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.
Aiko Greig
Cassowary When I first loved you, shy flightless bird, our mouths barely touched. You left your red-blue scarf on the nape of my headboard, a slack talisman. A reason for...
Sue Spiers
The Path My steps stutter in small paces, keeping balance in case I stumble and roll down and down landing with a splash under the green ironwork bridge. It’s a small...
John Doyle
Misjudging Poltergeists Washing line fandango 11:54am clothes bashing, then catching, wetting flowers in aftermaths of rage let's blame this stealth of silver-coloured...
M. Leland Oroquieta
Ballad for Botox Seventeen is a dream; fat with attitude and a bit of cunning, he wears it in age clients knows him as: twenty-one. Usually, they're...
Nisha Bhakoo
Clown and gold She ate lemons to prove a point. The blast of pennies dragged her forward. To keep fish in the sink without a heart. The weight of light outshined itself. Forward...
Stella Wulf
Double Take It was my birthday. In time-honoured wont I took the bus to the Rubicon for tea and cake with Uncle Pete, Master of Treats and Ceremonies. The Tea Room...
Konstantina Sozou-kyrkou
The Quail Sophia immerses the podgy quail into a pot of hot water and then starts plucking them. Tufts of brown feathers blanket the water. She then cuts their heads off...
Barbara O’Donnell
Itch Stacks of National Geographics filled the wardrobe to my waist. The dust inviting sneezes. Misaligned yellow spines. Careless visitors would toss them back any old...
Ron Riekki
Panic Attacks They’re like swallowing rust. The tongue tries to be a shield, but the bed explodes. The best bet is avoiding the avalanche of thought by...
Charles Tarlton
Erasures I go to great pains to mask the agony. But the struggle is there. It's the invisible enemy. — Richard Diebenkorn He made this image (carved it and smoothed it...
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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