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Featured Poetry/Prose of the Day
Previously featured
Eve Chancellor
Imagine waking up one day and discovering
that you are a horse. At first, you might not
believe it and think you are dreaming.
Ananya S Guha
The leaves are growing out of
a harangue of loneliness
palms cupped I listen to silences
of winter or summers
Recent Prose
Recent Haiku
News
The IS&T Nominations for the 2026 Forward Prize Best Single Poem (Written)
John Bartlett
Rachael Clyne
Mariam Saidan
Word & Image
Oormila Vijayakrishnan Prahlad
I am born of the folk of the tropical coasts,
salt-rimmed hands my inheritance. I trace
the vestiges of webs between my fingers—
folds printed with the pearlescent stripes
Filmpoems
Erin Coppin and Dr Jo Scott
British Columbia, Canada, 2021: We are surviving the vagaries of climate change
1. Heat dome: I’ve had to water my plants two times a day so they don’t die.
2. Five hundred and ninety-five people died as a direct result of extreme heat.
Featured Poetry/Prose of the Day
News
The IS&T Nominations for the 2026 Forward Prize Best Single Poem (Written)
John Bartlett
Rachael Clyne
Mariam Saidan
Word & Image
Oormila Vijayakrishnan Prahlad
I am born of the folk of the tropical coasts,
salt-rimmed hands my inheritance. I trace
the vestiges of webs between my fingers—
folds printed with the pearlescent stripes
Filmpoems
Erin Coppin and Dr Jo Scott
British Columbia, Canada, 2021: We are surviving the vagaries of climate change
1. Heat dome: I’ve had to water my plants two times a day so they don’t die.
2. Five hundred and ninety-five people died as a direct result of extreme heat.
Previously featured
Eve Chancellor
Imagine waking up one day and discovering
that you are a horse. At first, you might not
believe it and think you are dreaming.
Ananya S Guha
The leaves are growing out of
a harangue of loneliness
palms cupped I listen to silences
of winter or summers
Recent Prose
Recent Haiku
Picks of the Month
Read, and Hear, ‘sclerenchyma’ by John Bartlett – the IS&T Pick of the Month for August 2025!
‘Evocative, descriptive, challenging and uplifting’
‘The eloquence of phrase and sentiment and timing is brilliant.’
‘Reimagination of Gravity’ by Paul Chuks is July’s Pick of the Month! Read and Hear it Here.
This poem was as unexpected as a story plot! I loved it.
Wonderful way of observation
Rachael Clyne’s ‘Homeland’ is the June 2025 Pick of the Month! Read and hear it here.
‘Diaspora dialogue; the place and the displaced’
‘Thought provoking. A rich, reflective poem that carries itself well.’
‘The way the land responds to human tragedy’
Reviews
In Praise of… : Arup K. Chatterjee reviews ‘A Different Story’ by Amlanjyoti Goswami
A Different Story conjures a subject that resists acts of dumping trauma, instead alchemizing them into dry humor and decorous irreverence, sans complacency or arrogance
In Praise Of…: Fathima Zahra reviews ‘this too is a glistening’ by Pratyusha, Jessica J. Lee, Alycia Pirmohamed and Nina Mingya Powles
Moving between immersive and sensory details from their walks, swims and time together, the writing switches between present and past recollections.
In Praise Of…: Setareh Ebrahimi reviews ‘Where the Land Forgets Itself’ by Connor Sansby
Where the Land Forgets Itself is both humorous and subversive. It leaves the reader questioning: What is material? What is reality? It is a fundamental quizzing of everything where nothing is assumed but pain, and beauty.