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Poetry Magazine
May all living things
be happy one day.
But let them take their
be happy one day.
But let them take their
time.
May all living things
be happy one day.
But let them take their
be happy one day.
But let them take their
time.
Poem
CinemaBy Jessica AbughattasPoem
Mother Emanuel Nine: Their Influence Was WideBy Cheryl ClarkePoem
Mount Grace PrioryBy G.C. Waldrep
The poets have emerged!
The poets have
The poets have
emerged!
The poets have emerged!
The poets have
The poets have
emerged!
Poem
CrownBy Gboyega OdubanjoPoem
Prodigal DaughterBy Erika L. SánchezPoem
PerennialBy Patricia Guzman
my hands let fly another
letter
my hands let fly another
letter
Poem
Restricted Fragile MaterialsBy Catherine BarnettPoem
Enchanted Beach with Three Fluid GracesBy Abdulkareem AbdulkareemPoem
MatineeBy Andrea Cohen
i(’ll) sprout any how
(flourish!)
i(’ll) sprout any how
(flourish!)
Poem
RedeemBy Rosalie MoffettPoem
Hats May PerishBy Sid GhoshPoem
Once, While Disemboweling the ChickenBy Isabella DeSendi
Recent Features from Poetry
Prose from Poetry Magazine
By Kwame Dawes & Saddiq DzukogiWriting teachers like to encourage writers to surprise themselves. The truth is this is such an impractical hope.
Prose from Poetry Magazine
By Joe Carrick-VartyHe should be here to do the lifetime of things he still had left to do, one of them being to bring his incredible book into the world, to see Adam.
Collection
110 Years of Poetry Magazine
By The Editors, Adrian Matejka & Robert Eric ShoemakerAn Anniversary Collection
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History
Poetry was founded in Chicago by Harriet Monroe in 1912.
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