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.
New poetry by Simon Freedman
West EndPeople huddle in doorways,sharing cigarettes and stories,hugging themselvesagainst the frost, the city and the evening light.Alone as they find thatthey share the same favourites.Alone as...
New poetry by Clare Phillips-Barton
a quiet devastationDisassociated from life,for a while.The day to day hum of home has been stilled,its equilibrium tilted.A silent deconstruction of routine,just for today,as we patiently wait for...
Two poems by Maureen Wheldon
ACCEPTANCEShe holds a rose to her throat,the leaves tickle her thoughts,her face like a painter's palette,her legs like easels.She was once the beautystepping across the red carpet,gracing...
Two poems by John Grey
PUTTING YOU BACK TOGETHER FOR MY SAKE I want to make you whole againso where are the parts.Haven't the Chinese the pieces?Or was that the open sea?Your lips are intact surebut your...
Elaine Rigby see's white feathers
White FeathersWhite feathers drift gently in a downward spiral,The wheel of life spins out of control,Years push us forwards,As the earth coughs and splutters,Pain and fear,Before the candle burns...
Greg Oguss tells the story of his story
This Is the Story of My Story It’s 1936. And Teddy Rosen has a date with some girl named Jane Stein who spends her summers in Michiana,...
New flash fiction by Kyle Hemmings
Eat a PeachTom and Shirley were in love and in debt. He was an aspiring actor and she, a moon-eyed wannabe ballerina. They lived in a small apartment on Bleecker. He loved the way he could make her...
Singapore side-street
Singapore side-streetThey spray the hanging duckwith hot waterin this restauranta converted British shop houseno. 9was once an opium dennow a whorehousewith a peking duck restaurantfowl between...
John Irvine gets minimal
This is for all of you who have struggled with poetry forms...I’ll write a sonnet...I’ll write a sonnet about a haiku(ironic that, if I say so myself) or maybe I’ll pen an apt senryuand leave the...
New flash fiction by Patricia Mullin
Soft Angular It is a familiar journey, three hours there, if I’m lucky, the same back. The traffic is heavy, lorries throw up dirty spray. I pass the...
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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