Ink Sweat & Tears is a UK based webzine which publishes and reviews poetry, prose, prose-poetry, word & image pieces and everything in between. Our tastes are eclectic and magpie-like and we aim to publish something new every day.
We try to keep waiting-time short, but because of increased submissions, the current waiting time between submission and publication is around twelve weeks.
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Featured Poetry/Prose of the Day
Previously featured
Sarah Nabarro
Your smile
Woke something –
Up.
If you knew,
Mike Wilson
My reptilian brain calculates the minimum I’ll do to escape
the weight of obligation …
but before I finish the math, we regress into college kids
rushing the street Julia barricades with furniture
to keep out the law by breaking the law.
Recent Prose
Recent Haiku
News
Poems from Arun Jeetoo, Michelle Diaz and Eve Chancellor are the IS&T Submissions for the 2024 Forward Prize for Best Single Poem – Written.
Eve Chancellor, ‘Two Girls on a Greyhound’
Michelle Diaz, ‘The Sorry Letter’
Arun Jeetoo, ‘Gay Chicken’
Word & Image
Filmpoems
Kayleigh Jayshree
Seaglass, Flint and Jasper
Featured Poetry/Prose of the Day
News
Poems from Arun Jeetoo, Michelle Diaz and Eve Chancellor are the IS&T Submissions for the 2024 Forward Prize for Best Single Poem – Written.
Eve Chancellor, ‘Two Girls on a Greyhound’
Michelle Diaz, ‘The Sorry Letter’
Arun Jeetoo, ‘Gay Chicken’
Word & Image
Filmpoems
Kayleigh Jayshree
Seaglass, Flint and Jasper
Previously featured
Sarah Nabarro
Your smile
Woke something –
Up.
If you knew,
Mike Wilson
My reptilian brain calculates the minimum I’ll do to escape
the weight of obligation …
but before I finish the math, we regress into college kids
rushing the street Julia barricades with furniture
to keep out the law by breaking the law.
Recent Prose
Recent Haiku
Picks of the Month
‘Burglaries’ by Darren Deeks is IS&T’s February 2024 Pick of the Month!
‘Loss captured beautifully’
‘Curious and unpredictable’
Read, and hear, ‘Pomegranate’ by Sue Burge, the IS&T Pick of the Month for January 2024
‘It is so spare – every word used to the max – beautiful, slow, confident, visceral words. I love it!’
Read and hear it here! ‘Lovely Feet’ by Maureen Jivani is IS&T’s final Pick of the Month for 2023!
‘Lyricism, surreal beauty, authentic capturing of love & loss’
Reviews
Kayleigh Jayshree reviews Makeover by Laurie Bolger
‘Makeover’ is a fun, stirring, and comforting pamphlet, with a variety and uniqueness in tone that makes Laurie Bolger a poet to watch.
Kayleigh Jayshree In Praise Of… ‘Bright Fear’ by Mary Jean Chan
The title of this collection has never felt so poignant. As the years get more and more sweltering, and queer people’s rights become discussed as if it’s a matter of opinion, I feel bright and afraid most of the time.
Alan Peat In Praise Of… ‘Faunistics: A Collection of Wild Haiku and Illustrations’
In both style and compass Thomas demonstrates a subtle modernity… His poems are steeped in the nature-tradition of the haiku world.