by Kate Birch | Jan 6, 2018 | 2017 poetry picks
Let Streetview take you home for the holidays Hitching a white arrow up Saffold Way the trees are all too tall. It’s garbage day. The blue door to the old house stands ajar but should be orange and the street wider where in summer small feet ran over...
by Kate Birch | Dec 15, 2017 | 2017 poetry picks, prizes and awards
As ever it was a close-run contest but ‘Frequency Violet’ charmed the voters and Kate Edwards’ poem is our Pick of the Month for November 2017. With comments such as ‘unique and interesting’, ‘quirky’ and...
by Kate Birch | Dec 4, 2017 | Uncategorized
We’re heading towards the end of the year and many of the poems shortlisted for our Pick of the Month for November are exhorting us to use our senses to their extremes: to inhale, to look, to see, to listen. Please make your choice from the very fine works...
by Kate Birch | Nov 19, 2017 | Blogs & News
After nearly two months of deliberation and consideration we are pleased to announce the longlist for the Ink Sweat & Tears/Café Writers Pamphlet Commission Competition. Please click on Pamphlet Commission Competition 2017 Longlist in the menu above or go...
by Kate Birch | Nov 16, 2017 | 2017 poetry picks
Phil Powrie’s ‘The night that takes our shape’, an ‘evocative, melancholy and beautiful’ poem is a much deserved Pick of the Month for October 2017. This dark and haunting poem struck a chord with many who felt it was one for our...
