Welcome to the Ink Sweat & Tears Poetry Archive
This archive is formed from all the posts from that original Ink Sweat & Tears website, it now consists of everything we have published up to the end of 2019. IS&T was founded by Salt author Charles Christian in 2007 as a platform for new poetry and short prose, and experimental work in digital media. Charles ran the site single-handedly, publishing new work every day till 2010, when now sole editor, poet and artist Helen Ivory came on board as Deputy Editor. The Ink Sweat & Tears website continues to run and can be found here.
You can either click on the poems below which run from most recent to oldest, or you can search for particular poem or poet, there is also a list of all the categories to click through. From Prose & Poetry to Words and Images, Haibun, Tanka, Haiku & Haiga, in addition we have all of the Poems of the month and Poetry picks, old blogs and news, award nominated, reviews and interviews.
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Prose and poetry
Poems and prose published on the website from start to finish.
To Celebrate ‘Light’ for National Poetry Day: Jody Porter, Stephen Bone, Angela Topping
Heat In these heat days when the sun displays a fiery godhead and ordains the liquefaction of Tarmac and the deadest of nights bring a crackle of crickets and all...
To Celebrate ‘Light’ for National Poetry Day: Bethany W Pope, Roddy Williams, Jean Atkin
Midnight Illness Home is only ever found in glimpses, the night-fragrance of a lover's shoulder, the warm throb of the pulse beneath the skin of the throat, the green scent of...
To Celebrate ‘Light’ for National Poetry Day: Carole Bromley, Vivien Jones, Jaqueline Saphra
Darkling It grew late and started to darkle. I know, I know but I’m feeling archaic, OK? If I want to go all poetic, I will. If I want to go back to the fifteenth century...
Afshan Shafi
* Tuberose dying glass skyscraper in the sun * White denim splattered paint balloons on tarmac * Monsoon gust a steel tunnel under the city * ...
Stefanie Bennett
Evensong for Philip Levine On leaving heaven At road’s end, And the light Shut-off Within - The primary colours Fell Each step Of the way Just Like the red-tailed Hawk...
David Subacchi
Green Every year he paints his fence green One of the strongest shades A fierce, military green It marks the limits Wooden panels, concrete posts Overlooked by security lighting...
Tom Wiggins
The Love Troll It knew of the unknowable distance that grew between us, but God knows how it got there - one day it wandered in, pinned its tenancy to the inside of my chest and...
Oliver Comins
End of an Afternoon Slow drift? Or a snow drift? We were watching a skein of geese crossing the salt marsh, in-bound from The Netherlands, perhaps, or Lincolnshire. Their strong wings kept...
Stephen Philip Druce
The Bird Man He talked to himself - softly but openly, and with crooked finger he pointed skywards, imitating a flying bird, moving his hands like wings. I was glad to watch him...
Lesley Mace
Write-off Mice ate Steve’s words. Shredding his manuscript into lettered litter they nested in hard-won phrases, and copulated in the ruins. Lauren, sick of...
Poetry Picks
Our favourite poems and ‘best of’ chosen from each month between 2007 and 2019
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Haibun, Tanka, Haiku, & Haiga
Haibun, Tanka, Haiku, & Haiga reviously published on the website.
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12 Days of Christmas
All the poems from our regular 12 days of Christmas feature.
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Words & Images
Words with images previously published on the website.
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Blogs and news
Blogs and archived news from 2007 to 2020.
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Reviews
Archived reviews from 2007 to 2020.
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Interviews
Archived interviews from 2007 to 2020.
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