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Poetry Foundation @poetry.foundation · 15h

Meet Tariq Thompson, one of our 2026 Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellows! 🎉 Tariq's poetry treats language as a time capsule, carrying grief, memory, and connection across the distance between writer and reader. Read more about Tariq: bit.ly/47FubET

Portrait of Tariq Thompson with curly hair and glasses, wearing a light blue shirt, sitting in front of green foliage. Text reads: Poetry Foundation. Tariq Thompson. 2026 Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellow.

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Poetry Foundation @poetry.foundation · 16h

"Ariadne" by Adrienne Su. Read the rest of the poem in the October issue of POETRY: bit.ly/47I1LtP

A poem on a blue background with a pink Pegasus symbol and the name Adrienne Su in pink. Poem text:
Keenly aware she was being predictable,
she admitted to finding Theseus irresistible
and killed off her theories, the desire to be equal.

It went against everything she’d ever professed.
She had become one more idiotic princess
wanting to be overpowered, wanting to be undressed.

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Poetry Foundation @poetry.foundation · 09/10/2026

In the latest episode of #PoetryOffTheShelf, Sanam Sheriff and host Helena de Groot discuss pronouns, looking proper, and making an American decision. Listen here: bit.ly/4794Nay

Green background with the text Poetry Off the Shelf in pink at the top. Below is a white silhouette of a Pegasus.

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Poetry Foundation @poetry.foundation · 07/10/2026

Where you shop for your books matters! The Poetry Foundation is proud to partner with @bookshop.org in supporting local, independent bookstores. Subscribe to POETRY magazine to receive an exclusive discount on Bookshop.org and support the bookstores in your community! bit.ly/4y9EFHG

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Poetry Foundation @poetry.foundation · 06/10/2026

]"Battle Prayer" by Marcie R. Rendon. Read the rest of the poem from the October issue of POETRY: bit.ly/4z2d5wE

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Poetry Foundation @poetry.foundation · 03/10/2026

"Landscape" by Concha Méndez, translated by Meg Carter. Read this poem from the October issue of POETRY in Spanish: bit.ly/4xWLVGF #PoemOfTheDay

Poem text on a blue background with pink details: At the foot of the mountain, clustered cottages. In the background, a bell tower and pinkish clouds.
The afternoon is slumped like a wilted flower.
Along the path, black poplars guard the mountain. A small Pegasus icon is above the name "Concha Méndez and Tr. by Meg Carter.

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Poetry Foundation @poetry.foundation · 02/10/2026

Meet Shaina Phenix, one of our 2026 Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellows! 🎉 Shaina Phenix's poetry documents, preserves, and gives reconstituted meaning to place, family, and love. Read more about Shaina: bit.ly/4iYhlZk

Shaina Phenix stands confidently with two hands on a table in front of a striped background, wearing glasses and a smart outfit. The image is labeled with Shaina Phenix and notes the 2026 Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellow, associated with the Poetry Foundation.

White text on black background: Your body sometimes mattered as much as what you wrote down. How you delivered mattered as much as what you were delivering. Where would you speed up? Where would you slow down? Where would you change your tone of voice? SHAINA PHENIX on slam poetry. There is an image of a white flying pegasus icon above the attribution.

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Poetry Foundation @poetry.foundation · 01/10/2026

The October Issue of POETRY is here! 💗 This issue features a folio on Radical Poets of the Midwest, plus poems by KB Brookins (an ode to limewire!), with Paul Guest's and Michael Kleber-Diggs's moving pieces on AI. Get your copy for 50% off with the code LITMAG50 until 10/2! bit.ly/4yJKhcN

Cover of Poetry magazine. A large pink circle with a small abstract map at the bottom right holding up the circle on a blue background. Text reads: Give me more to immortalize. Attributed to KB Brookins.

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Poetry Foundation @poetry.foundation · 01/10/2026

#TBT to some of our editorial teams' favorite out-of-print literary magazines for Day 4 of #LitMagWeek!

