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.
An Easter piece by Chris Major
Easter Piece Naaaaah,it's not for me.You go ifyou want to,another 'tourist'swelling the faithful few.I hate this weekend,these 3 days:the TV,the papers,you can't...
Butterfly Women by Phuoc-Tan Diep
Butterfly WomenFalling rain freezes and shatters on hardened skin, spreading shards of cold. The sky morphs from seraph blue to the dark red of prostitution. Black leather encases her as she huddles...
The Leeds University Years – two pieces by Charles Christian
1972: So Long Marianne, So Long RosalinPeering back from an old memorythe face of a girl I once knewA girl whose existencehad almost slipped from my mindOnce we'd been closehad studied together,...
Two new concrete poems/caligrams by Christopher Major
Christopher Major was one of IS&T's first contributors and now he returns with two new pieces..Marks on a Mile High...
Two poems by April-May March
Turisas Blue murder uncoveredby tentacles preaching through phone linesand women who dance like Fred Astaire.Spin the roulette wheeland hope for the best There is more to life then...
High by Padrika Tarrant
HighFor today, if you like, I'll be a girl. I'll have two hands for you, and, let me see, I'll have brown hair, long hair that isn't brushed and flicks into my eyes unless I...
Carpe Diem by Rosemary J Kind
Carpe DiemWho knows what their tomorrow holds?Why take the time to second guess?So easy letting now slip by,Taking from it rather less,Because our sights are firmly fixedUpon horizons far away,And...
Words are as Wounds by Helen Dibble
The following two prose pieces are exerpts from a much larger piece Words are as Wounds, which retells the story of Lilith, Adam's mythological first wife. Continual references to the Bible, the...
One trilogy and two poems from Ed Targett
Ed Targett has submitted three poems - Painting Away, Crying and City Songs, which is effectively a trilogy - the product of his 'pixels, sweat and tears', enjoy...City...
New light verse by Alexis Byter
DowntimeMy email service will not downloadthe internet link is friedthere's no signal on my PDAand my wireless modem's diedMy cell phone battery has run flatand the voicemail system...
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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