Poetry Foundation & Poetry Magazine

06/20/2026

Decked out, low tech,
like the Delfonics
or a gospel choir
singing higher, higher.

—Tomás Q. Morín in the June issue of POETRY.
Read the full poem "Doggerel:" https://bit.ly/4fIqeEU

06/19/2026

You may shoot me with your words,
You may cut me with your eyes,
You may kill me with your hatefulness,
But still, like air, I’ll rise.

—Maya Angelou with the on Juneteenth.

You may write me down in history With your bitter, twisted lies, You may trod me in the very dirt But still, like dust, I'll rise. Just like moons and…

06/19/2026

Who are these masked birds?
Not Robin Hoods,
for they live in
the open woods.

—Jane Yolen with the (1939-2026) https://bit.ly/4vDX9yW

📸 Luigi Novi

06/18/2026

TONIGHT, join us at the Poetry Foundation for the Chicago Literary Hall of Fame’s Fuller Award ceremony, honoring Ed Roberson.

Co-presented with the Chicago Literary Hall of Fame, American Writers Museum, and Guild Literary Complex, the ceremony will present Chicago poet and 2016 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize recipient Ed Roberson with the Fuller Award for his lifetime contributions to literature.

avery r. young will emcee the evening, which will also include special tributes by Saretta Morgan, Peter O’Leary, julie ezelle patton, and Lena Roberson, and a conversation between Ed Roberson and CM Burroughs.

Register for this FREE event: https://bit.ly/4e5Nhbi

Artwork by Faisal Mohyuddin.

06/18/2026

Wow! Thank you City Cast Chicago for including these POETRY magazine contributors in your Chicago Pride piece! 🏳️‍🌈 https://bit.ly/4vPq1Er

These local q***r poets are worth checking out — during Pride month and beyond.

06/18/2026

Fatemah Shams's essay "There Is No Hope of Freedom When We Are All Walls" on war, revolution, and the lyric as a tool for survival.
CW: violence: https://bit.ly/4vwNVFj

06/17/2026

The Poetry Foundation library is building its future, and we want your input!

If you've visited our poetry library (the only one of its kind in the Midwest!), please take a few minutes to share your thoughts in our anonymous survey by July 31.

Your input will directly shape how we serve readers, researchers, and poetry lovers for years to come: https://bit.ly/4omjQ8i

06/17/2026

Once I rested up against a tree
So long
I got stuck to it
That kind of love is terrible.

—Ron Padgett, who was born in 1942.

I would never have wanted to see your sad face again Your cheeks and your windy hair I went all across the country Under this humid woodpecker Day and…

06/17/2026

On the latest episode of , "An Act of Mercy," Serena Chopra discusses prairie grass, manic rage, and the memories in her ears.👂

Listen here: https://bit.ly/4uESrjE

06/16/2026

You wake amid bursts of darkness.

—Hélène Dorion translated by Susanna Lang in the June issue of POETRY.

Read the full poem: https://bit.ly/4eeiuI7