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Online poetry magazine posting daily. We publish & review poetry, prose, filmpoems, word & image and print publish as IS&T Press. Editing internships. Posts by Sairah Ahsan & Kate Birch.
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Light is abundant in Lesley Curwen's 'Valentia Light', offering both protection from and disguising the dangers of an anticipated storm. @elcurwen.bsky.social

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#FilmPoem #InkSweatAndTears
January 14, 2026 at 4:34 PM
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Alex Scarborough's 'Hiking' considers alternative ways of mapping space, time and our relationships to others. @ascarborough.bsky.social

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#FeaturedPoem #InkSweatAndTears #NaturePoetry
Photograph of a forested mountain ridge with a monarch butterfly in the foreground. Text overlayed on photo reads: I want to ask in the ridges in your face would soften. Top left text reads: Hiking. Bottom right text reads: Alex Scarborough ©
January 13, 2026 at 8:36 PM
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Submissions are open for interns@inksweatandtears.co.uk until the 15th only with particular interest in submissions for our Holocaust Memorial Day feature where we hope to platform work which remembers the Holocaust and other genocides.

#OpenSubmissions #HolocaustMemorialDay
January 12, 2026 at 8:10 PM
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Myra Schneider's 'Cloud' uses the titular word to launch us from its technological associations into the age and tradition of the Romantic poets.

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#NaturePoetry #Wordsworth #InkSweatAndTears
Photograph of a big fluffy cloud catching red-orange light, against a rich blue sky. Text overlayed on photograph reads: sucking in water vapour until heavy as milk udders. Top left text reads: Cloud. Bottom right text reads: Myra Schneider (c)
January 12, 2026 at 9:30 AM
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Sef's poem provides pause to consider the body and its containment, as it exists in multitudes. @seaandfog.bsky.social

Read it here: inksweatandtears.co.uk/sef/

#InkSweatAndTears #FeaturedPoem
Photograph of a person's shadow cast over concrete by warm, natural light. Text overlayed on photo reads: The body gives you life. The body is at the centre. Bottom left text reads: Sef (c)
January 11, 2026 at 10:31 AM
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It's time to choose the last IS&T Pick of the Month for 2025. Will December's be Toby Cotton, @michelleadiaz.bsky.social, @greeningpoet.bsky.social, Paula R. Hilton, Usha Kishore or @fionalarkin.bsky.social. More at inksweatandtears.co.uk/december-202...

#InkSweatandTears #PickoftheMonth
Image (to the right) of red berries on a bare branch against a blue sky and snow on the ground. With a VOTE stamp bottom right. Text: IS&T December Pick of the Month * Toby Cotton *Michelle Diaz *John Greening *Paula R. Hilton *Usha Kishore *Fiona Larkin
January 10, 2026 at 4:15 PM
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Wayne F. Burke's minimalist poems contrast freedom with containment and limitation, presenting images of youth and potential, and bright, sonorous music.

Read them here: inksweatandtears.co.uk/wayne-f-burke/

#FeaturedPoem #Haiku #InkSweatAndTears
Photograph of light glinting off a bicycle bell. Text overlayed on photo reads: golden finches rise and fall. Top left text reads Haiku. Bottom right text reads: Wayne F. Burke (c)
January 10, 2026 at 9:50 AM
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Jon Miller's atmospheric 'Moving In' appreciates both the disquieting and comforting realisation that a new home is haunted by its previous inhabitants.

Read it here: inksweatandtears.co.uk/jon-miller-4

#FeaturedPoem #GhostStories #InkSweatAndTears
Photograph of a distressed interior with exposed plasterboard. Text overlayed on photo reads: a cataract woven by funnel-spiders; a car roob-box full of barbells. Top left text reads: Moving in. Bottom right text reads: Jon Miller (c)
January 9, 2026 at 10:10 AM
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Perpetually relevant in our moment of global crisis, 'transpiration' speaks to the connections that prevail even as loss after loss is sustained.

