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Featured Poetry/Prose of the Day
Previously featured
Alice Huntley
carved from the tusk of my grandmother
I am learning how to remember
Bel Wallace
My dad is thinking geometrically,
eyes closed; he waves his arms
Recent Prose
Recent Haiku
News
‘I’m looking through a lattice of magnolia’ by Robin Houghton is the June 2024 Pick of the Month. Read and hear it here.
‘Beautiful interweaving of nature and human concerns’
Word & Image
M.P. Pratheesh
Reading Materials We shadows of distant meteors too M.P. Pratheesh is an Indian poet-artist. His works can be...
Filmpoems
Kayleigh Jayshree
Seaglass, Flint and Jasper
Featured Poetry/Prose of the Day
News

‘I’m looking through a lattice of magnolia’ by Robin Houghton is the June 2024 Pick of the Month. Read and hear it here.
‘Beautiful interweaving of nature and human concerns’
Word & Image

M.P. Pratheesh
Reading Materials We shadows of distant meteors too M.P. Pratheesh is an Indian poet-artist. His works can be...
Filmpoems

Kayleigh Jayshree
Seaglass, Flint and Jasper
Previously featured
Alice Huntley
carved from the tusk of my grandmother
I am learning how to remember
Bel Wallace
My dad is thinking geometrically,
eyes closed; he waves his arms
Recent Prose
Recent Haiku
Picks of the Month
Congratulations to Mariam Saidan who is our IS&T Pick of the Month poet for November 2020
'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...
Your October 2020 Pick of the Month is ‘Here Come the Crows’ by Amy Rafferty
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...
And our Pick of the Month for September 2020 is ‘The Anatomy of Boys’ by Nwuguru Chidiebere Sullivan
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...
Reviews
Carla Scarano D’Antonio reviews ‘Fan-Peckled’ by Jean Atkin & Katy Alston
Fan-Peckled, by Jean Atkin and illustrated by Katy Alston, is a fascinating journey that has been written in an old idiomatic Shropshire language and was inspired by The...
Too Young Too Loud Too Different, an anthology by the writers of Malika’s Poetry Kitchen
Too Young Too Loud Too Different edited by Maisie Lawrence and Rishi Dastidar ISBN 978-1-4721-5506-1 Few collectives have had a profound impact on the contemporary poetry landscape in...
Tom Wilson reviews This Kilt of Many Colours by David Bleiman
This Kilt of Many Colours by David Bleiman Dempsey & Windle ISBN: 9781913329457 This collection of 24 poems is a celebration of multiple identity. It’s also funny, moving, mocking, sad...