Poetry

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.

Poetry

Editor’s Note

The Signal

Descendant

Lacao

Lacao

Doña Sebastiana I

Doña Sebastiana I

Alao

Alao

Tranqui

Tranqui

Immature Animals

7 août

6 février

Syntax

I come from

the herbalist

Touched

Tinker Bell & My Husband

Deciding to End Your Life, You Thank Me

Widow in Kitchen with Yellow Apple

Ars Poetica 3

Rabbits

Meadowlark

Halloween

Wart Remover

Real

Oops

Aeromancy, the Art of Sky Reading

The Aeromancer’s Ode to the Girl of Seem

Maxim Kuzminov Dying

Blank Verse Sonnet on Here We Go Again

Lines Written for a Fortieth Birthday

Blown Away by “Blues” from Bish at the Bank

My Father Visits My Brother in Jail

Ceasefire Haiku

Grease Angels

RUTH LILLY POETRY PRIZE

Disobedient Methods: On Li-Young Lee

Inside

Logos as Alchemical Marriage and Each Other in the Dance

Pocket Catechism

The Moon Can’t Remember Anything

Almost Awake: Spring Morning Gratitude

The Honey Alone

From “The Winged Seed: A Remembrance”

NOT TOO HARD TO MASTER

More Than a Failed Essay: On the Prose Poem

Bedtime Story (1)

Bedtime Story (2)

Bedtime Story (4)

Writing Prompt

Contributors