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.
Ivor Murrell is living his dream
Repartee under stress in VenezuelaFor Jeanie, for March 26th 2007 at Hato El CedralThe idea was to take advantage of good viewing in the dry season.How fortunate for the tourists that in the...
Dennis Muchmore misses bread for the King
Bread for the KingMemphis, Tenn, 2001“When the King was in this city,the streets flowed with electricity.”He lays a hand on the red marble.Broken, in a black glove.The African from the eastern...
David Schwartz suggests the best way to protect the future
The Best Way To Protect The Future The best way to protect the futureIs to create it yourselfAnd bring some Nat...
Oonah Joslin is out in the rain
The Rain When the rain began, people rushed out to gather as much as they could. It was real. All denominations. Money. Wealth beyond avarice. Then came the day it...
New short fiction by Sarah Butler
At the End of a RoomThey took the bed. Wardrobe. Chest of drawers. The low wooden trunk that sat at the bottom of the bed. When mama was alive there were cushions on the trunk – turquoise with gold...
New poetry by P-T Diep
Dementia: Forgotten soundsIn the beginningsilence and emptinessbefore you begin to rememberandthen the hush that makes you feel light at the top of your spinethen the quietness that hints at memory...
New poetry by Howie Good
HOMEFRONTBetter stay on your meds. Or get some.Otherwise how will you ignorethe pile of hacked-off limbs on the hospital lawn,the amputees limping or crawling away,as disability permits,their...
Loss amplified – new flash fiction
Loss AmplifiedAcross the gravel alleyway outside my window my mother spends the nights forgetting. Chips are counted. I hear the clack of mahjong bricks being fingered and stacked and raked...
New prose by Georgina Bruce
About a legThere was this boy who thought he was his grandfather’s leg. His grandfather had lost his leg in the war, which at the time was the best thing that could have happened to him. It got him...
New poetry by Jack Henry
blind w/out seeingyesterday i complained about moneyabout not having moneyenough money to live the life i wantbut then i don’t really know what that life would beat 44 i am still searching and i...
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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