Flood poetry

Take a look over on the prose and poetry webzine Ink Sweat and Tears for a poem of rain and commuting inspired by the A68 - a grand road bordered by hares and lapwings in season - but could be just about anywhere in the UK right now especially the southern half and contributed by p&g editor Bridget Khursheed.

Poet and artist Helen Ivory now runs Ink Sweat and Tears which has a long history for an online zine - founded by Salt author Charles Christian in 2007 as a platform for new poetry and short prose and experimental work in digital media.  IS&T reviews poetry, prose, prose-poetry, word & image pieces and everything in between.  Their tastes are eclectic and magpie-like [good] and they usually publish something new every day [better still].

Find Commute here http://www.inksweatandtears.co.uk/pages/?p=6356 and more about how to submit your own work to Ink Sweat and Tears here http://www.inksweatandtears.co.uk/pages/?page_id=23.

Poet domain

I have been doing a little bit of research into domain names with the word poetry in.

While in the UK, poetry.co.uk is a fashion store. Poetry.com is a full-on poetry site. A bit of a lottery in fact. (Still in beta)

It describes itself thusly:

Poetry.com welcomes all amateur poets and wants to encourage your participation in the world's largest and most vibrant poetry community. We have established a system of points and badges which you'll earn for every different type of action you take. For example, you will receive points for each poem you write, each poem you review, etc.

I would be interested to know if you have tried it out. This kind of community works well for fiction writers but for the prickly beast that is the poet?

Have a go and let me know what you think...you may win a free pin.

More information here http://www.poetry.com/

Oh and btw it is under new management!

Good source

When we are thinking that the spice is going out of our poetry life, we turn to Poetry Kit - the very excellent website of all things poetry.

No frills - great info. (And they have a magazine).

Find out more here http://www.poetrykit.org/.