by Helen Ivory | Feb 16, 2018 | Prose & Poetry, Word & Image
from The Doors – the ghost variations Part 3 this is the end, my friend jim morrison 11. Here are double brown church doors with iron bolts and studs. Keeping out the heathens, keeping out the just. Realising he has no memory he...
by Helen Ivory | Feb 4, 2018 | 2018 poetry picks, Prose & Poetry, Word & Image
Dummies We ride the escalators in pairs upwards past the plastic palms, the static rapids. Our flawless skin shines blue in the half-light, the smell of palma violets hangs in the air. We dare not speak, nor touch, for fear of waking the blinking eye...
by Helen Ivory | Jan 30, 2018 | 2018 poetry picks, Prose & Poetry, Word & Image
Emily Wilkinson is an interdisciplinary artist and poet based in Shrewsbury. She works with collage, words, writing, paint, textiles and bookmaking. Emily has exhibited in Shropshire and Scotland, and was artist in residence at Wenlock Books in 2014. ...
by Helen Ivory | Nov 23, 2017 | Prose & Poetry, Word & Image
Victorian Sisters I. Hardy. Well preserved. She mothered them. They found her alone. The rose still kind on her lips, olive still ripe on her skin. It was winter. II. Her fun faded. Her shadow grew bolder than her former self. Pale and...
by Helen Ivory | Nov 2, 2017 | 2017 poetry picks, Prose & Poetry, Word & Image
Reconnaître I want to remember the way back. It seems Orion has the compass’ foot, Swinging his other leg out into the dark With the confidence of a man who walks on stars. I use the skills of the corncrake tonight. I need to remember in the...
by Helen Ivory | Sep 2, 2017 | 2017 poetry picks, Prose & Poetry, Word & Image
Take Two After Howard Fritz A flock of geese migrating, startled by a minor earthquake, interrupt a couple’s tilted tête-à-tête. Her headscarf’s pink and contrasts with the drink she clasps – a red Cinzano he’s just bought her. With his...
