Ink Sweat & Tears

In Brigid's Land Grab, Williams spins a sprawling trickster's tale with strong imagery that ends with promises kept. Read it here: inksweatandtears.co.uk/simon-williams… #InkSweatandTears #Poetry #Submission

In, 'The Only Time I See My Father Swim', Smiley's speaker paints a vivid portrait of a father, but more than that the relationship between themselves and their father. Read it here: inksweatandtears.co.uk/thea-smiley-2/ #InkSweatandTears #Poetry #Submission

If the naming of things matters, what happens when you aren't allowed to call a thing what it most obviously seems to be? In, 'It's Forbidden to Call it War', Bonner's speaker details what's present and subversively calls the thing what it is. inksweatandtears.co.uk/roger-bonner/

What to do when words aren't enough? In, 'Off Limits', Seyf explores this challenge and seeks to provide one possible solution. Read it here: inksweatandtears.co.uk/maryam-seyf/ #InkSweatandTears #Poetry #Submission

It's time to choose your Pick of the Month for June 2025. Will you vote for Rachael Clyne, Oz Hardwick, @PippaLittle1, Steph Morris / @herr_morris, Sreeja Naskar or McLord Selasi / @MclordSela64222? More at inksweatandtears.co.uk/june-2025-pick… #InkSweatandTears #PickoftheMonth

In @KerryDarbishire's, 'For the Love of a Fellside', we are given a snapshot of life in a beautiful wilderness. Read it here: inksweatandtears.co.uk/darbishire-ker… #InkSweatandTears #Poetry #Submission

n Reimagination of Gravity, Chuks' speaker weaves a poem that journeys between: loss, the discovery of gravity, and poetry itself, among other things. Don't be afraid; take a bite. Read it here: inksweatandtears.co.uk/paul-chuks/ #InkSweatandTears #Poetry #Submission

The Forward Prize for Best Collection – We’re proud to reveal the #ForwardPrizes 2025 shortlist for Best Collection! Five powerful books from some of the most compelling voices in poetry today. 👏 Congrats to the poets & publishers! 🔗 Full list: buff.ly/SS35YlZ

The Forward Prize for Best Single Poem – Written Announcing the #ForwardPrizes 2025 shortlist for Best Single Poem – Written! Poems that move, resonate, and demand to be read. 👏 Huge congratulations to the shortlisted poets! 🔗Full list: buff.ly/SS35YlZ

The Forward Prize for Best Single Poem – Performed Live, powerful, unforgettable. 🎙️ We’re thrilled to reveal the #ForwardPrizes 2025 shortlist for Best Single Poem – Performed! Experience poetry in its most dynamic form. 🔗 Full list: buff.ly/SS35YlZ

In, My Friends Are Many Legged, Dekuhuijzen's speaker explores longing, solitude and worlds separated by glass. Read it here at: inksweatandtears.co.uk/lola-dekhuijze… #InkSweatandTears #Poetry #Submission

Writers often speak of just transcribing what their characters are saying onto the page. But, what happens when they decide to cut out the middle man? Read it here: inksweatandtears.co.uk/neil-weiner/ #InkSweatandTears #Prose #Submission

Ravaged infrastructure and aftershocks define the terrain in Loydell's, 'After the Storm'. It is a tour through the wreckage and detritus that litters the speaker's internal landscape. Read it here: inksweatandtears.co.uk/rupert-loydell/ #InkSweatandTears #Poetry #Submission

When great ingredients are combined in the right quantities, something truly special can be crafted. In Hill's poem, Venn Diagram Featuring..., the speaker struggles, but in the end is able to enjoy a lovingly crafted treat. Read it here: inksweatandtears.co.uk/rachael-hill/

Mimi Khalvati, an Iranian‑born British poet won the inaugural 2025 Jhalak Poetry Prize for Collected Poems, “However large earth’s garden, mine’s enough. / One rose and the shade of a vine’s enough.” Visit: carcanet.co.uk/9781800173330/… More: therapup.tv/2025-jhalak-po… Mimi Khalvati is…

'A Different Story' is not just a poetry collection—it’s a defiant, intimate house of memory, wit, and rebellion. Read Arup K. Chatterjee’s thoughtful review inksweatandtears.co.uk/in-praise-of-a… #InkSweatandTears #Reviews

In Wah-Wah Pedal Poem, Doyle provides simmering ingredients and scintillating details, in a poem filled with shadow and the looming spectre of danger Read it here: inksweatandtears.co.uk/john-doyle/ #InkSweatandTears #Poetry #Submission

Can you remember a life before this one? The speaker in Coniston's poem, 'My Previous Life as a Swallow', explores this and the kinship between humans and the natural world. Read it here: inksweatandtears.co.uk/william-conist… #InkSweatandTears #Poetry #Submission

Hey! It's me, your friendly neighbourhood IS&T intern with a message: Submissions are open for Ink Sweat & Tears until the 20th of July. It has been great to read what's come in so far. More please! inksweatandtears.co.uk/submissions/ #InkSweatandTears #Poetry #Submissions

Subtle, thoughtful and rather beautiful Word & Image from Ryoko Minamitani & Xavier Panadès i Blas / @thepoetrybeast today. What draws you in? inksweatandtears.co.uk/ryoko-minamita… #InkSweatandTears #WordandImage #Haiku #Submission