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.
EDITORIAL
Editor’s Note
I am asked a question.
I Was Not, Among My Kind, Distinctive
Kahkaha
Laughter
Yolculuk
The Journey
Bulutlar
Clouds
Between
Farmers’ Market
Pentimento
Deus ex Machina: A Ghazal
Von der Tierseele
Of the Animal Soul
Trotzdem
Nevertheless
The Year My Father Died
Mass
On form
The Orphanage
Dearest
The Kiss
Negligence
When My Beloved Proenza Schouler Tries to Sell Lei for $1,500
The Cairn
the abduction
Prelude, Christmas
Ein Tag im Exil
A Day in Exile
Aber
However
Fremde
Strangers
An Improvement in Stairs
Lay It Bare
What Draws Us Together
Inclement Weather
JAYNE CORTEZ: I IMITATE NO ONE
Firespitter: On Jayne Cortez
Ornette
Dinah’s Back in Town
Hungry Love
Untitled
How Long Has Trane Been Gone
Collage for Romare Bearden
I Am New York City
Saturdays
Libations
I Remember
Acknowledgments
HARD FEELINGS
On Contempt: I Want to Be Liked
On Pettiness: About Those Flying Buttresses
On Irritation: Itching, Scratching, Swelling
Contributors