningwe would sometimesgo back toBig Jock Bob's houseand he would shoutup the stairs– waking half theneighbourhoodin the process –and get his wifeout of bedto come downand make us coffeeand...
by Ivory Web | Nov 30, 2007 | Prose & Poetry
UNHEARD OF Bodies in carsHeadlights and hornsMe firstNot paying attentionTo any other homosapienTrivialIs all contactStaring at the perceptionUnder our gray matterWhat table of contentsWe must attend toMeantimeShrugging allMannered methodsBehold the stampedeWhat...
by Ivory Web | Nov 26, 2007 | Prose & Poetry
Of WaterThis distance is all flood. A kiss intendedmight drown a metre short. Let drop a stoneupriver where water eases through the bridge,and no ripple can puzzle through to mein Hammersmith. But we will swim dreams.You'll breathe mists all week to cuddle me....
by Ivory Web | Nov 23, 2007 | Prose & Poetry
Leaves Folded boats of pink almond leaf float down pavementsin the wind, bright coins of beech jink and shuffle in the pocketsof the trees, crumble of dry tobacco dust in gutters, the tulip tree isholding on to leaves of bright green, bantam bronze, refusingto...
by Ivory Web | Nov 21, 2007 | Prose & Poetry
PRINNY'S EYEThe Brighton Lanes are popular with tourists, draw people through them like the moon on waves. The occasional person, or small pebble, may be left behind and lost.It reminded her of a pebble, the round of it, its hard to the touch; his eyeball, just...
