Event

8th October
Evening, Big Day of Poetry at Cramphorn Theatre.

Bio
Helen Ivory is a poet and artist.  She has a degree from Norwich Art School and won an Eric Gregory Award in 1999.  She has three collections with Bloodaxe Books, the most recent ‘The Breakfast Machine’ was published last year. She has taught for the Arvon Foundation, The Poetry School and at UEA where she is Academic Director for Creative Writing for Continuing Education.  She also runs regular workshops in Norwich and teaches for The Unthank School of Writing. She edits the webzine Ink Sweat and Tears and is an editor for The Poetry Archive.  She regularly posts new work on her website: http://www.helenivory.co.uk/

Poem

Another 3am Call
 
Every night, my grandmother
rehearses her journey
into the otherworld
as her womenfolk stand by,
rooted to this world by strong cups of tea.
 
The air is electricity
and it¹s easy to imagine
my grandmother¹s travels
and how superfluous
slippers might be.
 
We dress her in her wedding gown,
her auburn hair with violets.
On the walk home
night fits around us
like a freshly torn coat.