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Updates from the magazine’s editors and recent contributors.

  • Black and red text reads, “From the Guest Editor’s Desk” next to a photo of Charif Shanahan on a white background.
    From Poetry Magazine
    By Charif Shanahan January 17, 2023

    Poetry reminds me, daily, of the simultaneous singularity and plurality of human experience: for all our differences, for the ways in which we have attached meaning to those differences, hated...

  • A combined photo of artist Tré Seals
    From Poetry Magazine
    By Tré Seals December 5, 2022

    Uniformity cannot exist in a typeface inspired by humanity.

  • Red and black text “POETRY Editor - Adrian Matejka” with abstract red swirls and gray dots. Matejka’s headshot is black-and-white with him, a man with close-cropped hair, wearing a suit jacket and a pendant necklace; he smiles slightly
    From Poetry Magazine
    By Adrian Matejka November 21, 2022

    I want to begin this editor’s note with gratitude.

  • From Poetry Magazine
    By The Editors November 8, 2022

    If you’re new to the app, now is a great time to check it out since the October issue (our 110th anniversary issue) is currently FREE!

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  • From Poetry Magazine
    By The Editors February 1, 2021

    We’re proud to present the February 2021 issue of Poetry, titled “The Practice of Freedom.” The issue is devoted to the work of poets and artists who have been directly...

    Poetry February 2021: The Practice of Freedom cover art. Hand-drawn letters spell POETRY in red and blue on a distressed background.
  • From Poetry Magazine
    By Ashley M. Jones January 27, 2021

    And, here, I inject Lorde again—love of poetry means, to me, a love of the power inside each of us.

  • From Poetry Magazine
    By The Editors August 7, 2020

    The Poetry Foundation and Poetry magazine are thrilled to announce the twenty-two finalists for the 2020 Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellowships.  Thank you to all who submitted applications....

  • From Poetry Magazine
    By The Editors August 5, 2020

    We’d like to share some updates on the next issues of Poetry magazine. 

  • From Poetry Magazine
    By The Editors June 26, 2020

    Poetry subscribers recently received their July/August print editions and members of our communities have expressed outrage due to racist language used in this poem. We acknowledge that this poem contains racist...

  • From Poetry Magazine
    By Faylita Hicks June 5, 2020

    For our June 2020 playlist, we asked contributor Faylita Hicks, whose poem “Photo of a Girl, 1992: Gremlins” appears in the issue, to curate a selection of music for us. Click here to open the playlist...

    Poet Faylita Hicks
  • From Poetry Magazine
    By Holly Amos May 22, 2020

    Contributors to the May 2020 issue share some recommendations.

    White text on a red background that reads "To build a labyrinth it takes/Some good intentions, some mistakes." It's attributed to A.E. Stallings.
  • From Poetry Magazine
    By TC Tolbert May 7, 2020

    Each month we feature a guest post from a contributor to Poetry’s current issue. TC Tolbert’s poems “T” and “My Melissa,” appear in the May 2020 issue. Previous posts in this series can be found on the Editors’ Blog. From the...

    Poet TC Tolbert
  • From Poetry Magazine
    By Inua Ellams May 1, 2020

    I hope listeners find the connections I made, or at the very least, I hope I’m not judged too harshly for my taste in music.

    Image of Inua Ellams
  • From Poetry Magazine
    By Holly Amos April 27, 2020

    Contributors to the April 2020 issue share some recommendations.

    Black text on a blue background from the back cover of the April 2020 issue of POETRY. The text reads "I promise you, I was here." It is attributed to Ocean Vuong.
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