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.
Paul Levy is saying goodbye
(Saying Goodbye) On The New Navaho Plains (at a Tribal Gathering)she was clothed in the romance of Keates with Byronic swirls shifting within the folds of her skirt ...
Maureen Wheldon's feeling nostalgic
NOSTALGIA AND AUTUMNIt is a bleak daya chill windblows chilled shiversin my brain.The old man next dooris pruning his pear tree,he prunes loudly.In my gardenleaves are scattered,soon the trees will...
Melanie Browne is having dark thoughts
What if Manson What if Manson hadcarved arainbow intohis forehead insteadof a swastika? Everyone knows thatrainbows areonly illusions ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ after mixing Nyquil with...
Oonah Joslin says 'well you asked me about poetry'
You asked me about poems;the ones that have say two words then one word a line and no real rhyme or rhythm that grabs you.Let me explain... The placing of each single word can affect...
Benjamin Buchholz is watching for bombs
Fuse Shift leader picked up a curbside stone. It did not explode. Shift leader picked up an MRE heater, tossed from the convoy. It did not explode. Shift leader picked up a prayer rug with the...
Daniel Hickey's been stealing garlic
I robbed a bulb of garlic from Tesco I robbed a bulb of garlic from TescoTodayTo remember what it feels like to steal somethingTo take somethingNot freely given.Cause it used to feel like a...
Nick Allen is worried about asteroids
ExtinctionNo one is there to see them, for they lie far beyond the orbit of Mars. Fifty thousand asteroids tumbling and jostling in the blackness of space. Unobserved.They have done so for nearly 5...
Something for Halloween
Halloween displayThe kids are helping the librarianwith a seasonal displaythey keep asking:is this scary enough?Witches&bitchespumpkins&trollswizards&lizards& hungry...
Helen Pletts is considering relationships
Sellotape It's up to you whether you curl up on me andtwist again; taking so long to let me scrape my nail under your tail,wrapping up against me leaving the sharp adhesive...
In a New York state of mind
New York City Hotel LobbyCocaine conciergefloating like disco ballsin Manhattan goldfish bowls:delivering hate-mailand condoms, ice creamand victory gin to red-faced men(wishing now was then)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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