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.
Colin Cross has no idea
NO IDEAI have no ideahow long it had beensince I'd last seen herbut as I turned the cornerinto the lane by my flatthere she was in front of meattractive and sexyin little shorts and vestshe...
Nick Allen is wondering where it all went wrong…
Full Circle Man was born in Africa.Around a million years ago our ancestors had the courage to climb down from the trees and venture onto the savannah where we learned to stand tall and...
Mike Estabrook says it's only you
Only You I’m listening to Bob Dylan. “I know you haven’t made your mind up yet. But I would never do you wrong.” And I tear up like I always do during this song. I think back to college...
Bethan Townsend is playing chess in the City
The City is a chessboard so I’ll pawn your rook, he saidfor the want of a less clichéd innuendo.he laughed like a horse, however that soundsand I tripped down a city-style lane.and as the city...
John Grey's boat is leaving promptly
THE BOAT LEAVES MILLVILLE PROMPTLY IN YOUR DREAMS The company abandoned the mill in sixty one.What kind of boat did you say this was?Houses, repatriation hospital, hamburger joint...raise the...
Peter Weber is watching the clock – and the secretaries
OK, we're breaking with tradition here as this poem actually has end rhymes but with the UK just getting back to work after the Christmas shut-down, it is more pertinent than usual... CCHeinrich...
Flash Fiction: Eric Suhem says walnuts are a good idea
Reginald Reginald walked around with a walnut implanted inside of his head. It had not been surgically inserted, but rather he had been born with it. The walnut gave him an extremely...
Alice Folkart is being stirred by birds
Hawaiian Chicken – Not a RecipeA fine flock of feral chickensflutters and budgets beside Pali HighwayFeathers ruffle, rusted by the rain,downy breast dusted black with mildew. Rooster-kin, alert,...
Jeff Fleming hears some advice
Several Bad Decisions And so came a visitorone day rapping at my doorlike twin shotgun blastsBLAMBLAMand opening the door I saw a strangeran old man with a familiar smilethat beguiled me and I...
Will Collins is pondering relationships
Journey to the Depth of the Deep-freezeYou’re on the driver’s seat.I’m only your passenger.On either side of us fields of sunflowers caress in a breeze.You’re wearing your purple shirt with jeans...
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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