Read Zain Rishi's thoughtful review of Meredith Macleod Davidson's pamphlet here: inksweatandtears.co.uk/meredith-mac...

#Reviews #InkSweatAndTears
January 8, 2026 at 6:27 PM
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Salvatore Difalco's 'Eek, Eyck' explores the cold season and the encroaching of time and predators alike.

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#WinterPoem #InkSweatAndTears #FeaturedPoem
January 8, 2026 at 11:27 AM
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Annah Atane's 'Bloody September' captures a moment suspended in a terror attack.

Read it here: inksweatandtears.co.uk/annah-atane/

#InkSweatAndTears #FeaturedPoem #Nigeria
Photograph of a phone with a grey screen on a white concrete floor. Text overlayed on photograph reads: lie flat on the concrete. Top left text reads: Bloody September. Bottom right text reads: (c) Annah Atane
January 7, 2026 at 8:47 PM
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Jake Roberts' 'onwards' is an existential and thalassic reverie following after Hamlet.

Read it here: inksweatandtears.co.uk/jake-roberts/

#Hamlet #InkSweatAndTears #Poetry
January 6, 2026 at 10:02 AM
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Aptly out-of-season 🐝🍯

A new poem from @inksweatandtears.co.uk
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T N Kennedy's 'Forever Spring' examines the relationships through which nourishment, in the form of sweet honey, reaches the table.

Read it here: inksweatandtears.co.uk/t-n-kennedy-2/

#BeeKeeping #InkSweatAndTears #BeePoem
Photograph of a person in a yellow and white bee keeping suit examining a piece of honeycomb. Text overlayed on photo reads: bone white substitute pollen surrogate nectar tricks. Top left text reads: Forever Spring. Bottom left text reads: (C) t n kennedy
January 6, 2026 at 8:47 AM
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A pelican, a pigeon, a spore and a planet float through the surreal reflective atmosphere of Miguel Cullen's 'In Remembrance of Stars Past'.

Read it here: inksweatandtears.co.uk/miguel-cullen/

#Poetry #FeaturedPoem #InkSweatAndTears
Photograph of dandelion seed heads. Text overlayed on photograph reads: her funny creme anglaise feathers with pink. Top left text reads: In Remembrance of Stars Past. Bottom right text reads: (C) miguel cullen
January 5, 2026 at 10:30 AM
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T N Kennedy's 'Forever Spring' examines the relationships through which nourishment, in the form of sweet honey, reaches the table.

Read it here: inksweatandtears.co.uk/t-n-kennedy-2/

#BeeKeeping #InkSweatAndTears #BeePoem
Photograph of a person in a yellow and white bee keeping suit examining a piece of honeycomb. Text overlayed on photo reads: bone white substitute pollen surrogate nectar tricks. Top left text reads: Forever Spring. Bottom left text reads: (C) t n kennedy
January 4, 2026 at 10:24 AM
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Kate Vanhinsbergh's 'We Should Probably Get Up Now' meditates on a moment of peace shared by lovers.

Read it here: inksweatandtears.co.uk/kate-vanhins...

#InkSweatAndTears #FeaturedPoem #LovePoems
Photograph of sun diffused through pale, sheer curtains. Text overlaying photo reads: you like me like this, with the sun falling in slabs through the window. Top left text reads: We should probably get up now. Bottom right text reads: (c) kate vanhinsbergh
January 3, 2026 at 10:49 AM
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Bel Wallace's 'Interior' catalogues the futile attempt to clean the evidence another has shared our life with us after they have left.

Read it here: inksweatandtears.co.uk/bel-wallace-5/

#Poetry #FeaturedPoem #InkSweatAndTears
Photograph of cloud of dust on a black background. Text overlayed on photograph reads: I scoured your dense coffee from my cups. You broke one. Top left text reads Interior. Bottom right text reads (c) Bel Wallace
January 2, 2026 at 10:00 AM
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Debbie Strange's 'midnight sun' meditates on light and breathing as a new day breaks, and we go into the New Year.

