Aldeburgh Poetry Festival

The 2012 Poetry Festival is less than a week away and from tomorrow, Ink Sweat and Tears will be featuring poems on the theme ‘Poetry as a Lifeline’ which is the subject of the IS&T-supported Discussions and Short Takes this year. Contributors...

Aldeburgh Poetry Festival

Ink Sweat and Tears is thrilled to announce that we are once again supporting the Discussion and its associated Short Takes at the Aldeburgh Poetry Festival, which runs from 2-4 November. The theme of this year’s Discussion is ‘Poetry as a Lifeline’...

Poetry Unbound – Call for Submissions

  Based at the Norfolk and Norwich Millennium Library and launched on this year’s World Book Night with readings from George Szirtes and Heidi Williamson, Poetry Unbound is a new project which aims to extend the audience for contemporary poetry in Norfolk by...

So many riches!

Dear everyone Since the beginning of 2012 the submissions rate had been increasing considerably, and since we relaunched  the new IS&T site last month, it has doubled.   This means you will need to be patient please.  I used to say the waiting time from acceptance...

Some thoughts on poetry from Peter Daniels

Round up the usual precepts: a poetry manifesto   Poetry is what you can get away with. There are rules, and ways to break them. There are boundaries, some breakable, some not. The poem means itself inside a space between poet, reader and subject matter. This...