bowl

A black-and-white multi-panel graphic poem showing a blonde woman burying her soul, placing it beneath a bowl of water, rescuing it from drowning, and ultimately finding peace beneath the moon. The symbolic noir illustrations explore healing, self-discovery, spirituality, and emotional rebirth.

What happens when you bury your soul only to discover it was never drowning at all? This symbolic noir graphic poem explores guilt, identity, forgiveness, and the quiet peace that comes from becoming yourself again.

honey

Love crashes like a waterfall while hindsight pools beneath every step. This illustrated poem follows longing, sleepless nights, and the strange comfort of memory through cinematic noir panels filled with symbolic imagery.

new year

A new year withNo room for old tearsOr resistance fromSlicing away aged fearsI’ve got my jaded leatherGloves on I’m ready forThe shears of the eternityOf fresh beginningsAnd know babyIt hasn’t just occurred to meThat you aren’t confinedYet a lovely sifted throughSandy find The birds are dreaming withWolves bellowing highWater washing bright theFossilized lie free that […]

street nights

An original mixed-media poetry collage by The Ivory Rose depicting a surreal dreamscape where a blonde woman peacefully sleeps upon a rainbow ascending toward a glowing heavenly doorway. Filled with stars, butterflies, hot air balloons, flowers, celestial imagery, stained glass, and handwritten poetry, the artwork symbolizes emotional healing, childlike wonder, imagination, and the desire to find peace beyond life's hardships. The collage blends fantasy illustration, vintage paper textures, and symbolic storytelling into a vibrant visual poem.

Where city lights meet wildflowers and moonlight becomes a guide, this symbolic visual poem follows birds, fairies, dandelions, and hidden stars through a landscape where love asks only one thing: keep moving forward.

grey heron

Mixed-media collage portrait illustrating a poem through symbolic imagery including an octopus tentacle, caterpillars, butterflies, a grey heron, birds, ocean landscapes, flowers, and a tattooed woman representing love, transformation, memory, and the many layers of the human spirit.

A surreal exploration of love through octopus tentacles, tigers, grey herons, birds, and angels. This symbolic poem reflects how every person is a collage of instincts, tenderness, memory, and spirit.

can’t let the day get you down

Vintage mixed media collage featuring an uplifting poem surrounded by symbolic medical imagery, IV bag, heartbeat monitor, flowers, butterflies, and botanical elements representing healing, resilience, and hope.

In just a few words, Can’t Let the Day Get You Down captures the quiet determination to keep moving forward. Paired with a vintage medical-inspired collage, the poem reflects on resilience, healing, and finding strength one day at a time.