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

“La poesía es la gran aguafiestas”

“Poetry is the supreme killjoy”

“Daddy Yankee escribió”

“Daddy Yankee wrote”

Como sombras de un tema musical

Like shadows of a musical theme

Juke

Cowpunk

Song of the Blue Ridge Mountains

The Metaphysics of Your Presence

Mouth

Sex Acts

From “The Herald’s Wand”

Arka

Ark

Segovia

Arequipa

Irritation Odes

Irritation Odes

Komm Wildnis in unsere Häuser

Come wilderness into our homes

Die Signale kommen aus dem Dunkel

The signals come in from the dark

Unrest

I can’t wake to your mouth

Innocence

Shepherd’s Pie

Owls

Collateral

Assault

Boléro

Recommendation

my sweet angel on earth thank you for this life

other mothers, other fathers

Our Lady of the Westside

From “The Failure Experiment”

Abracadabra

Forever

Beginnings

Lineage

AS DIRECT AS GOOD BLUES: FRANK MARSHALL DAVIS

Weaving Jagged Words into Song: On Frank Marshall Davis

From “An Interview with Frank Marshall Davis”

Frank Marshall Davis: Writer

Sam Jackson

Giles Johnson, Ph.D.

To Helen

Lady Day

Self Portrait

Charlie Parker

Chicago’s Congo

Black Weariness

Reminiscences of Father and Me

Notes & Acknowledgments

Contributors

Prizes

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