Read it here: inksweatandtears.co.uk/debbie-stran...

#NewYearsPoem #PolarBear #12DaysOf #NewYear2026
January 1, 2026 at 4:07 PM
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On the Twelfth Day of Christmas (and the final day of our feature), we bring you Rachel Burns, Lauren Middleton, Hedy Hume.

Read their work here: inksweatandtears.co.uk/on-the-twelf...

And a Happy New Year!

#InkSweatAndTears #FeaturedPoem #ChristmasPoem #12DaysOf #NewYear2026
Burgundy background with a night sky running down the centre. Fir boughs decorated with red and gold ribbons, berries and bows adorn the corners. Text overlaying the night sky reads: On The Twelfth Day of Christmas. New Year Rachel Burns Holding Forgiveness Lauren Middleton Solstice Sonnet Hedy Hume
January 1, 2026 at 10:22 AM
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On the Eleventh Day of Christmas we bring you Mary Mulholland, Edward Heathman, and Edward Alport/ @crossmouse.bsky.social.

Read their work here: inksweatandtears.co.uk/on-the-eleve...

#InkSweatAndTears #FeaturedPoem #ChristmasPoem #12DaysOf
Burgundy background with a night sky running down the centre. Fir boughs decorated with red and gold ribbons, berries and bows adorn the corners. Text overlaying the night sky reads: On The Eleventh Day of Christmas. Christmas scents Mary Mulholland Elegy for Saint Nicholas Edward Heathman The Last Ritual. Edward Alport
December 31, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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Delighted to have my piece New Year's Eve in Brissac in Ink Sweat and Tears today! @byleaveswelive.bsky.social @asls.org.uk @scottishpen.bsky.social
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On the Tenth Day of Christmas we bring you Rupert Loydell, @ruthaylett.bsky.social and Eithne Cullen.

Read their work here: inksweatandtears.co.uk/41210-2/

#InkSweatAndTears #FeaturedPoem #ChristmasPoem #12DaysOf
Burgundy background with a night sky running down the centre. Fir boughs decorated with red and gold ribbons, berries and bows adorn the corners. Text overlaying the night sky reads: On The Tenth Day of Christmas. List Poem Between Christmas And New Year Rupert Loydell New Year’s Eve in Brissac Ruth Aylett Belonging Eithne Cullen
December 30, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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Congratulations Sue. @inksweatandtears.co.uk is such a brilliant poetry site
December 30, 2025 at 10:48 AM
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Melon Moon, a filmpoem by me, published by @inksweatandtears.co.uk on Christmas Day! 🥳
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year to all the wonderful #poemsabout #promptcombo poetry crowd, what a fab #poetrycommunity you all are! I've been not posting much recently, but getting back on that horse in the NY!
Melon Moon
A Filmpoem published by Ink, Sweat & Tears for their '12 Days of Christmas'
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December 30, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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On the Tenth Day of Christmas we bring you Rupert Loydell, @ruthaylett.bsky.social and Eithne Cullen.

Read their work here: inksweatandtears.co.uk/41210-2/

#InkSweatAndTears #FeaturedPoem #ChristmasPoem #12DaysOf
Burgundy background with a night sky running down the centre. Fir boughs decorated with red and gold ribbons, berries and bows adorn the corners. Text overlaying the night sky reads: On The Tenth Day of Christmas. List Poem Between Christmas And New Year Rupert Loydell New Year’s Eve in Brissac Ruth Aylett Belonging Eithne Cullen
December 30, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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Delighted to be part of this wonderful seasonal feature from @inksweatandtears.co.uk with my poem ‘Evensong’.
Always such a wonderful array of poems over the 12 days.
December 29, 2025 at 12:10 PM