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.
Nik Perring is thinking of strawberries
When You’re Frightened, Honey, Think of Strawberries She remembers now what she was told when she was small: When you’re frightened, Honey, think of strawberries.So she does. She’s been...
Valerie O'Riordan is watching closed circuit footage
Closed CircuitShe's crossed the yellow line, her hands clenched by her sides. Her suede shoes are spotted with raindrops, her short dress clings wrinkled to her thighs. On the...
Nigel Pickard is riding a rollercoaster
ON THE ROLLERCOASTERWhile she smilesthrough it,apparently calm,he makes the most – no, more than the most – of it, evenmore scaredthan he reallyis, mouth wide open,eyes wide open,heart wide...
Gwilym Williams is holding a Bukowski night
Bukowski Night I'm holding my annual Bukowski NightI almost wish you were all here but if it don't come bursting out of youthen please don't come Allen's come to do...
Jayne Dunsmuir is riding the trains
The Benefits of Train TravelWhen something tells youYou need a vacation Take a train across countryForget the planesLeading to comic-strip beachesWhy would you dig in the hot sand Why would you...
Colin Cross has achieved a childhood ambition
WALKING THE DOGSas a young childat primary schoolin the New ForestI was fascinatedby the large lorrieswith large suction attachmentsyou used to cometo the schoolevery weekto pump outthe school...
Amy Curtis is chasing the horizon
chasing the horizon standing at this point in time and spaceseconds passing by like words off a page as i readeach second a word that's not been said i look for something to take my...
Jessica Patient tells the story of the lost
* Jessica Patient won the WordSkills creative writing competition in 2008 and has several flashes, poems and short stories published. Her blog is www.writerslittlehelper.blogspot.com She is...
Alex Allison is worried about first impressions
first impressions i probably didn’t give a great first impressionslimy and wailing ‘n’ that kind of shit.i don’t think my impressions have improvedmy wailing is just a bit more eloquent.* Alexander...
Patsy Goodsir is watching the clematis creeping
THROUGH THE WINDOW Now the growing months are hereI can see the added beauty of this tree,it blocks out the neighboursand frowns at the clematiscreeping, invading, but makingapologies with...
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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