Minerva sighs at these razorblade grievances

Roman curses
Natasha Gauthier

#Poetry #NatashaGauthier #RomanCurses #Rome #Curses #InkSweatAndTears #Cicero #Octavia #Maximus #Minerva

https://inksweatandtears.co.uk/natasha-gauthier-2/

It looks like we’re smiling.

Forty (for Maryna)
Elizabeth Loudon

#Poetry #ElizabethLoudon #Forty #Maryna #InkSweatAndTears #War

https://inksweatandtears.co.uk/40751-2/

In Brindisi we lay down in a corridor and slept

Waking Up
Chris Hardy

#Poetry #ChrisHardy #WakeUp #Opium #Brindisi #InkSweatAndTears

https://inksweatandtears.co.uk/chris-hardy/

trembling the leaves and scratching my ears

What was Lost
Angela France

#Poetry #AngelaFrance #WhatWasLost #InkSweatAndTears #Glove #Crow

https://inksweatandtears.co.uk/angela-france-2/

Golden leaves in the gutter

Compline
Sue Spiers

#Poetry #SueSpiers #Compline #InkSweatAndTears #Woodpigeon #Butterfly #Owl

https://inksweatandtears.co.uk/sue-spiers-5/

There were hundreds of them, all in period costume

Day of the Dead
Ben Banyard

#Poetry #BenBanyard #DayOfTheDead #InkSweatAndTears #Ancestors #Grandmothers

https://inksweatandtears.co.uk/ben-banyard-2/

We’re here to liberate you

It’s Forbidden to Call it War
Roger Bonner

#Poetry #RogerBonner #InkSweatAndTears #War #Propaganda

https://inksweatandtears.co.uk/roger-bonner/

indebted to excruciating ideas

After the Storm
Rupert Loydell

#Poetry #RupertLoydell #AfterTheStorm #InkSweatAndTears

https://inksweatandtears.co.uk/rupert-loydell/

I cannot remember how I became human

My Previous Life as a Swallow
William Coniston

#Poetry #WilliamConiston #Swallow #InkSweatAndTears

https://inksweatandtears.co.uk/william-coniston/

gravel / and old songs

Fugue at 2:17 a.m.
McLord Selasi

#Poetry #McLordSelasi #Fugue #InkSweatAndTears #Foxes

https://inksweatandtears.co.uk/mclord-selasi/

an old demon

…tell it slant
Martin Rieser

#Poetry #MartinRieser #InkSweatAndTears #EmilyDickinson #Truth #River #Mountain

https://inksweatandtears.co.uk/martin-rieser-3/

a boy they must rename

Tag
Steph Morris

#Poetry #StephMorris #Tag #InkSweatAndTears

https://inksweatandtears.co.uk/steph-morris-3/

somewhere on a dirt road

What Might Have Been
Marissa Glover

#Poetry #MarissaGlover #WhatMightHaveBeen #Scotland #Magdalene #Motorcycle #InkSweatAndTears

https://inksweatandtears.co.uk/marissa-glover/

Make it better

Charm
Philip Gross

#Poetry #PhilipGross #Charm #InkSweatAndTears

https://inksweatandtears.co.uk/philip-gross-2/

Who will pick the apples now she’s gone?

Red as a fairytale
Mary Mulholland

#Poetry #MaryMulholland #Red #FairyTale #InkSweatAndTears #Apples

https://inksweatandtears.co.uk/mary-mulholland/

to only be hungry for food

My trans friends and I just want to go swimming
Elena Chamberlain

#Poetry #ElenaChamberlain #Trans #Swimming #InkSweatAndTears

https://inksweatandtears.co.uk/elena-chamberlain/

We start to think something’s gone wrong

Everything Changes
Philip Dunkerley

#Poetry #PhilipDunkerley #EverythingChanges #InkSweatAndTears #Brazil #RecordsOffice #Genealogy

https://inksweatandtears.co.uk/philip-dunkerley-5/

Or had the cynics laughed and only yawned?

Afterlife
Royal Rhodes

#Poetry #RoyalRhodes #Afterlife #Lazarus #InkSweatAndTears

https://inksweatandtears.co.uk/royal-rhodes-2/

trees in the rain

Erato
Jeff Skinner

#Poetry #JeffSkinner #Erato #Rain #Trees #Conversation #Aegean #Light #InkSweatAndTears

https://inksweatandtears.co.uk/jeff-skinner/

lead, silver, copper, and zinc

Leadbelt
Richard Stimac

#Poetry #RichardStimac #Missouri #InkSweatAndTears #Lead #Silver #Copper #Zinc #Mining #Ammunition #BonneTerre

https://inksweatandtears.co.uk/richard-stimac/