Christina Murphy is listening to night echoes

by | Mar 28, 2010 | Prose & Poetry

One of the more fascinating aspects of the poetry scene – and one of the original motivations for setting up Ink Sweat & Tears in the first place – is that hazy borderline between poetry and prose, when poetry becomes prose poetry… or is it literary flash...

Pat Jourdan is taking a March train journey

by | Mar 27, 2010 | Prose & Poetry

March Train Journey, Norfolk   Some daffodils left looking at each other. A grouse, sidling along trying to avoid its destiny, overdressed in the fields with the amazing white collar and the bright red suit, blue tie. A lolloping hare dashing off across a wide...

Geoff Stevens is going ratting

by | Mar 25, 2010 | Prose & Poetry

Earlier this week there was a documentary shown on UK TV about King Edward VII. By coincidence, regular IS&T contributor Geoff Stevens has submitted a poem inspired by one King Edward's more infamous social put-downs – when he saw Lord Harris in a brown bowler...

Michelle McGrane is at the festival of dolls

by | Mar 24, 2010 | Prose & Poetry

Hina MatsuriThe morning after the festival,a sigh stole through the alcovewhere the doll altar stood.In the pavilion, the tiny lordbowed his head, a fist curled at his side,a hand upon his lady's shoulder.She dried her eyeswith a trailing sleeve, her moutha red...