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 prose by J A Tyler
And These Are All QuestionsI feel long.Much longer than I should.Why doesn’t anyone see it?If I let go of the handrail I get facial hair and my fingernails click on the keys or the countertop or the...
Flash fiction by Ginnetta Correli
THE BABY POOLI want to fly like a snail. Yes, snails fly in their minds, so does the brain of the ocean.Does a man want to drown in the ersatz desire?You must understand me. I know you and I swam...
Two poems by Rebecca Duffy
Dance HallI’d known him since a little boy. Sixteen,he was, he got a job and disappeared,to America, they said. The movies.And then, at the parish Christmas do,was George himself, lighting a fag. He...
Two scenes and takes by Felino Soriano
Scenes and Takes # 34, 1It is televised, what isn't.The making of. So then,thought is important, justified,pure in its relevance regardingdissection of televised nonsense,ideologies,...
Two works to celebrate the arrival of spring
14 Days From Namibia From home in Twee Rivier we journey;‘n toer van een plek tot 'n ander’No roads through borders,just sand.And dry trees shelter carcassas paths stay veiled.No help from...
Two poems by John D Robinson
Mid-airThemid- airawakeningofadreamingswallowcaughtpeacefulinhershadowsofelegance.~ ~ ~ ~Portugal Portrait Such a breeze couldspell romace & bring An end to the flowersthat move in...
Two poems by Maureen Wheldon
TO CHANGE THESE HOURSShe reaches the gate of four pearlsRattles the bars.Sees through a fence of fireOne star.And the sun dancing in gold shoes.In the eastHelios is driving the four horses.She would...
Picture in Grey – a prose poem by Mandy Pannett
PICTURE IN GREYThere’s the sense of a river behind a low wall; footsteps on leaf-fall, grey light through the mist. There are hours ahead for the unshed rain. This is an island of pavements and...
Two poems by Amanda Weeks
ScrubberFrom the minute I wake upI can hear her sweeping brush against the pavementAnd wonder how many particles of dirtHave settled since the last cleansing exerciseEight hours ago.Then she moves...
It's that way – by Mike Montreuil
IT'S THAT WAYi.the day beginsnever in the waywe imagineit would betoo predictableeven the loveI have for youis that wayii.the shower water is hotmore so than yesterdayI wanted it that wayiii.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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