by Kate Birch | Jan 5, 2019 | 2018 poetry picks
The Harvester There is a darkness coming a little at first, just ahead of the rest His breath is a slow yawn it draws in a shade a cold and a rustling everything sleeping, drying An idiot-ox striding his March drawing blood from flower herb from...
by Kate Birch | Jan 5, 2019 | 2018 poetry picks
Since it was all about a son I ask my son now that he doesn’t really believe in everything what’s Christmas all about then? I mean what does it mean to you? there is still a hole in the roof to follow a star through but we have just had the boiler...
by Kate Birch | Dec 13, 2018 | 2018 poetry picks
We have all been there. And that is why Skendha Singh’s simple yet effective, still yet biting, accessible yet intense poem ‘Dear -‘, punctuating the end of a relationship, is the IS&T Pick of the Month for November 2018. Skendha graduated...
by Kate Birch | Dec 4, 2018 | Uncategorized
With three first timers to IS&T – Gopal Lahiri, Anna Milan & Skendha Singh – and three poets who have been shortlisted at least once before – Peter Daniels, Beth McDonough & Andrew Turner – the Pick of the Month shortlist for...
by Kate Birch | Nov 16, 2018 | 2018 poetry picks
Rarely has an IS&T Pick of the Month reflected so entirely things as they are now. Four young men, ages 15-22, stabbed in south London between the 2nd and 6th November is four too many and Gboyega Odubanjo’s ‘Obit.’, though written and...
