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.
Some flash fiction for a Friday by Vanessa Gebbie
Beer, walletYou left your wallet. I will ring you, let you know. And no, I won’t do anything silly with the cards. I won’t even look for the photo of me you used to keep in the side pocket. I expect...
Newamba issues a warning
Punch You in the Face The next time I see youI’m going to punch you in the faceDon’t ask me whyI’m not really sureIt could be that thing you said to me a long time agoThat I forgot and you...
Simone Mansell Broome sends a postcard from Crete
LizardA long tailed lizarddarts across melting tarmac,gone in a tongue flick.~ ~ ~ ~ ~TarmacThe road falls away,its collapse flanked by bunting,faded red-and-white warningsstrung from tarnished...
Caroline Davies is moving on
Moving OnAt the Calderdale Royal Infirmary nothing moves, not even her chest. Peace has descended like snow carpeting the ground. Rain throws spats against the window Nurses move like shadowsA...
Molly Naylor remembers that night
That nightI wouldn’t want you to think I’d forgotten that nightI’ve been busyI’ve had shit to do – an appointment on Thursdayfuture ex-husbands to meetand you know, yoga and I’m not fucking with you...
Timothy Bedford has been visiting the sick
I Enjoyed ThatOn Saturday,the only thing I could do,was wheel you to the cafeand buy you the first hot coffee,you'd felt in weeks.On the way back to the ward,we watched fat rabbits inthe...
Terry McKee is thinking about quitting smoking
The Quitter As a man of moderation and means, my father credited his success to his strict methodology, which he doled out, circumstantially, in rousing sermons, designed to magnify my...
Roberta Swetlow is studying evolution
Evolution, with Anna i.Home is where the paths meet at the two trees waving their fingertips above the horizon;shelter, safety, warmth in my belly by sunset if I hurry fast, faster,OOMPH! I...
This is how Lani sees you
and this is how I see you...and this is how I see you from 2000 miles away..... with your back to my face and your heart closed.... 2000 miles away... no out stretched hands no welcoming hug... no...
Steph Leal is trying on some green slippers
Green Slippers We stayed up late at night talking about the Aurora Borealis. Then you mentioned a pair of green slippers you wanted but couldn’t afford to buy, and the next morning, like magic, they...
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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