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Digital Exclusives from Poetry Magazine

Updates from the magazine’s editors and recent contributors.

  • Cover of the July/Aug 2022 issue of POETRY, front and back, shows a large quote on the left and the word "POETRY" in a grid on the right, with an illustrated background of a natural landscape with a city in the background and trash in the water.
    From Poetry Magazine
    By Esther Belin September 4, 2023

    The process of knowing how to instrument this information and motivation was the logic behind grafting myself into the Poetry Foundation.

  • Cover of the April 2022 issue of POETRY, front and back, shows a large quote on the left and the word "POETRY" in a grid on the right, made of letters on different post-it notes.
    From Poetry Magazine
    By Srikanth Reddy August 28, 2023

    Through it all, I came to learn that literary magazines are more like ordinary families, and less like historical dynasties, than I’d previously imagined.

  • Cover of the Jan 2022 issue of POETRY, front and back, shows a large quote on the left and the word "POETRY" in a grid on the right, with unicorns, birds, and people flying through clouds.
    From Poetry Magazine
    By Suzi F. Garcia August 21, 2023

    I now realize that growth cannot happen overnight, nor should it. It must be built with the goal of sustainability. As anyone in nonprofit work can tell you, burnout plagues...

  • Cover of the October 2021 issue of POETRY, front and back, shows a large quote on the left and the word "POETRY" in a grid on the right, with with zebras running through the letters.
    From Poetry Magazine
    By Su Cho August 14, 2023

    I don’t know how to make a home. It feels jarring to say that, but I realize I’ve always had my eye on the next thing, the next project, and...

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  • From Poetry Magazine
    By Esther Belin September 4, 2023

    The process of knowing how to instrument this information and motivation was the logic behind grafting myself into the Poetry Foundation.

    Cover of the July/Aug 2022 issue of POETRY, front and back, shows a large quote on the left and the word "POETRY" in a grid on the right, with an illustrated background of a natural landscape with a city in the background and trash in the water.
  • From Poetry Magazine
    By Srikanth Reddy August 28, 2023

    Through it all, I came to learn that literary magazines are more like ordinary families, and less like historical dynasties, than I’d previously imagined.

    Cover of the April 2022 issue of POETRY, front and back, shows a large quote on the left and the word "POETRY" in a grid on the right, made of letters on different post-it notes.
  • From Poetry Magazine
    By Suzi F. Garcia August 21, 2023

    I now realize that growth cannot happen overnight, nor should it. It must be built with the goal of sustainability. As anyone in nonprofit work can tell you, burnout plagues...

    Cover of the Jan 2022 issue of POETRY, front and back, shows a large quote on the left and the word "POETRY" in a grid on the right, with unicorns, birds, and people flying through clouds.
  • From Poetry Magazine
    By Su Cho August 14, 2023

    I don’t know how to make a home. It feels jarring to say that, but I realize I’ve always had my eye on the next thing, the next project, and...

    Cover of the October 2021 issue of POETRY, front and back, shows a large quote on the left and the word "POETRY" in a grid on the right, with with zebras running through the letters.
  • From Poetry Magazine
    By Ashley M. Jones August 7, 2023

    And so now, here I was, shouldering all that and now shouldering an enormous magazine. How could I make a safe space for myself, for others?

    Cover of the June 2021 issue of POETRY, front and back, shows a large quote on the left and on the right the word "POETRY" in a grid, in the style of theater marquee lights.
  • From Poetry Magazine
    By Charif Shanahan May 23, 2023

    For our November issue, we are looking for original poems that engage directly with notions of lineage and influence.

    Black and red text reads, “From the Guest Editor’s Desk” next to a photo of Charif Shanahan on a white background.
  • From Poetry Magazine
    By The Editors March 31, 2023

    April is Poetry Month, which means it’s also a great time for free poetry!  Free Poetry for Everyone We’re thrilled to offer a free download of the April 2023 issue of Poetry...

    blue, white, and black graphic shows a copy of the April 2023 issue of OETRY and reads "Poetry is a celebration"
  • From Poetry Magazine
    By Charif Shanahan January 17, 2023

    Poetry reminds me, daily, of the simultaneous singularity and plurality of human experience: for all our differences, for the ways in which we have attached meaning to those differences, hated...

    Black and red text reads, “From the Guest Editor’s Desk” next to a photo of Charif Shanahan on a white background.
  • From Poetry Magazine
    By Tré Seals December 5, 2022

    Uniformity cannot exist in a typeface inspired by humanity.

    A combined photo of artist Tré Seals
  • From Poetry Magazine
    By Adrian Matejka November 21, 2022

    I want to begin this editor’s note with gratitude.

    Red and black text “POETRY Editor - Adrian Matejka” with abstract red swirls and gray dots. Matejka’s headshot is black-and-white with him, a man with close-cropped hair, wearing a suit jacket and a pendant necklace; he smiles slightly
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