ivoryfishbone - Alison Dunne's poetry

what about ivoryfishbone, though? she's great too!

ivory's alright but she doesn't have the flair of Alison. besides, ivory's too busy trying to sort out bouncers at the Elf & Unicorn to write any new stuff. Alison for me!

I'm a great lover of Alison. ;o)

Prefer the Fish, meslf... If only she'd stop wielding wands, though.

mmm... looks like we've got a FANCLUB (or two) building up here!

alison dunne would like me to offer her humble thanks ... she cannot speak for herself this morning as she is in high level negotiations with Faber & Faber ...

Faber and Faber! My goodness, not them again! Aren't they just the biggest nuisance? Always calling and begging me to come to them. Not until the price is right, Fabey Wabey!

Blimmy! better get on the case asap. can't have FFing FFaber pinching our best writers! now, if we double what we offered Selima and throw in a year's supply of Sloe Gin and a season ticket to a Sushi bar i think we may just be in with a shout...

welcome to the club, david. your membership pack and complimentary car sticker ["ivy does it online"] will be with you shortly...

Have to agree - ifb is amazing. I think Night of Knives is probably my favourite piece on the site!

I also love Ivory's work. One of the reasons why I only read at the site.

She's my favourite writer too. I like A Tree best. She is brilliant

awww shucks ... thanks guys ... *mumbles and shuffles*

mumbles and shuffles. are they your cats, Ivy?

yes they are slipper cats ... i wear one on each foot ...

Don't forget Littlefishbone - I have it on very bad authority that she actually writes all of Ivory's stuff on scraps of paper and then Ivory types it into the computer after little-f-b's bedtime. But her stuff is great - personally I think the stories are even better than the poems. And she's a nice person too, doesn't it make you sick ?

You have not only hit the nail on the head but hammered it irretrievably into the wood, Mr Pack. She's a delightful person and a fine, fine poet.

and has a fine, fine poodle. so i'm told.

*blushing* *poodle also blushing*

Perhaps she has oodles of poodles as Si has oodles of noodles...oooooooh

she is also very funny ..... humurous I mean ...... well perhaps she is a bit wierd ... but..... *leaves before the hole develops into crater sized mouth*

David, have you read Eating Orange? Alison Dunne is extremely talented and Eating Orange is my favorite poem. And I'm not really into poetry all that much.

an orange that eats people? scary.

Hi Barry... Yes I have read everything that she has posted on ABC so far. When something catches my eye and has grabbed my attention, I tend to read through all the writers' work. Needless to say, ABCtales is taking up far more of my time than it should be

I am acquainted with the most delightful non-leaper in the business. She is really getting a bit too big for her boots with all this adulation. Suggest you all consider a nice bit of tree before your next stream of consciousness is posted into the Void. *looks fierce* I am her Protector this evening.

It doesn't matter a) which bit of tree b) Ivory, Alison or Poodle c) who I am

what makes you so sure we post conscious streams? anyway, how many rings has she got?

Alison's poetry is marvellous. She has the gift of pure editing and the resultant words are all sparkling and vibrant. Mmmmmmmmmmm