by Kate Birch | May 16, 2025 | News, Picks of the Month
Queer positivity It was so moving! I feel a bit numb upon finishing it. Sometimes a poem just captures a moment. Elena Chamberlain’s was originally published just over a week before the Supreme Court ruling that the legal definition of a woman is based on biological...
by Kate Birch | May 12, 2025 | Featured, Filmpoems
Tell People Why They Should Care Often, I feel a deep, deep sadness inside; frustration, anger converted into depression for the way the World is, (and always will be?) Trust, broken. Rape, war, poverty, Climate Change, racism, sexism, abuse, murder…...
by Kate Birch | Apr 26, 2025 | News, Picks of the Month
‘Succinct, raw, moving.’ Voters loved the language of the poem, its spirituality and the risks it took. They were impressed by the imagery, its rhythm, its line changes. But mainly they loved how it connected them to their mothers, to their parents, to...
by Kate Birch | Apr 1, 2025 | Reviews
From the start of this very honest and reflective book, you are drawn in to the journey represented in the pages. The story starts with a meeting between Dick and Mugabi, and this weaves an innovative thread through the collection – a carefully thought out seam of...
by Kate Birch | Apr 1, 2025 | Featured
Tricks , Etc. Poisson D’Avril Helen Ivory is poet and visual artist. She edits IS&T and teaches for Arvon. Her sixth Bloodaxe collection Constructing a Witch (2024) was a PBS Winter Recommendation. She won a Cholmondeley Award...
