Essay
By Dustin Illingworth
In Karen Solie’s poems, Canada’s poisoned lands become theaters for searching moral questions.
Poem
From the magazine:The Hermits
The Hermits
By Karen Solie
Warmth activates the sugars,
and sugars rally
in the gorse, in the flowers
it sees with, the scent
that is its voice,
the nontoxic fragrant wood
good for cutlery, and for burning,
though it flares out quickly,
unlike smoldering peat. Are they converting
sugars of their loneliness
to conviction? Burning
their...
and sugars rally
in the gorse, in the flowers
it sees with, the scent
that is its voice,
the nontoxic fragrant wood
good for cutlery, and for burning,
though it flares out quickly,
unlike smoldering peat. Are they converting
sugars of their loneliness
to conviction? Burning
their...
Poem
From the magazine:The 17-Year-Old & the Gay Bar
The 17-Year-Old & the Gay Bar
By Danez Smith
this gin-heavy heaven, blessed ground to think gay & mean we.
bless the fake id & the bouncer who knew
this need to be needed, to belong, to know how
a man taste full on vodka & free of sin. i know not...
bless the fake id & the bouncer who knew
this need to be needed, to belong, to know how
a man taste full on vodka & free of sin. i know not...
Poem
From the magazine:Anti Poetica
By Maryhilda Obasiota Ibe
No poem for the armored tanks stained with blood and mud,
grated flesh and meat, sinews on pavements …
grated flesh and meat, sinews on pavements …
Poem
From the magazine:Ocean of Earth
Ocean of Earth
By Guillaume Apollinaire
Translated By Ron Padgett
I have built a house in the middle of the Ocean
Its windows are the rivers flowing from my eyes
Octopi are crawling all over where the walls are
Hear their triple hearts beat and their beaks peck against the windowpanes
House of dampness
House...
Its windows are the rivers flowing from my eyes
Octopi are crawling all over where the walls are
Hear their triple hearts beat and their beaks peck against the windowpanes
House of dampness
House...
Poem of the day
All the time I pray to Buddha
I keep on
killing mosquitoes...
FROM THE CURRENT ISSUE OF
Poetry magazine
Subscribe
Quote:
I have started from happiness again.
. Unquote.Quote:
I have started from happiness again.
. Unquote.Poem
From the magazine:Fighting Weight
By Tomás Q. Morín
Poem
From the magazine:Bella Notte
By Gilad Jaffe
Poem
From the magazine:play cousins
By Nicole Adabunu
Quote:
All that repeats—
let it be sweet?
Quote:
All that repeats—
let it be sweet?
Poem
From the magazine:God of Song
By Tracy K. Smith
Poem
From the magazine:From Below
By Carl Phillips
Poem
From the magazine:Cooking Gas Commercial
By Migwi Mwangi
Quote:
The truth is we come back as a choir.
. Unquote.Quote:
The truth is we come back as a choir.
. Unquote.Poem
From the magazine:Mask of Khonsu
By Matthew Shenoda
Poem
From the magazine:Grief Lessons
By Emily Skaja
Poem
From the magazine:A Room of Its Own
By Kate Colby
Quote:
In time I have come to comprehend this: that you believe in the world by touching its every face.
. Unquote.Quote:
In time I have come to comprehend this: that you believe in the world by touching its every face.
. Unquote.Poem
From the magazine:I Want It to Be Winter All the Time
By Timothy Liu
Poem
From the magazine:The Egg and the Stone
By Sylvie Kandé
Translated By Nancy Naomi Carlson
Poem
From the magazine:Say Word?
By CM Burroughs
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.
Featured Poets
Jan Beatty
Jan Beatty
Jan Beatty’s eighth book is Dragstripping (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2024). Beatty has worked as a waitress, an abortion counselor, and in maximum security prisons.
Read MorePoem
From the magazine:Human Torpedo
By Jan Beatty
Essay
By Ed Simon
Poem
From the magazine:Asylum
Asylum
By Jan Beatty
5 Chances to Fall in Love with Poetry
Submissions Open
Learn more about our open calls for work.