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We've been searching the internet for some new poetry animations – and it's been proving hard to find any that combine imaginative graphics with good poetry (ironically there are some great animations out there of terrible poetry) – however we think this piece Paradoxes and Oxymorons by John Ashbery (see video for full list of credits) neatly fits the bill...

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Sunday, October 18

Salena Godden sings the praises of the good cock

by Charles Christian on Sun 18 Oct 2009 05:56 PM BST

Charles Christian writes... I've been trying to get the delightful Salena Godden to submit some of her poetry to Ink Sweat & Tears for at least the last six months – but she is so busy touring the country (and Europe) performing here, there and everywhere that she never has the time to transcribe her work into a publishable manuscript. So, here is something better – a video of La Godden performing one of her more notorious poems The Good Cock at the Monday Night Alternative in Norwich earlier this year. You can find Salena hosting and performing at The Book Club Boutique most Mondays in Soho (London) – check here for details www.myspace.com/bookclubboutique or on Facebook.

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Friday, October 16

Melinda Moore would like to protest

by Charles Christian on Fri 16 Oct 2009 03:29 PM BST

* Born in Wales, Melinda Moore is terminally indecisive and has already been a ballet dancer, model, clothes designer and political aide. She is now a writer and artist, and has published a variety of work including poetry, photography and prose.

This picture (part of a second year project on a degree course at Norwich School of Art & Design) was taken as part of a protest at the banning of Size Zero models when obesity is actually a far greater health issue – although the image also works as a modern haiga.

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Sunday, September 13

Mandelbrot - and the finger print of God

by Charles Christian on Sun 13 Sep 2009 03:00 PM BST

This is a multimedia contribution, featuring a poem and podcast – The Fingerprint of God – by regular IS&T contributor Helen Pletts that was inspired by a Mandelbrot set image her cousin Dave Howard created on his computer...

The fingerprint of God

I'll leave you
as a stray raindrop,
splayed cartwheel
like a naked inkblot –
stainless but dewy with life.

Waiting for the fingerprint of God,
(of Mandelbrot)
to creep the pages of you
fathom the twist of you;
delight in your helix.

Give you beetle-like eternal feet
to crawl deep into the formula.
Repeating life-steps, microscopic;
landing aliens on lunar scapes,
crowding seas with monsters.

Worrying the universe,
dog-certain,
with the painted faces
of a dialogue with numbers.

To hear these poems either click on the control buttons in the player panels or on the paperclip attachments icon.

* Helen Pletts is a regular IS&T contributor. She was born in the UK but now lives in Prague in the Czech Republic, where she teaches creative writing. You are welcome to visit www.stem-of-quietly-disarrayed-fertility.com

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Friday, September 4

New Bukowski animation

by Charles Christian on Fri 04 Sep 2009 06:26 PM BST

Here's an animation we haven't seen before of the Charles Bukowski poem The Man with the Beautiful Eyes – an many thanks to regular IS&T contributor Jeff Winke for pointing it in our direction...

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Thursday, August 27

Chris Major's been watching the cricket

by Charles Christian on Thu 27 Aug 2009 12:43 PM BST

* Chris Major is a regular contributor to IS&T.

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Saturday, July 18

Animated poem by Lisa Jarnot

by Charles Christian on Sat 18 Jul 2009 10:17 AM BST

It's been a while since we've last had any animation on Ink Sweat but here is Poem Beginning With A Line From Frank Lima by Lisa Jarnot. The animation is part of Poetry Everywhere, produced by the Poetry Foundation in association with docUWM at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Animation by Chris Amhaus. Enjoy.

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Saturday, May 23

Jessica Patient tells the story of the lost

by Charles Christian on Sat 23 May 2009 03:46 PM BST

* Jessica Patient won the WordSkills creative writing competition in 2008 and has several flashes, poems and short stories published. Her blog is www.writerslittlehelper.blogspot.com She is currently writing a novel.

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Sunday, May 3

A wordless image from Peter Weber

by Charles Christian on Sun 03 May 2009 09:43 AM BST

Regular IS&T contributor Peter Weber has just sent in this 'wordless image'