We received an interesting email from a poet earlier this week saying "thank goodness for Ink Sweat & Tears as you appear to be the only publication prepared to publish adult content that touches upon disturbing material".

The writer goes on to say that "the poetry world regulates entry to its ranks via the hard-copy subscription magazines. Unfortunately, they have objections to my work, mainly the content, and say things like ‘the poem is well-written and entertaining, but does not have a place in this magazine due to its disturbing qualities’.  I just can’t comply with their prevailing Sunday-School ethos."

We would just add that most of these hard-copy subscription magazines have fewer people read them in one year, than read this webzine in one week. Bring it on, we say. We don't subscribe to the Sunday-School ethos. We like poetry and prose that reflects the real world, where adults live and die, and make love and cry. – CC