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.
David Cooke
Ornithology Here, where no one seems to walk, they couldn't give the name of a bird whose loosely gathered congregation sweeps the mild midwinter sky between Miami and Boca....
Robert Nisbet
Power to the People Like the powdered chocolate on my cappuccino and the lightest rain on the street outside, that conversation sprinkled itself over several tables. She, the younger...
Dill Darling
Just A Mountain I’m sitting on the edge of a volcano and I have this weird uneasy feeling, like I’m sitting on the edge of a volcano. I wouldn’t say it’s early, the sky’s crawling with...
Sara Clark
Bertie “Hiya Bertie, how’ya doin today?” I ask, knowing the answer. “Terrible, jus’ terrible.” Comes the usual reply. “Aw no, what’s up?” a pointless question. “It’s me back.” Of...
Ivor Murrell
Mapping Dictyna arundinacea your web in the tips of gorse maps the structure of memory anchored firmly by...
John C. Nash
Will the last person to leave... please leave empty cans piled into pyramids in each corner. Some of these may fall like civilisations, others may not. Food waste and packaging will be...
Jo Mariner
She in My Head As good as any I've ever been A no stop winder of the thread, wender of the maze. a May zing. One who doubles , singles turns downsides up insides Out. The...
Maria Isakova-Bennett
Found KG shoe, upside down, five inch heel in the air, open toe, slingback, a strappy thing, black, buckled three times on one side, turquoise sole, almost clean, just some pressure on...
Maggie Mackay
Flare I turn my head to see you in the wing mirror as usual. My hand falls from the gear stick, outrider for the electric whirr echo; whiteout. Landmarks slip, drumsticks thrash over...
Mo O’Mahony
Some nights Some nights I stand in my garden looking at my tree, and Himself on it smiling at me. Sometimes I think I can take Him off His cross and pitch Him into heaven, then pull my...
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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