by Kate Birch | May 2, 2014 | Blogs & News
The standard of entries this year was so high that when it came right down to it we simply could not decide between two excellent poets whose poems and proposals complemented each other so well. Therefore, after securing additional funding, we are able to...
by Kate Birch | Dec 12, 2013 | Blogs & News, Prose & Poetry
To mark today’s official launch at The Book Hive in Norwich of IS&T Press’ first publication TWELVE Slanted Poems for Christmas we are posting first lines/excerpts from each of the fine poems featured in it. Factory Spirit by Bobby Parker ...
by Kate Birch | Jul 26, 2013 | Prose & Poetry
Melting Lead I’ve heard it all my life. Pull up A chair inside yourself and listen. A gland in your neck will make your eyes pulsate, bulge with malignant staring. Pull up a chair inside yourself and listen. Listen to a tale of lead hands melting....
by Kate Birch | May 29, 2013 | Prose & Poetry
My Two Fathers When my father removes his skin he steps to one side and tidies the old skin away with a dustpan and brush. He wants nothing more than not to make a spectacle but my mother insists he fill it with stones. The stone father is anchored to...
by Kate Birch | May 20, 2013 | Blogs & News
On Friday, US poet Charles O Hartman (current Professor and Poet in Residence at Connecticut College) contacted us to let us know that the poem ‘Dead Wife Singing’, posted on IS&T on 8th April, is virtually identical to ‘A Little...
