Ink Sweat & Tears is a UK based webzine which publishes and reviews poetry, prose, prose-poetry, word & image pieces and everything in between. Our tastes are eclectic and magpie-like and we aim to publish something new every day.
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Featured Poetry/Prose of the Day
Previously featured
Brian Kirk
That was the time you caught
the mumps and I was half
afraid I’d catch it too.
Dawn Sands
Walking home from the lecture on Frankenstein
through the November mizzle, small breaths of exhaust
sighing in the twilight headlights, particles of wet air commingling.
Recent Prose
Recent Haiku
News
A Warm Welcome to Sairah Ahsan, IS&T’s Newest Editing Intern!
The Heart and the Stomach
Fists of smooth muscle curl in sleep
clutch at hunger.
Sticky with a sick feeling
they anticipate the winter tundra
of empty cupboards…
Word & Image
Oormila Vijayakrishnan Prahlad
A lacquer table, gloss under fingertips. A raised stage with dark linen. A young woman smiles with her hand-held harp, its nine strings glistening. The room swells with the cadence of her pearly notes. Beneath the pendant lights—a vision of serenity.
Filmpoems
Éloïse O’Dwyer-Armary
Leeks ...
Featured Poetry/Prose of the Day
News
A Warm Welcome to Sairah Ahsan, IS&T’s Newest Editing Intern!
The Heart and the Stomach
Fists of smooth muscle curl in sleep
clutch at hunger.
Sticky with a sick feeling
they anticipate the winter tundra
of empty cupboards…
Word & Image
Oormila Vijayakrishnan Prahlad
A lacquer table, gloss under fingertips. A raised stage with dark linen. A young woman smiles with her hand-held harp, its nine strings glistening. The room swells with the cadence of her pearly notes. Beneath the pendant lights—a vision of serenity.
Filmpoems
Éloïse O’Dwyer-Armary
Leeks ...
Previously featured
Brian Kirk
That was the time you caught
the mumps and I was half
afraid I’d catch it too.
Dawn Sands
Walking home from the lecture on Frankenstein
through the November mizzle, small breaths of exhaust
sighing in the twilight headlights, particles of wet air commingling.
Recent Prose
Recent Haiku
Picks of the Month
Tim Relf’s ‘…walking’ is the September 2023 Pick of the Month. Read and hear it here!
‘it’s upbeat, joyous and just carries you along’
Read and hear it here: Rosie Garland’s ‘Poem inspired by an imaginary painting by Leonora Carrington’ IS&T’s Summer 2023 Pick!
‘Such vibrant imagery, and sense of movement’
‘Confessions to a neurologist’ by Ann Grant is the IS&T June 2023 Pick of the Month. Read, and Hear Ann Read It, Here!
‘Beautifully confessional, devastatingly true.’
Reviews
In Praise of: Charlie Baylis reviews ‘suddenly, it’s now’ by Blossom Hibbert
suddenly, it's now by Blossom Hibbert Leafe Press, £7.00 (28 pages of poetry) suddenly, it’s now is a fun, dazzling and provocative debut pamphlet from a bright green voice in poetry. Blossom...
Helen Moore reviews ‘Federal Gods’ by Clare Saponia
Federal Gods by Clare Saponia Palewell Press (112 pages of poetry) Clare Saponia’s reputation for radically engaged poetry, characterised by a boldly provocative and satirical style, was already...
Clare Morris reviews ‘Coalescence’ by Tim King
Coalescence by Tim King Lulu Press (230 pages of poetry) Tim King can always be relied on to provide the perfect poetry pick-me-up that every writer longs for. ‘Coalescence’ is a glorious...