by Kate Birch | Dec 9, 2022 | News, Picks of the Month
So poignant, beautiful and deep. It is full of light and dark. Haunting and memorable. With the word ‘beautiful’ being repeated again and again in comments, it is no surprise that Becky May’s ‘My Swallows’ is the IS&T Pick of the Month for November. Voters also...
by Kate Birch | Nov 3, 2022 | News, Picks of the Month
Silent scream over passing and decay. Describes dramatic events in delicate, calm and mundane way. Words that say it all and illustrate why ‘The Interior’ by Michał Choiński is the IS&T Pick of the Month for October 2022. Voters admired its relevancy, supported...
by Kate Birch | Oct 14, 2022 | News, Picks of the Month
Evocative, timely and poignant Jenny Pagdin’s ‘Before the market town with the Pepper Pot building’ resonated with so many of you. You loved that you knew the place but understood, too, the different feelings that it could provoke, felt the sense of not quite...
by Kate Birch | Oct 9, 2022 | Word & Image
Debbie Strange (Canada) is a chronically ill short-form poet and visual artist whose creative passions connect her more closely to the world and to herself. Publication archive: https://debbiemstrange.blogspot.com/ Twitter: @Debbie_Strange IG:...
by Kate Birch | Oct 6, 2022 | Word & Image
The musician speaks of the Pacific We are the something of sirens this, our urgent-sound: laughter deepening an acreage of littered whisperings; eyelash sea-greens. Steady me. In this breeze, moments come free. Place your hands on my shoulders and I’ll...
