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From the magazine:Fellowship in Exile

By Laura Kraftowitz & Edward Salem

July 1, 2026

This folio presents ten contemporary poets from nine countries, all of whom faced persecution, war, or genocide, as well as threats to their safety because of their writing.

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From the magazine:Each Morning I Reassemble My Face

By Hussein Al-Dahir

Translated By Dalal Isaac

Each morning, I reassemble my face—
I find my eye in the ashtray,
weeping silently for the homeland.
I …

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From the magazine:
McDonald’s Money

By Aaiún Nin

You wore your hair in a high bun, a white button-up shirt.
We were so happy to see each other.
For some…

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From the magazine:Decolonizing the Self

By Irakli Kakabadze

Translated By Mary Childs

I talked to my friend today:
He peed with Salman Rushdie and got to know him in the toilet.
It has made…

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From the magazine:A Sadness Made of Dough

By Ashraf Fayadh

Translated By Jonathan Wright

Parts of you are piled up on other parts ... a mixture of your blood
and your sweat ... and your remains…

Poem of the day

At Last the New Arriving

By Gabrielle Calvocoressi

Like the horn you played in Catholic school

the city will open its mouth and cry

...

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From the magazine:In Minneapolis

By Tarik Dobbs

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From the magazine:January Afternoon

By Daniel Durand

Translated By Jordan Landsman

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From the magazine:Beast

By Elena Croitoru-Reed

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From the magazine:Fighting Weight

By Tomás Q. Morín

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From the magazine:Bella Notte

By Gilad Jaffe

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From the magazine:play cousins

By Nicole Adabunu

— Tracy K. Smith

— Tracy K. Smith

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From the magazine:God of Song

By Tracy K. Smith

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From the magazine:From Below

By Carl Phillips

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From the magazine:Cooking Gas Commercial

By Migwi Mwangi

Bright blue cover for the April 2026 issue of POETRY with the letters for POETRY in a grid. The letters are white with pink, blue, green, and black geometric accents.

— Linda Gregg

— Linda Gregg

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From the magazine:Mask of Khonsu

By Matthew Shenoda

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From the magazine:Grief Lessons

By Emily Skaja

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From the magazine:A Room of Its Own

By Kate Colby

The Poetry Foundation transforms lives through the power of words. Our work aims to amplify poetry and celebrate poets by fostering spaces for all to create, experience, and share poetry.

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Featured Poets

Patricia Lockwood

Patricia Lockwood’s poems have appeared in the New Yorker, the London Review of Books, Tin House, and Poetry. She is the author of six books, including a memoir, Priestdaddy (Riverhead Books, 2017), and the poetry collection Agate Head/Stone Soup (Penguin Random House, 2026). She lives in Savannah, Georgia.

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From the magazine:Polish Flint

By Patricia Lockwood

Audio

Patricia Lockwood Reads "The Ode on a Grecian Urn"

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From the magazine:
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By Patricia Lockwood

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