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.
Daylight Effect by Joseph Balaz
DAYLIGHT EFFECT With each sip of coffeethe wide picture windowframes a transcendence of huesas the dominion of the moonyields to the clarity of light. Soft shadingand...
Waiting by Samantha Desmond
WaitingThis night of possibility is just another to survive.My breasts, once golden keys to other men’s livesare now a sign of a woman long ago lost.Beyond comfort, your touch is nothingbut an...
New prose poem by P.A. Levy
FivefuckingfuckoffringsLet battle commence against the dole grey world old and charmless pull up your hood be blinkered be unseen be a rising star on CCTV with exuberant flashes of mindless violence...
New poetry by Matthew Friday
John FridayWe-re not related in anyway,That’s my first surprise. Seeing him on the ward, the second: laying flat in a bed, a very tall man,going bald in a Middle Management way.Smiling at me one...
Concrete and prose by Caroline Maldonado
Today we've got two pieces by a new contributor – Caroline Maldonado – a concrete poem and a prose poem. And, in case you were wondering, the tango is danced in a figure of eight pattern.TANGO...
Jacket potatoes and Jesus – two poems by Colin Cross
JACKET POTATOESwhen we werekicked out of the pubin the early hoursof the morningwe would sometimesgo back toBig Jock Bob's houseand he would shoutup the stairs– waking half theneighbourhoodin...
Unheard of – new poetry by Tim Kucharski
UNHEARD OF Bodies in carsHeadlights and hornsMe firstNot paying attentionTo any other homosapienTrivialIs all contactStaring at the perceptionUnder our gray matterWhat table of contentsWe must...
A pair of 'water' poems by Mark Leech
Of WaterThis distance is all flood. A kiss intendedmight drown a metre short. Let drop a stoneupriver where water eases through the bridge,and no ripple can puzzle through to mein Hammersmith. But...
Leaves by Gill McEvoy
Leaves Folded boats of pink almond leaf float down pavementsin the wind, bright coins of beech jink and shuffle in the pocketsof the trees, crumble of dry tobacco dust in gutters, the tulip...
Prinny's Eye – a new prose poem by Mandy Pannett
PRINNY'S EYEThe Brighton Lanes are popular with tourists, draw people through them like the moon on waves. The occasional person, or small pebble, may be left behind and lost.It reminded her of...
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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