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
Toby Cotton
A blustery day –
the wind too strong for kites
or for lifts to the sky.
“To a thoughtful spot,” it cites
and pins me to the earth.
Ansuya Patel
except this burnt red vase.
Hand shaped in the muffled roar,
devouring flame in the furnace’s mouth.
Recent Prose
Recent Haiku
News
Poetry from UEA MA Scholars 2024/2025: Grace Phillips and On Zi Rui
You bought peppermint and bubbles,
monologued in the corner.
You barely looked at me twice.
– Grace Phillips
I looked at the neon lights
Gazing, I asked myself :
“What am I sourcing for now that I am without you ?”
– On Zi Rui
Word & Image
Nina Nazir
You were a love-thief.
I adored you
for the spell you cast
and yet…
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
Poetry from UEA MA Scholars 2024/2025: Grace Phillips and On Zi Rui
You bought peppermint and bubbles,
monologued in the corner.
You barely looked at me twice.
– Grace Phillips
I looked at the neon lights
Gazing, I asked myself :
“What am I sourcing for now that I am without you ?”
– On Zi Rui
Word & Image
Nina Nazir
You were a love-thief.
I adored you
for the spell you cast
and yet…
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
Toby Cotton
A blustery day –
the wind too strong for kites
or for lifts to the sky.
“To a thoughtful spot,” it cites
and pins me to the earth.
Ansuya Patel
except this burnt red vase.
Hand shaped in the muffled roar,
devouring flame in the furnace’s mouth.
Recent Prose
Recent Haiku
Picks of the Month
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.’
‘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’
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.