Helen Ivory is a poet and assemblage artist. Her fourth Bloodaxe collection is Waiting for Bluebeard. She edits the webzine Ink Sweat & Tears and is tutor and Course Director for the UEA/WCN creative writing programme. A recent collaborative Tarot pack with the artist Ton de Freston is published by Gatehouse press. A book of collage poems including those featured here is due from Knives, Forks and Spoons Press any time now.