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.
David Francis remembers the one with her
THE ONE WITH HERAll fires are smallexcept the one with her.It smoldered so long,for years.It must have beenthe ground –the cool damp sandthe coals return to.Brittle white twigs,ashy dirty...
An interlude of you To get to know you, I resort to stratagems. To not to know you, I again resort to stratagems. This oscillation is not a simple periodic motion of my will, neither of yours I...
James Morris introduces us to more people from our past
Boozing Buddies Scabby Dave Scrofulous,Adhering to his beard The froth.A skeletal rock monster On his back,He looks like that. Lance Telling me he is going to open a...
Laura Stimson is remembering a long hot summer
200 DegreesHot hot hot. Too hot. So hot that our shirts sucked sweaty to our backs and our feet slip-slid in our shoes. The ceiling fan folded the air like cake mixture. The fax machine had a binary...
Beverly Ellis is thinking about endangered species
Endangered SpeciesWhatever became of the ‘fancy man’?The salesmen and under-managers in suitswhose aftershave vied with toothpaste and tobacco, occasional consorts of women my mother disapproved...
Kezia Green is looking at relationships
Rosamunda’s EmbraceA June affair for Rosa and John;controlled by carers, ruled by the sun.Childish fumbling, a twisted fist;stroke of a bud, a red petal kiss.He rhythmically tips his electric...
We all know someone like these people
These two poems by Rachelle Renken seem to describe people we've all met at one time or anotherMature Paroxysm The voice, the one that hauntsyour nightmares, the one that belongsto the...
Viewing an old red sedan
INEZ The first day I reached...
Terry McKee is remembering elephant ears
Elephant EarsI walked past a bakery the other day and saw those gigantic flaky pastries, aptly named elephant ears in the case. Standing outside looking in at them made me think of you, I wondered...
Alan Girling is invisible
in visibilityin behind the wheelinvisibleinviolableno one seesme rub my crotchdig my noseinspect hair in the mirrorpick filet-o-fish from teethor take my handsfrom the wheelso asto blinkno one...
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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