Articles

Introduction
On the 2013 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize Winner, Marie Ponsot.
By Christian Wiman

Letter to the Editor
By Amit Majmudar

Prose from Poetry Magazine
Light Speaking
Notes on Poetry and Photography
By V. Penelope Pelizzon

Poem Sampler
Toasts & Celebrations
Poems to celebrate successes, salute loved ones, and offer thanks for life’s blessings, big and small.
By The Editors

Essay
Letters from Archibald MacLeish
I was in my 20s when I learned the octogenarian writer was my neighbor, so I wrote him a letter. All I wanted was for his literary greatness to rub off on me; through our correspondence, he became my teacher and more.
By Carl Vigeland

Essay
Nurseries of Verse
The only way to grow poetry is to make it a habit.
By J. Patrick Lewis

Interview
The Original 'Home Ec'
Jonathan Skinner on observing the goings-on in your backyard and why ecopoetics isn’t just for writers.
By Maria Hetman

Essay
Significant Soil
Meditations on the Merger of T. S. Eliot’s ‘Waste’ and ‘Land.’
By Christina Davis

Poem Sampler
Birthday Poems
Poems for milestone birthdays and those in-between.
By The Editors

Articles for Teachers & Students
Caroline Kennedy on Learning Poems by Heart
Poems and teaching resources from Kennedy's new anthology.
By The Editors