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Poetry

Oct 01 2026
Magazine

For more than 110 years, Poetry magazine has been a monthly gathering space for poets and readers. The magazine publishes contemporary poetry and prose, primarily in English, and translations from contributors all over the world. Poetry has been published in Chicago since its founding in 1912.

EDITOR’S NOTE

SONG

MORE OR LESS

LOSING FACE

ALL MY LITTLE THINGS ARE VERY SPECIAL IN THE SUNLIGHT. I’VE HAD A LITTLE DRINK.

INTERSTATE

BLADE

OLD LAMP

WINDOW

LINT TRAP

NEWSPAPER

STOCKHOLM SONNETS

INGLÉS SIN BARRERASTM

PURIFICATION & DEVELOPMENT

PHOTO BOOTH

LIMEWIRE TAUGHT ME

PAISAJE

LANDSCAPE

REPOSO EN EL COMEDOR

RECLINING IN THE DINING ROOM

LA MAÑANA

MORNING

AUTOMÓVIL

AUTOMOBILE

ON TRANSLATING CONCHA MÉNDEZ

GHOST SIGHTINGS AT THE REDMONT HOTEL

NIŁTÓLI DREAMING

NÁÁTS’ÍÍLID

RAINBOW

HOLDING THIS WORLD TOGETHER

HEY SIRI

OAKS

THE SCHOOL BUS

“THE WITCHES ALL WERE SINGING”

ARIADNE

Radical Poets of the Midwest

INTRODUCTION

BITING IRON

JOE HENDERSON SENDS A KITE FROM THE CLOSEST PLANET TO THE SUN

THE SOUND OF LIMBS

BLOODSLOW RIOT

TRANS AMERICAN SONNET

THE DANCE

MY DAUGHTER ASKS AI TO WRITE A POEM IN THE VOICE OF MICHAEL KLEBER-DIGGS AND WHAT COMES BACK HAS A TREE IN IT AND KINDA SOUNDS LIKE ME

POEM FOR THOSE WHO ROMANTICIZE EITHER SIDE OF THE WAR IN VIET NAM

CHARITY

MY PLEASURE

INVASIVE SPECIES INDUSTRY

DOCUSONNET: EMPLOYER

AUBADE

HOMECOMING

THIS IS NORMAL

A HISTORY OF CONSUMPTION AND PRODUCTION

FOXGLOVE AND BOG PIMPERNEL

BATTLE PRAYER

SEXTING

Contributors

Poetry

Formats

  • OverDrive Magazine

Languages

  • English