Photograph of a risoprint of sycamore leaves. Many yellow leaves are aranged around a dark central leaf. On the most bottom left leaf the words 'flat blank hands halt it all' are splayed along each lobe of the leaf. Top left text reads: Plant poems. Bottom right text reads: Steph Morris (c)

Our latest word & image feature is three Plant Poems by @herr-morris.bsky.social. Each is a playful, flamboyant interpretation which provokes us to look at common foliage at a slant.

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Image of green and red tiny Christmas baubles - almost berry-like. Text winterberry the first holiday alone

Debbie Strange's 'the first holiday' meditates on stillness and solitude during the festive season.

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Central image of a young girl dancing under the stars with a bird (corncrake) dancing next to her. Just visible in the sky the text: 'I use the skills of the corncrake tonight. / I need to remember in the hatchling hour, that I was here, –' Outer text: (Top) Reconnaître (Below) Word & Image / Translation from Helen Pletts, Romit Berger, Ma Yongbo 马永波

Revisiting 'Reconnaître', exquisite Word & Image from Helen Pletts and Romit Berger originally published on IS&T in November 2017 and this time accompanied by a fine translation by Ma Yongbo. @mayongbo.bsky.social

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Taḋg Paul's Word and Image poem marries the aesthetics of technology with playful imagery, sound and rhythm. @tigger.ie

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In Debbie Strange's poem, 'Evacuation', instead of escaping, the speaker explores how humans might extend kindness to the natural world.

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Title: A zuihitsu of strings Author: Oormila Vijayakrishnan Prahlad Excerpt: A lacquer table, gloss under fingertips. A raised stage with dark linen. A young woman smiles with her hand-held harp, its nine strings glistening. The room swells with the cadence of her pearly notes. Beneath the pendant lights-a vision of serenity. Description: A harp stands alone on a stage with a stool and music stand.

In Oormila Vijayakrishnan Prahlad's word & image poem, 'A zuihitsu of strings', there is music, memory, pain and healing all at once. It is a beautiful piece of work full of strong imagery and musicality. @oormilaprahlad.bsky.social

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A visual poem by Nina Nazir with cut-out text on a pink background featuring white spirals and glitch-like text patterns on the right. The poem reads: “You were a love-thief. I adored you for the spell you cast and yet we were always lost, that is until the spell was broken.” The background has swirling circular patterns and fragmented text lines, giving a dreamy, chaotic feel.

A luminous word & image piece by Nina Nazir / @ninanazir.bsky.social tracing enchantment, heartbreak, and the moment the illusion clears.

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A collage artwork titled Mashed by Deborah Nash, featuring abstract potato-masher-like shapes over a pink, splattered background. A cutout note on a silver trash bin reads: “I saw you eat my cheese. Buy your own please.” Lettering spells “DEHSAN” in a curve to the left, and red strips lie in a circle at the bottom. The piece humorously explores everyday tension through bold visuals and sharp wit.

In 'Mashed,' Deborah Nash brings a punch of humour and texture to the everyday politics of shared space.

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A mixed media collage titled '4.21.21' by Maxine Flasher-Düzgüneş, featuring cut-out poetic phrases layered over a digitally altered image of a classical building. The phrases include lines like “my friend sends me, Brooklyn” and “they spread March like Tame Impala, lost in it.” The background is tinted with soft rainbow hues, lending a dreamlike quality. The piece blends memory, cityscape, and poetic nostalgia.

See our latest Word & Image piece: Maxine Flasher-Düzgüneş merges visual and poetic memory in 4.21.21, a layered reflection on distance, friendship, and cityscapes.

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—road #sketches, day 3. Trying to embrace the expressways.

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A plaster cast of Andrew Taylor Still’s right hand, fingers slightly curled, with visible line details resembling geographical features or weather maps, displayed on a dark surface. Property of the Museum of Osteopathic Medicine.

A hand, a map, a memory. Tracing the weathered lines of history and healing in 'O What That Hand Could Tell' by Jonathan Edis.

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A bedtime story invitation with handwritten-style text reading 'I'll tell you a bedtime story . . .' followed by the author credit 'Fianna Russell Dodwell ©'

For #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek Fiona Russell Dodwell unpacks survival and healing. A powerful yet hopeful dive into childhood.

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A stylized artwork of a Bosch washing machine with swirling blue patterns in the drum, overlaid with the words: "SLEEPING EATING SIMULTANEOUSLY." Above it, 'Wish Cycle' is written in bright, textured letters. The image is framed with a patterned blue and yellow border. Text below reads: 'Word & Image by Deborah Nash.'

In 'Wish Cycle,' Deborah Nash merges word and image to express the surreal rhythms of modern life.

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A minimalist poem by Salil Chaturvedi is superimposed over a misty landscape with faint silhouettes of palm trees and a fog-covered field. The poem describes the slow engulfing of a neighborhood by fog, erasing familiar structures until only the narrator remains—paradoxically erased yet revealed.

In this hauntingly beautiful piece, Salil Chaturvedi captures the quiet unraveling of the world in fog—bit by bit, the visible fades, and in the hush, something within is laid bare.

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