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Featured Poetry/Prose of the Day
Previously featured
David Sapp
Aimless between
Dropping out
Of art school
And absolutely no
Friggin’ money . . .
Gareth Writer-Davies
it’s a special kind of empty
the footed earth, saluting the sky
Recent Prose
Recent Haiku
News
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’
Word & Image
Jonathan Edis
Like macabre isobars
the plaster cast lines
of the Old Doctor’s hand
Filmpoems
Chris Gylee
1997 - Dream as Animal J. Smith Animal is going to disappear, completely Standing out on the street Down the...
Featured Poetry/Prose of the Day
News
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’
Word & Image
Jonathan Edis
Like macabre isobars
the plaster cast lines
of the Old Doctor’s hand
Filmpoems
Chris Gylee
1997 - Dream as Animal J. Smith Animal is going to disappear, completely Standing out on the street Down the...
Previously featured
David Sapp
Aimless between
Dropping out
Of art school
And absolutely no
Friggin’ money . . .
Gareth Writer-Davies
it’s a special kind of empty
the footed earth, saluting the sky
Recent Prose
Recent Haiku
Picks of the Month
‘A Bad Spell’ by Lynn Valentine is the IS&T Pick of the Month for March. Read it! Listen to it!
‘This poem is pure enchantment. The captivating vocabulary intensely immersive imagery had the hairs on the back of my neck prickled from the outset.’
‘Burglaries’ by Darren Deeks is IS&T’s February 2024 Pick of the Month. Read and listen to it here!
‘Loss captured beautifully’
‘Curious and unpredictable’
Read, and hear, ‘Pomegranate’ by Sue Burge, the IS&T Pick of the Month for January 2024
‘It is so spare – every word used to the max – beautiful, slow, confident, visceral words. I love it!’
Reviews
Kayleigh Jayshree reviews ‘Makeover’ by Laurie Bolger
‘Makeover’ is a fun, stirring, and comforting pamphlet, with a variety and uniqueness in tone that makes Laurie Bolger a poet to watch.
Kayleigh Jayshree In Praise Of… ‘Bright Fear’ by Mary Jean Chan
The title of this collection has never felt so poignant. As the years get more and more sweltering, and queer people’s rights become discussed as if it’s a matter of opinion, I feel bright and afraid most of the time.
Alan Peat In Praise Of… ‘Faunistics: A Collection of Wild Haiku and Illustrations’
In both style and compass Thomas demonstrates a subtle modernity… His poems are steeped in the nature-tradition of the haiku world.