by Helen Ivory | Dec 3, 2020 | Featured, Poetry
Conspiracy theorists As they conspire, I agonise: it’s a glass door sudden at full pelt and that sickness as the wind escapes. Peter Bickerton is a writer, scientist and resident poet for Thought For Food. Peter’s poetry has featured...
by Helen Ivory | Dec 2, 2020 | Featured, Poetry
Sunday Before the Hurricane The sky looks wary. The trees confer in muffled rustlings. I should start my generator, make sure it’s willing to cough enough power to support me through a rush of wind and rain. Hardy knew about wind and rain, his...
by Helen Ivory | Dec 1, 2020 | Featured, Haibun, Tanka, Haiku & Haiga, Poetry
Haiku in the hope of an easing of lockdown Sunrise early May all flame and pale duck egg blue; Clouds of lilac grey Just before sunrise – a muted bloom of russet On the chilly ground Above the skyline blazing – the risen sun like a young god Tree trunks...
by Helen Ivory | Nov 30, 2020 | Featured, Poetry
He carried a grudge from Land’s End to John O’ Groats His starting point, a granite mass; cliffs tumbling, arrows pointing to nearly nowhere, lost as Camelot hiking hurt in all weathers, spitting distance in rhythm with his stride. Every step more...
by Helen Ivory | Nov 29, 2020 | Featured, Poetry
Conversation with the Doctor You hold my breath before me, pickled in a jar, it looks like veins when held up to the light; this could be life, this could be the future of reproduction. You bring me back, back in the room, back to tweezers, and...
by Helen Ivory | Nov 28, 2020 | Featured, Poetry
The Stork A huge white question mark stalks a field outside Bassersdorf. Black mourning tips folded back, a softly red bill probes the earth. The legendary bringer of babies, your blessed image hangs above those more fortunate doors. Ours creaked...
