POETRY Magazine cover of March 2003 issue

March 2003

A.R. Ammons, Untitled, 1980.
 
  • Robert Bly
  • Harriet Brown
  • Carl Dennis
  • Matt Donovan
  • Rita Dove
Table of Contents

From this Issue

Poem

poetry-magazine

Kindness

  
        When deeds splay before us 
precious as gold & unused chances
stripped from the whine-bone,
we know the moment kindheartedness
walks in. Each praise be
echoes us back as the years uncount
themselves, eating salt. Though blood
first shaped us on the climbing...
Poem

poetry-magazine

Reverie in Open Air

I acknowledge my status as a stranger:   
Inappropriate clothes, odd habits   
Out of sync with wasp and wren.   
I admit I don’t know how   
To sit still or move without purpose.   
I prefer books to moonlight, statuary to trees.   

But this lawn has been leveled for...
Multiple people reading Poetry magazine, each framed in colorful arched shapes. Red and black text reads. "Special Offer. 5 months of Poetry for $15"

Table of Contents

Comment
Multiple people reading Poetry magazine, each framed in colorful arched shapes. Red and black text reads. "Special Offer. 5 months of Poetry for $15"