Annah Atane's 'Bloody September' captures a moment suspended in a terror attack. Read it here: inksweatandtears.co.uk/annah-atane/ #InkSweatAndTears #FeaturedPoem #Nigeria

Jake Roberts' 'onwards' is an existential and thalassic reverie following after Hamlet. Read it here: inksweatandtears.co.uk/jake-roberts/ #Hamlet #InkSweatAndTears #Poetry

Aptly out-of-season 🐝🍯 A new poem from @inksweatandtears.co.uk

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Congratulations Sue. @inksweatandtears.co.uk is such a brilliant poetry site

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!

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

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.

On the Ninth Day of Christmas we bring you @markconnors.bsky.social, @michelleadiaz.bsky.social, and @suefinch.bsky.social. Read their work here: inksweatandtears.co.uk/on-the-ninth... #InkSweatAndTears #FeaturedPoem #ChristmasPoem #12DaysOf

On the Eighth Day of Christmas we bring you Anna Brook, Katherine Forbes Riley, and @abigailottley.bsky.social. Read their work here: inksweatandtears.co.uk/on-the-eight... #InkSweatAndTears #FeaturedPoem #ChristmasPoem #12DaysOf

Delighted to have a deep winter poem feature on @inksweatandtears.co.uk wonderful 12 Days of Christmas series in lovely company 🎄❄️✨

On the Seventh Day of Christmas we bring you @pennyblackburn.bsky.social , @fionalarkin.bsky.social, @ruthhiggins.bsky.social. Read their work here: inksweatandtears.co.uk/on-the-seven... #InkSweatAndTears #FeaturedPoem #ChristmasPoem #12DaysOf

New Christmas story out today about cats and family and the holidays. Thank you to the editors! #flashfiction

On the Sixth Day of Christmas we bring you Maggie Harris, Keith J. Powell, and Geraldine Stoneham Read their work here: inksweatandtears.co.uk/on-the-sixth... #InkSweatAndTears #FeaturedPoem #ChristmasPoem #12DaysOf

Merry Christmas Everyone! So excited to have my first ever solo Filmpoem published by @inksweatandtears.co.uk today for their 12 Days of Christmas #poetrycommunity #filmpoem it’s been such a brilliant year publishing under my real name, exploring new creative paths & relationships! Hap🎉🍈 🌒🐸🙏

Eleanor Holmes' 'Melon Moon' is a surreal collage which evokes the magic of storytelling shared between a mother and her child. @eleanorholmes.bsky.social Read it here: inksweatandtears.co.uk/eleanor-holme #12DaysOf #FilmPoem #ChristmasPoem

Debbie Strange's 'the first holiday' meditates on stillness and solitude during the festive season. Read it here: inksweatandtears.co.uk/debbie-stran... #12DaysOf #ChristmasPoem #WordAndImage

Happy Christmas all!

On the Fifth Day of Christmas we bring you @greeningpoet.bsky.social, Finola Scott, Philip Dunkerley. Read their work here: inksweatandtears.co.uk/on-the-fifth... #InkSweatAndTears #FeaturedPoem #ChristmasPoem #12DaysOf

On the Fourth Day of Christmas we bring you Adam Strickson, @rebeccaji.bsky.social and Pat Edwards. Read their work here: inksweatandtears.co.uk/41189-2/ or via the link in bio to our homepage #InkSweatAndTears #FeaturedPoem #ChristmasPoem #12DaysOf

On the Third Day of Christmas we bring you Oliver Comins, D.A.Prince, Beliz McKenzie. Read their work here: inksweatandtears.co.uk/on-the-third... #InkSweatAndTears #FeaturedPoem #ChristmasPoem #12DaysOf

For the second day of Christmas we bring you Lucy A Kulwieć, Adam Elms, and Maurice Devitt Read their work here: inksweatandtears.co.uk/on-the-secon... #InkSweatAndTears #FeaturedPoem #ChristmasPoem #12DaysOf

Sarah Raybould's 'When it used to snow wild and bottomless' – a collage of word & image evoking the childhood nostalgia of warming up from the biting December cold @sarahraybould.bsky.social Watch it here: inksweatandtears.co.uk/sarah-raybou... #FilmPoem #InkSweatAndTears #ChristmasPoems #12DaysOf

Molly Knox's 'Ferns' and 'Ferns II' is a collage of memory layered over an ancient and evergreen plant. @mollykmoon28.bsky.social Read it here: inksweatandtears.co.uk/molly-knox-2/ #InkSweatAndTears #WordAndImagePoem #ChristmasPoem #12DaysOf

