by Helen Ivory | Jul 4, 2020 | Featured, Poetry
The Mishap The first barbecue of summer – the last, for Peter – had a decent turnout, uni pals and partners mostly, but the odd school hanger-on and semi-pitied colleague too. The first hour was a bit damp, naturally – politics, sport,...
by Helen Ivory | Jul 3, 2020 | Featured, Poetry
Sent from my iPhone, so please excuse brevity, spelling & punctuation Sent from my iPhone whilst dieting, so please excuse an 8-point-font Sent from my iPhone during a senior moment, so with all due respect Missy- excuse spelling &...
by Helen Ivory | Jul 2, 2020 | Featured, Poetry
The New Testament of Dog Dog, elemental creature delving in puddles, fully formed in mud, this body earth, all love without mechanism, he is the murmur that nestles into these delightful sounds of apocalypse. Enemy fire turns off the crickets...
by Helen Ivory | Jul 1, 2020 | Featured, Poetry
Stars in Class Our teacher would give out stars – gold stars to the bright supernovas, silver for the hard-working planets, and none for the boy at the back a black hole that sucked in everything she threw at him and gave back nothing. The...
by Helen Ivory | Jun 30, 2020 | Featured, Poetry
Sonnet A body longing how long? to be there by 10am FedEx promise a plastic box like for recipes or receipts pouring like cake mix in the rain. JT Welsch’s books Orchids (Salt, 2010), Hell Creek Anthology (Sidekick, 2015), and...
by Helen Ivory | Jun 29, 2020 | Featured, Poetry
Chew Toy My body, my stomach, my chest is a ball A dog runs after it and Occasionally gives it a little chew It’s that lurching feeling That sinking A mix of fluttery anxious butterflies And deep sorrow Heart races and mind is overactive All you want to...
