Poetry

For more than 110 years, Poetry magazine has been a monthly gathering space for poets and readers. The magazine publishes contemporary poetry and prose, primarily in English, and translations from contributors all over the world. Poetry has been published in Chicago since its founding in 1912.

Poetry

Editor’s Note

Blindness

Poem to Retweet upon News of My Death

Bevy of Crows

From “Winter with Ovid”

Early Absence

Water Thirsty for Water

Nocturnal Spirits

I’m Like If Mary Oliver Had Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Cherry

From “Underworlds”

Barq’s Root Beer

Barilla Tomato & Basil

In August, in the City

The Fountains of Youth

I Had a Pet Rabbit

Text/ile II

These Headphones Should Be Free

Sky Glee

Haibun: Well Baby Clinic

Sin Título

Untitled

Te atribuyo el torrente de mi sangre

To You I Attribute My Blood’s Torrent

Amendment (rev.

What My Uncle’s Dead Lovers Left Behind

SissyCessful

Self-Portrait

Domestic Interior

Mango Head

Introduction

me llamo viento

what the ghosts of las adelitas say in the afterlife part 1

el abanico

lo nuestro

machetona

You can thank us later

Look at our boots and spurs!

Dress pet peeves

You are prettier when you are quiet

Four generations

“Water to the Brim, Please”: Notes on the Haiku of Maxine Hong Kingston

Malu Cycles/瑪璐循環

Chinese Time

A Circle Comes Together

Untitled/無題

Two Goats

Contributors