I am so happy and also very honoured to be featured alongside two such accomplished poets. It makes it all the more special that it's happening the anniversary of the event (happy birthday to my son). #poetry #poetrycommunity #solstice

For the first day of Christmas, we bring you @sarahmnatzaganian.bsky.social , @rgethin.bsky.social and Jenni Thorne. Read their work here: inksweatandtears.co.uk/on-the-first... #InkSweatAndTears #12DaysOf #FeaturedPoem #ChristmasPoem

Martin Fisher's 'Old Empress' reflects on how the passage of time is felt by an abandoned and technologically outdated ship. Read it here: inksweatandtears.co.uk/martin-fisher/ #InkSweatAndTears #FeaturedPoem #PoemOfTheDay

Craig Dobson's 'Down the Dank Way' depicts the light falling on a winter's morning scene. Read it here: inksweatandtears.co.uk/craig-dobson... #InkSweatAndTears #FeaturedPoem #WinterPoetry

Steven Taylor's 'SPORTS NEWS' tackles the idea of worthiness which is projected onto both working class communities and victims of tragic disasters. Read it here: inksweatandtears.co.uk/steven-taylor/ #InkSweatAndTears #SportsPoetry #FeaturedPoem

Amirah Al Wassif's 'A Thumb-Sized Sinbad under My Armpit' personifies an internal resistance to patriarchal constraints as a mischievous and adventurous imp. Read it here: inksweatandtears.co.uk/amirah-al-wa... #InkSweatAndTears #Sinbad #FeaturedPoetry

Mark Smith's 'Divining' introduces the supernatural into a scene of manual labour. Read it here: inksweatandtears.co.uk/mark-smith/ #InkSweatAndTears #Poetry #DiviningRods

Toby Cotton's 'Napsack' marries a scientific evaluation of the landscape with the whimsical world of the hundred acre wood. Read it here: inksweatandtears.co.uk/toby-cotton/ #InkSweatandTears #NatureWriting #WinnieThePooh

'I have lived this. I believe every woman from Iran who reads her words will feel every line of the poems she writes.' Mariam Saidan's powerful 'A Cry' is the IS&T Pick of the Month for November 2025. To revisit the poem & for more voters' comments go to inksweatandtears.co.uk/november-202...

Hannah Ward's 'Under The Plum Tree' uses language economically while evoking the disorientation of waking from a dream. Read it here: inksweatandtears.co.uk/hannah-ward/ #InkSweatAndTears #WilliamCarlosWilliams #FruitPoetry

Andrea Small's 'Night Out' puts into language the inertia of a freeze response experienced by a girl under threat during a night out. Read it here: inksweatandtears.co.uk/andrea-small... #InkSweatandTears #FeaturedPoem #BirdPoem

Usha Kishore's 'Chant' is a lyrical interrogation of patriarchal threads interwoven in tradition. Read it here: inksweatandtears.co.uk/usha-kishore #FeaturedPoetry #InkSweatAndTears #Poem

Jane Frank's 'Wake' uses poetry to give shape to the ineffable absence left in the wake of loss. Read it here: inksweatandtears.co.uk/jane-frank-3/ #InkSweatAndTears #Grief #FeaturedPoem

My fourth #AdventPoem recording is my #poem Tree. First published by @helenivory.bsky.social in the brilliant Ink Sweat & Tears @inksweatandtears.co.uk I have put the link to the text in a portion of a thread shared below👇. #poetrycommunity #christmas #poetsonbluesky

Clara Howell's 'The Basement' holds us on the moment of anticipation. Read it here: inksweatandtears.co.uk/clara-howell/ #InkSweatAndTears #FeaturedPoem #FruitPoem

As we head towards the glitter and glitz, let's take one last look back at November. Will you choose Mariam Saidan, Taḋg Paul / @tigger.ie, Antony Owen, Andy Humphrey, Tamara Evans / cadicarterbrown.bsky.social or Mallika Bhaumik as your #PickoftheMonth? #InkSweatandTears #FeaturedPoetry

Luigi Coppola's 'Prometheus Burns Down The Last Bar Of The Pub Crawl' describes a night of camaraderie spent with the Titan who brought mankind flame. Read it here: inksweatandtears.co.uk/luigi-coppola #InkSweatAndTears #GreekMythology #FeaturedPoem

Fantastic poem from Ash - was a pleasure to see early drafts of this, and now looks magnificent in publication with the outstanding @inksweatandtears.co.uk