Here there was a story & we were part of the after- waves in a disaster braiding wreaths of roadside flowers The violet ones we’ll call purple daughters The white ones: asylum lights —National Book Award finalist Carolina Ebeid with our #PoemOfTheDay https://bit.ly/4zhwElh

Chorus Attempting to Interpret Unearthed Fragments of Their Play

Can you let go the concern for how it began what happened Here the word house remains A reddening ( ) near house To describe the sounds coming...

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I was incredibly naïve and inexperienced when I met Robert; in many ways, I have him to thank for my finally growing up. —Carl Phillips in the essay "Just in Time: Learning from Robert Pinsky." Read the essay from the November issue of POETRY: https://bit.ly/48bbKZa

We have lived on the horizon for so long, coasts no longer know our flags. —Roque Salas Rivera with the #PoemOfTheDay on the first day of Transgender Awareness Week https://bit.ly/4BxOPVo

We all receive the invitation.

We have lived on the horizon for so long, coasts no longer know our flags. They buried us where they bury ships, Commonwealth projects, and literary…

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"Blue Mustang" by Meg Day, recipient of the 2026 Pegasus Poetry Book Prize. Read or listen to the full poem from the November issue of POETRY: https://bit.ly/4zgFAq6

How my god is a feathered and whirling thing; you will singe your arm when you pluck him from the air, when you pluck him from that sky where grieving swirls, and you will burn again throwing him back. —Susan Stewart, National Book Award finalist. #PoemOfTheDay Full poem: https://bit.ly/3UzZFJK

A well done mini film in honour of Armistice / Rememberance Day

Three World War I Poems

YouTube video by Poetry Foundation

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Congratulations to the inaugural Stylus Prize recipients. The Poetry Foundation is thrilled to be one of the seven founding funders of the Literary Arts Fund, which has launched this first-of-its-kind award.

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The Literary Arts Fund announces a new $250,000 ‘Stylus Prize’ to honor literary arts nonprofits lauded by writers for making essential contributions to their ability to create new work and engage readers. Meet the inaugural winners: literaryartsfund.org/announcing-the-inaugural-stylus-prize-winners

How should a poet observe the world without wallowing in suffering or drowning in sentiment? –James McWilliams on Thomas Lux. Read the full essay https://bit.ly/4AnX191

I have a lover with hair that falls like autumn leaves on my skin. Water that rolls in smooth and cool as anesthesia. Birds that carry all my bullets into the barrel of the sun. —Brian Turner with the #PoemOfTheDay on Veterans Day https://bit.ly/4eo1e47

Michelle T. Boone, president & CEO of the Poetry Foundation, will retire at the end of 2027 after a career spanning entertainment, nonprofit arts leadership & cultural philanthropy. The Foundation wishes her all the best in this next chapter! Read the press release: https://bit.ly/4sRcewV

Sorrow swims to me in dreams—no sand-salted palominos but appaloosas bruised as Bunyan’s ox—ravenous for dry land to appear in the copper eye of a spyglass. —Meg Day with the #PoemOfTheDay from the November issue of POETRY https://bit.ly/4sWESgp

Inaudible Lasso

Water warms at worry’s hooves & wails in octaves only heaven hears; then heaven tethers sea to sky & evaporates every drowning whinny.

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This way of seeing senses cave, where darkness, backlit, hisses sparks over ash-hued crow wings peaking sickle sharp, from river glyphs on lightning-cracked sandstone slabs. –Sherwin Bitsui with the #PoemOfTheDay https://bit.ly/4yZKBE4

From “The Next Sky”

This way of seeing senses cave, where darkness, backlit, hisses sparks over ash-hued crow wings peaking sickle sharp, from river glyphs on...

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We love this perceptive review of GODSPOTTING, out now on The Poetry Foundation website! In it, reviewer Ed Simon captures how MacArthur recipient ALEKSANDER HEMON carries themes of exile, displacement, and conflicted identity from his celebrated prose into his debut poetry collection.

"The joy that isn't shared dies young." Happy birthday, Anne Sexton (1928-1974). Her poetry, c/o @poetry.foundation: www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/anne-s...

He’s taken to folding towels into fours, whereas Mom prefers halves. And he’s cribbed cooking from The Essence of Emeril, though I’ve caught him red-handed watching Days of Our Lives. –Brian Tierney with the #PoemOfTheDay on the 61st anniversary of "Days of Our Lives." ⏳ https://bit.ly/3Wj8XKx

The Days of Our Lives

His cigarette smoking itself in the ashtray and the ash growing longer and longer till it crashes like the bridge in that one movie he loves, about a war...

