Ink Sweat & Tears

Rosie Jackson's speaker explores '....Trying to Love Frank O'Hara More' by getting a little closer to him in her writing. @_rosiejackson Read it here: inksweatandtears.co.uk/rosie-jackson-… #InkSweatandTears #Poetry #Submissions #FrankOHara

From microscopic tardigrades to the macroscopic ice age or glacier, Charlotte Holm and @JAMcGowan_Poet's poems reveal some of the #ManyWorlds of Earth. Read them here: inksweatandtears.co.uk/charlotte-holm… #InkSweatandTears #Poetry #Submissions #Environment #NewKnowledge

James McDermott's 'Samsara' poem longs for a father in his next incarnation of life. @jamesliammcd Read it here: inksweatandtears.co.uk/james-mcdermot… #InkSweatandTears #Poetry #Submissions

Cath Holland's poem, 'The Jumble Sale', takes the reader into the strange and wonderful allure of bargain finds. @cathholland01 Read it here: inksweatandtears.co.uk/cath-holland-2/ #InkSweatandTears #Poetry #Submissions #JumbleSale

@InkSweatTears Utterly delighted to be included alongside such beautiful writing.

Delighted to have my poem 'Index' published by @InkSweatTears (a dream come true) My son's little scar on his index finger from a suction he gave himself by sucking his own finger in the womb is what inspired the poem. I hope you enjoy it. inksweatandtears.co.uk/cheryl-snell-a…

Exploring the #ManyWorlds of #Families are the poets Cheryl Snell, Alice Gregorio & @PeterLillyPoems. The poems express vastly different perspectives and experiences yet also speak to each other when read in sequence. inksweatandtears.co.uk/cheryl-snell-a……orio-peter-lilly/ #InkSweatandTears

Are the houses in Tom Blake's 'After Gaston Bachelard and Sabrina Carpenter' a metaphor, analogy or something else? The speaker tells us one thing, but you decide. Read it here: inksweatandtears.co.uk/tom-blake/ #InkSweatandTears #Poetry #Submissions #Houses

With an all star line-up: Children’s & YA: Chanté Timothy, Fidan Meikle, Kenechi Udogu, Truly Johnston Poetry: Maggie Harris, Nick Makoha, Sarah Howe Prose: Katie Goh, Pete Kalu, Tash Aw COME! This will be LIT!!!!!

Kate Bonfield's poem 'May long weekend' is a meditation on a house that became stifling to several of the creatures inside it. Read it here: inksweatandtears.co.uk/kate-bonfield/ #InkSweatandTears #Poetry #Submissions

'Beautiful imagery and gorgeous melancholy longing' Huge congratulations to Sophie Lankarani, whose poem 'Dear Iran' is the IS&T #PickoftheMonth for April 2026. Revisit the poem and read more voters' comments at inksweatandtears.co.uk/april-2026-pic… #InkSweatandTears #Poetry

'Mother Misery' by Precious Ejim explores a mother-daughter relationship, lack of affection and care. Read it here: inksweatandtears.co.uk/precious-ejim/ #InkSweatandTears #Poetry #Submissions #MotherDaughter

Jackson's poem 'Patterned with cows' begins a conversation with a mother, who has died, through the items that she left behind. Read it here: inksweatandtears.co.uk/jackson-2/ #InkSweatandTears #Poetry #Submissions #Loss #Cooking #ConversationsWithTheDead

Kath Mckay's poem, 'How to become two-dimensional' explores a process of love, loss, detachment and grief. Read it here: inksweatandtears.co.uk/kath-mckay/ #InkSweatandTears #Poetry #Submissions #Loss #Grief

Sue Johns on Zoe Brooks' 'Something in Nothing', finds an 'assured storyteller whose work is steeped in the oral tradition' and fairy tales reimagined. Read it here: inksweatandtears.co.uk/sue-johns-revi……ng-by-zoe-brooks #InkSweatandTears #Review

Currently in @KelvingroveArt looking at this painting. The poem is a critique and an example of art history. Layers and layers in both.

Robin Lindsay Wilson's ekphrastic poem 'Miss Betina Wauchope Disappears' explores painting as an act of erasure. The poem is in response to the painting ‘Interior: Orange Blind’ by FCB Cadell. inksweatandtears.co.uk/robin-lindsay-… #InkSweatandTears #Poetry #Submissions #Ekphrasis

Cindy Botha's poem 'a grief of ghosts' memorialises some of the species no longer with us. Read it here: inksweatandtears.co.uk/cindy-botha-6/ #InkSweatandTears #Poetry #Submissions #Extinction #Grief

'Messages, Signs, Codes' by Jasmine Gibbs is a poem where music is an entry point into a revelry and a kind of cosmic attunement that alters to the speaker's surroundings. Read it here: inksweatandtears.co.uk/jasmine-gibbs/ #InkSweatandTears #Poetry #Submissions #Music

'Skin' by Jane Pearn attends to the largest organ of the human body, what it absorbs and holds together. Read it here: inksweatandtears.co.uk/jane-pearn-3/ #InkSweatandTears #Poetry #Submissions #Skin #Swimming

Vote for your favourite @InkSweatTears April 2026 Pick of the Month. See all the nominated poems and vote here: inksweatandtears.co.uk/april-2026-pic…