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.
Jeffrey McDonald has some instructions for the uninspired
Instructions for the UninspiredBeen around long enough?Tried and failed?Moved, changed, married, divorced, a make up, a break up?Screamed into a pillow! GOOD NEWS!You can write something with...
Steve Mclachlan in on Hay Street
Hay StreetNoon, people roll down the shopstreets, heat of February pullsclothes in, pulls moods up.I've watched shades lighten,faces, dress and in lightstriking down against storefront...
New flash fiction: Mari Binx asks can I take your picture?
Pretty As a Picture“Can I take your picture?” he asked, a cigarette sticking to his lip through the words. The girl seated on the step didn’t respond. She was skinny, he noted with the...
David Mac thinks there is something fishy about today
Something Fishy About Today Dead fish floating on the surface of the sky,your smile is like a red bag of nails,your heart is black mud,your skin – cool as glass.Bubbles fizz in my bottle,...
Gareth Storey says it's dinner time
Dinner Time Here the lapin jumps overPots of boiling vegetablesBites a vein on a chef's armAnd darts through the service doorHe pisses on a waiter's shoeAnd passes sous la tableWhere...
Dan Wyke has heard all his stories before
Dam I’ve heard all his stories beforeand I am sick of them.They have no affective contentand they try to persuade the listener to think about himthe same way he would liketo think about...
Matt Harvey gets up close and personal with a slug
Sluglow-born land molluschigh-impact intrudereasy oozer, slime exuderfree-loader, sprout-spoilermeandering marauderdisrespecterof my broad-beans’ borderyou’ve a one-track mindin a one-track...
Edgar Bagayan says there was something I was supposed to do
There was something I was supposed to doStunted growth, the tar I breathe,I watch busy bodies starting off their mornings.I was special once.There was something I was going to do.This little engine...
Ann Drysdale is doing lunch…or not
Let’s do Lunch …Oh, where is it heading and where will it end?Liaison of lovers or food with a friend?I answered yes, please but my heart said no, thanksAs I suddenly saw myself swelling the ranksOf...
Ivor Murrell was visiting Omar Khyyam's tomb
Two lines from the Rubaiyat.On our one free day we went to Naishapurin Ahmed’s black Mercedes, with his pridean inbuilt record player, which only took one disc.The date is forgotten, more than forty...
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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