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
On the Eighth Day of Christmas we bring you Anna Brook, Katherine Forbes Riley, Abigail Ottley
I thought the bingo hall had gone
but it had only lost its sign
On the Seventh Day of Christmas we bring you Penny Blackburn, Fiona Larkin, Ruth Higgins
The night is filled with frost, the start of a snowfall.
The wind is hag-ridden through the forest,
keening between the branches.
Recent Prose
Recent Haiku
News
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.’
Word & Image
Filmpoems
Nicole Carter for Mental Health Awareness Week
I saw a meme on Social Media, it said “You will change the World just by being a warm, kind-hearted person.” I so want to believe in that.
Featured Poetry/Prose of the Day
News
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.’
Word & Image
Filmpoems
Nicole Carter for Mental Health Awareness Week
I saw a meme on Social Media, it said “You will change the World just by being a warm, kind-hearted person.” I so want to believe in that.
Previously featured
On the Eighth Day of Christmas we bring you Anna Brook, Katherine Forbes Riley, Abigail Ottley
I thought the bingo hall had gone
but it had only lost its sign
On the Seventh Day of Christmas we bring you Penny Blackburn, Fiona Larkin, Ruth Higgins
The night is filled with frost, the start of a snowfall.
The wind is hag-ridden through the forest,
keening between the branches.
Recent Prose
Recent Haiku
Picks of the Month
‘What Part of Me?’ by Jenny Mitchell is IS&T’s May 2024 Pick of the Month
It stopped me in my tracks. I was there by the graveside full of emotion and discomfort and – now I feel disturbed but compassionate
Read and hear April 2024’s Pick of the Month: ‘Limbo’ by Anna Mindel Crawford
‘Deft, dark, brilliantly written’
‘It really captures the idea of ‘the space between’.’
‘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.’
Reviews
Colin Harrington In Praise of… ‘Knock-knock’ by Owen Lewis.
Knock-knock is a beautiful and honorable portrait of accepting life’s later years, and ending, crafted very gracefully with kindness.
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.









