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Vote for Your December 2020 Pick of the Month

by Kate Birch | Jan 10, 2021 | News, Picks of the Month

VOTING HAS NOW CLOSED. WATCH THIS SPACE TO DISCOVER THE DECEMBER 2020 PICK OF THE MONTH. New year, new web site and a final vote for Pick of the Month for 2020. And it was a dark December in more ways than one. Will you choose Lucien Linwood’s gut wrenching...

Congratulations to Mariam Saidan who is our IS&T Pick of the Month poet for November 2020

by Helen Ivory | Dec 16, 2020 | Picks of the Month

‘this poem is of a few words but very deep feelings’ Voters loved its beauty, its simplicity and its truth and this is why, from a superb group of shortlisted poems, Mariam Saidan’s ‘Lies’ is the Ink Sweat & Tears Pick of the Month...

Your October 2020 Pick of the Month is ‘Here Come the Crows’ by Amy Rafferty

by Kate Birch | Nov 16, 2020 | Featured, News, Picks of the Month

An overwhelming response to our October Pick of the Month vote sees Amy Rafferty’s ‘Here Come the Crows’ as the ultimate winner.  This beautiful, moving ‘ethereal and yet beautifully observed’ poem both spoke to the times we are living in...

And our Pick of the Month for September 2020 is ‘The Anatomy of Boys’ by Nwuguru Chidiebere Sullivan

by Kate Birch | Oct 19, 2020 | Featured, News, Picks of the Month

Nwuguru Chidiebere Sullivan’s poem ‘The Anatomy of Boys’ spoke to so many, and it is for this reason that this ‘fascinating’ ‘beautiful’ and ‘inspiring’ poem is the IS&T Pick of the month for September 2020....

Lucy Atkinson is the IS&T Pick of the Month poet for August 2020

by Kate Birch | Sep 18, 2020 | Featured, News, Picks of the Month

‘Evocative and charming, a modern day folk tale’, a comment on Lucy Atkinson’s ‘Sunspot’, perfectly summing up why this fine poem is the IS&T Pick of the Month for August 2020. Lucy is a North-East born writer studying a MA in...

And Your Pick of the Month for July 2020 is ‘Eagle’ by Joanna Nissel

by Kate Birch | Aug 17, 2020 | Featured, News, Picks of the Month

The importance of family connections prevailed in voters’ minds and the wonderful ‘Eagle’ by Joanna Nissel is our Pick of the Month for July 2020, but it was an extraordinarily tight race with only a few votes in it. Voters commented again and again...
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We have a new Word&Image piece up now! This one is an unsettling poem by Dave Hubble (@dshubble). Read 'Untitled (Bible cut-up)' here https://inksweatandtears.co.uk/untitled-bible-cut-up-by-dave-hubble/

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More recently, Jay Bernard's 'Surge' poems give further testimony to the suffering and loss. Please listen to LKJ's poem today and also remember the bereaved, still waiting for justice.

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Forty years ago today, we remember the New Cross fire happened in Deptford, south London. It resulted in the deaths of thirteen young black people, with twenty-seven others seriously injured. To date, no charges have been made.

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what if we mixed
the smoke of my incense sticks
& the smoke of your rolled-up happiness
in a room only suitable for two? 🕯️

A series of ‘what-ifs’ from Antonela Pallini-Zemin (@PalliniZemin) in 'Mix & Match' https://inksweatandtears.co.uk/antonela-pallini-zemin/

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i had a poem picked up by the amazing ink sweat and tears which you can read online for FREE. it's about silica gel and love and other such poisons x https://twitter.com/InkSweatTears/status/1350755012847271936

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