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.
Two new poems by Katrina Naomi
FebruaryAnd suddenly, we’re all artists - a Brueghel of dark against the heavy white,refashioning ourselves in monochrome. Polar bears squat the fir trees. Londoners loved up in this foam disco. And...
Kate Mitchell's flame in waning
Wax DaysThe days they meltCascading down likeWax descending your candleFalling into each other untilThey hardenAnd freeze in timeFrozen over in this cold, cold cityBitter winds and harsher heartsDo...
Making an expensive trip to the dentist
A Trip to the Dentist BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ (bright light shining)(head back, eyes closed)(funny taste, weird...
Bev Ellis has been to a reunion
ReunionDarling, may you always be blessed with moderate success,so that when you stand for long minutestelling us how you became a producer at the BBCsomeone knows it was only on local radio and...
Helen Pletts has a taste for Indian spices
Jeera Cradled on her tonguethe bitter taste of cumin. She watched the oilbubble the tiny pan awake– no handle –it’s always the little pansthat break. Separatefrom shapes...
Rachel Fox has been sniffing around the Cocaine Club
Cocaine clubConstantly turning people intoSnorting machinesWith dead eyesDead mindsNo heartsEmpty memoriesNo soulsSpouting theoriesWell, one tired theory over and overOne that means nothing to...
Jon Tait's living 8 'til 8
8 ‘til 8My mate Mickey’s first motor was a beat-up two-tone chocolate brown 1970s Marina & we had to stuff the headlights with loft insulation as they splayed out at weird angles so the road...
New flash fiction – remembering her sister's wedding
Her sister's wedding.The sex was clumsy, fumbled, awkward and prolonged, or at least itmight have been if they were not suddenly interrupted by the powerbeing restored and the fluorescent light...
Rebecca Gaffron says size matters
Capacity Smoothing off-white, recycled, 50 pound text I linger as familiar passages pull me back into a story I’ve never really left and...
Kayode Isaac needs a bullet-proof vest
Bullet-Proof VestBullet-proof vest cannot prevent the envy of friends –Their hatred, betrayal – which leads to stabs at the backIt is helpless when rivals badmouth and murder one’s characterNeither...
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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