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"Now What?" by Li-Young Lee Read or listen to the full poem from the November issue of POETRY: https://bit.ly/4iAxIJJ

Aunt Blondie got her own line to Jehovah like a hem she sew, say, Jon alright. Almighty God is with Jon, say Misses Evelyn as she goes about her business of the Lord. —Sa Whitley with the #PoemOfTheDay https://bit.ly/4yuTV1O

Prayer Circle

Missus Kathy say, Jon gonna be alright. Missus Linda say, gonna be alright , that Jon. Missus Paula with the big eyes, Jon gon’ be alright , and call me…

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"I wanted to be a writer even before I knew what writing was about." —Luis J. Rodriguez, 2026 Pegasus Award for Service in Poetry recipient 💐

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Growing up in East Los Angeles, Luis J. Rodriguez joined a gang at 11, battled heroin addiction and spent time behind bars, but today he’s one of the country’s most celebrated poets. Read more on his story: https://tinyurl.com/yuda4e7t 

She was fierce after Koko taught her What growled out of her gorgeously Comes first And lists her all the way To the moon. Did you hear me? I’m telling myself now. –Angela Jackson with the #PoemOfTheDay from the November issue of POETRY. https://bit.ly/47Q3X2K

Koko Taylor Is the Healer of Wounded Women

A tall, blonde poet who was always wounded herself In love with a guy Slipped the sound of Koko Taylor W-o-m-a-n Over her ears Jumped on her bike And rode…

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"Drexciyans" by Sakinah Hofler Read or listen to the full poem from the November issue of POETRY: https://bit.ly/4zpJGwX

Narrowmouth toads dapple pink sandstone knee-deep in a brown bowl of brown water before the croon of limb and wind on weeds puddles from the pour gather for a morning song. —Jake Skeets with the #PoemOfTheDay https://bit.ly/4zIK3T7

Soft Thunder

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Here's one I'll bring that I learned about from a student the last time i taught it. Denise Levertov is one of my favorites. The last lines will knock your socks off. www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...

TONIGHT, the Poetry Foundation & EUNIC present a multilingual poetry reading featuring Marius Burokas, Clare Cavanagh, Annemarie Ní Churreáin & Lin Hierse reading poems in German, Irish, Lithuanian & Polish with English translations. Join us at this FREE event: https://bit.ly/4ieXlRr

You have to imagine: That space they said wasn’t yours. That time they said you’d never own. The invisible city lit, on its way. This moment is our proof. —Cornelius Eady with the #PoemOfTheDay https://bit.ly/45BDBkc

Proof

You have to imagine it: Who said you were too dark/too Large? You have to imagine it: Who said you must keep quiet? City of Insistence, City of…

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We are happy to announce that we have been awarded a $10,000 grant from the Poetry Foundation! Find out more at: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/articles/1835065/poetry-foundation-awards-1-52-million-in-grants

THURSDAY, 11/5 the Poetry Foundation & EUNIC present a multilingual poetry reading featuring Marius Burokas, Clare Cavanagh, Annemarie Ní Churreáin & Lin Hierse reading poems in German, Irish, Lithuanian & Polish with English translations. Join us at this FREE event: https://bit.ly/4ieXlRr

In the latest episode of #PoetryOffTheShelf, Naomi Shihab Nye and host Helena de Groot discuss humor, computers, and joining the worst club ever. Listen here: https://bit.ly/4AbJtxr

Whither, 'midst falling dew, While glow the heavens with the last steps of day, Far, through their rosy depths, dost thou pursue Thy solitary way? —William Cullen Bryant, who was born #OnThisDay in 1794, with the #PoemOfTheDay 🦆 https://bit.ly/47p1yMh

Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center is an independent literary organization dedicated to expanding knowledge of poetry, literature, and art. Learn more about our grantee-partner:

Meet Our Grantee-Partner: Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center

Beyond Baroque sustains Los Angeles literary and artistic culture by providing more than 100 events a year in poetry, fiction, film, music, and art.

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Maggie Smith’s second season hosting THE SLOWDOWN returns November 2, 2026! Smith will be back to share a selected poem and thoughtful reflection every weekday, offering listeners a daily opportunity to find connection and calm through poetry. Learn more: https://bit.ly/3UxaPyY

Maggie Smith’s Second Season Hosting The Slowdown Returns November 2,…

Poems, readings, poetry news and the entire 110-year archive of POETRY magazine.

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