by Helen Ivory | Oct 10, 2026 | Featured, Poetry
Samaras Having earned their wings through evolution it is almost as though they are loth to use them preferring familiar earth, the old tree’s broad shadow. Everywhere you look these whips of sycamore, living where they fell, rooting out some well...
by Helen Ivory | Oct 9, 2026 | Featured, Poetry
Clerking notes So, what has brought you in today Mrs…? Owens. Mrs Owens. Ahh, nice to meet you Mrs Owens. What brings you in today? Worry mostly, I worry, I’m a worrier. But I’m particularly worried about this. Worry not, Mrs Owens. Is your worry...
by Helen Ivory | Oct 8, 2026 | Featured, Prose
Salvage By the third year, the sun had sorted the Japanese bottles from the Chinese ones. Kana went first, then the Chinese characters, then the English, the ink lifting off in that order every time. Under it, the plastic held its shape, white as...
by Helen Ivory | Oct 5, 2026 | Featured, Poetry
Incarnation Every time I conjure a spell, offer a prayer in your memory – ask for your forgiveness for things I did not know, I should’ve known – ignorance not an acceptable reason for failing, my inability to see things, the wonder of it all –...
by Helen Ivory | Oct 4, 2026 | Featured, Poetry
Memory and Sky In the search for sky the slip of landscape: blues and greens, browns and white clouds of paint, lost black mines. The sea’s a beast, a wild gatecrasher and breaker of the picturesque. If you drag your brush across the canvas,...
