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.
Ten Haiku from Bill Cooper
second fermenting a rounded vowel bubbles up*crayon what to draw with this new shade of blue*a tree frogflicking her tonguesolar flare*no people to disturbtheir island nestburied ordnance*tiny...
John Tustin's 'To Two Unnamed Editors'
To Two Unnamed EditorsMy son told me he loved me and hugged me for two minutesIn my former hallway.My daughter cried as I was leaving and begged meTo take her with me.The heat’s on. The bed’s...
Hilary Mellon after Selima Hill
Portrait of My Lover as a Waterfall(after Selima Hill)How relentless you are, O Lord,and how obsessively you pour yourselfdragging everything with you, right over theedge and down into the flurry...
'The Lesson' from Stephen Boyce
The Lessonfor VimOn my back in the poolas the morning sun sweeps roundfrom behind the hillsand swallows skim the surface of the water, I’m staring into the blue.And it feels like falling.Like...
Myra Schneider’s 'Goulash'
GoulashA crucial ingredient is the right frame of mindso abandon all ideas of getting on. Stop pedalling, dismount, go indoors and give yourself masses of time.Then begin by heating a pool of oil in...
Tim Bedford's 'Wolf Moon'
The Wolf Moon The last half of a moonhangs above pines,whose dreams are heavy with snow, drifting amongst skies mottled with clouds; black made from blue. *Tim Bedford is...
Crosby McCloy's 'Postcard to Somewhere'
Postcard to SomewhereA one legged man, and his shrouded wife, clad from head to toe, the both of them, but the hat of the man implying summer and the shawl of the woman implying eternity, said...
The restless Owl-boy studies Venus
The restless Owl-boy studies VenusWhat do you see Owl-boy, stirring the feathered dark around you ?Your hollow head, plane on the pillow,rattling with unbecoming dice-thoughts beside me. I see your...
'Avalanches' by Isobel J Hillman
AvalanchesWhen my little brother does stuffI can't do any moreI force out jealousybetween the crystalsand the ice turns blue.A new born whale suckles from its forty ton motherin the clear...
Twelve Days of Christmas Feature – Call for Submissions
Ok, it's that time of year again - well, nearly. I am running a 12 days of Christmas feature again on IS&T, starting December 25th. Send me your poems, short prose and...
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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