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.
Short cuts for a Sunday
A selection of three short pieces for you on a Sunday morning...The Hourglass The glass drips with sandContinuouslyTime wastedTime spent* Paula Jordan says "I hail from Dublin, Ireland. I love...
Valerie Melichar is doing some experimental cooking
Experimental CookingI add a splash of California wineto the volcanic brine of the fava beansand they relax their waft of cuminto chime an octave lowerlike faraway damp forest floors.I pass by your...
Tyler Bigney encounters a monster
Loch Ness MonsterWe were watching the green fireworksrise and fall over the Northumberland Straitwhen you told me that you didn’t knowhow much time you had left. We were drunk at the time, and I...
Pascale Petit's 'The Little Deer.'
The Little DeerLittle deer, I’ve stuffed all the world’s diseases inside you.Your veins are thornsand the good cells are lost in the deep dark woodsof your organs.As for your spine, those...
Harry Owen's Advisory
AdvisoryFrom the earth: faces. From the rootsof grasses, trees: faces, earth’s own.In front of you: butterflies,dragons, damsels; turquoise, gold.In front of you: hoopoes, copper, bronze.Face...
Two short poems from Fiona Donaghey
watchingI watch childrenI watch babiesI have eyes inside that blink at little onesand a womb that hears nothingbut a silly pulseticking in solitude,as they come to meeverything intensifies,I am...
Joanne Limburg envies Heroes' Sylar and Elle
Sylar and Elle Into the midst of things more realand personal, creep Sylar and Elle.She is shaking with grief and rage;he wants to know if he can feel for someone else, he...
Andrew McCallum Crawford on more of the weird and wonderful…
The Weird and Wonderful World of TEFL #16 - #20#16It's late. The place is heaving. The barman has a pony tail growing out the front of his head. We're with a Canadian tourist. 'So...
Tim Turnbull is making a move
Avanti!It is a strugglesome daysto setone footin front of the other.My, that is, your,that is,our, eyesfail, her hair fails,his lungsfail, civilsocietyfails andfalls. Great powersrise, riseand...
Bob Johnson is enjoying unicorn dumplings
Unicorn Dumplings we’re chasing a lovely ghostthrough a shrapnel storm. hurricane windsock tongues& anarchist party favors bellow revolution hymnsabove an anxious...
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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