The background is bright green with the text #LitMagWeek Out of Print Mag at the top. Below is a cover image of the Drumvoices Review magazine, subtitled A Confluence of Literary, Cultural & Vision Arts with various photos and text. Below the magazine cover, it reads Adrian Matejka in large white letters and Editor-in-Chief in green letters.

Lindsay Garbutt is pictured next to the cover of Souffles, a literary magazine. Above, text reads #LitMagWeek Out of Print Mag. Below the image, Lindsay Garbutt and Deputy Editor are written. The background is bright green.

Image featuring Angelica Flores in front of a bright green background with text that reads #LitMagWeek Out of Print Mag at the top. Below, there is an image of a magazine with the title Jubilat. At the bottom, text says Angelica Flores, Editorial and Programs Assistant.

A green background features a collage of Little Caesar magazine covers, showcasing black and white images and text. The text above reads #LitMagWeek Out of Print Mag. Below the collage, the text reads "Jeremy Lybarger Senior Editor.

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Poetry Foundation @poetry.foundation · 30/09/2026

Literature does not exist in a vacuum! On Day 3 of #LitMagWeek, check out some of the POETRY editorial teams' favorite literary publications (besides POETRY).

Image of Lindsay Garbutt, Deputy Editor of Poetry Magazine, with covers of Modern Poetry in Translation and Poetry Northwest in the background. The title reads "#LitMagWeek Fave Lit Mags" on a green background.

The image features Holly Amos, Managing Editor of Poetry Magazine smiling, in front of two magazine covers: Game Poems Issue #1 and The Poetry Review. The backdrop is green with the text #LitMagWeek Fave Lit Mags at the top.

A green poster features #LitMagWeek and Fave Lit Mags at the top. Below is an image of Poet Lore magazine and Angelica Flores, Editorial and Programs Assistant.

Image featuring two issues of Conjunctions magazine. The left cover, titled Revenants: The Ghost Issue, has an intricate, ghostly illustration. The right cover, titled States of Play, features a colorful, abstract design. Text at the top reads #LitMagWeek Fave Lit Mags, and at the bottom, Jeremy Lybarger, Senior Editor on a green background.

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Poetry Foundation @poetry.foundation · 29/09/2026

Camille Ralphs shares what some of our greatest writers have said about literature as a vocation. Read the full essay bit.ly/3VYy459

Black text on a white background. The text reads: John Keats said poetry should come as easily as leaves to a tree, or not at all; Rilke said you have to look inside yourself and ask Must I write? Not everyone who'd answer Yes is well known now, but everyone who's well known now would answer Yes. On the bottom of the graphic, there is a silhouette of a pegasus and the words: Camille Ralphs on poetry as a vocation

Text featuring a quote from Camille Ralphs: I've held roles as a barista in a service station, a university librarian, and a salesperson in a school uniform shop. Wanda Coleman, not to be bettered, was at certain points an actress, a Peace Corps recruiter, and an editor at a softcore porn magazine. But no experience is wasted on the work—or on the life. There is a pegasus silhouette at the bottom.

A hand holds a paper circle against a backdrop of undecipherable handwritten text. Radiating red and orange lines extend from the circle, creating a sun-like effect. Artwork by Anthony Gerace.

A quote with black text on a white background reads: It is good to write every day—even if only a line, a seemingly fatuous observation; even if you're only adding phrases to your notebook or your Notes app. Inchoate things—and habits—have a way of starting to cohere. Below the quote is a small illustration of a pegasus in flight, with the text: Camille Ralphs on poetry as vocation.

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Poetry Foundation @poetry.foundation · 28/09/2026

Karl Knights with "I’m the Passenger, Giving Wrong Directions on Purpose" featured in the September issue of POETRY. #PoemoftheDay Read or listen to the poem: bit.ly/4d6kv9L

Green graphic with white text: Nothing too far out. Three minutes here and there.
Keep left at the village’s one Georgian window.
Dawdle along Priory Road, backtrack to Angel Lane.
Blame it on winter, no streetlights for over an hour.
Once we clipped a small deer, saw him hobble back
into the trees. For a second I wished we’d hit him
full on. No one hurt. Car damaged, not a write-off.
Shattered headlights, blood trail across cat’s eyes. In green text under a green pegasus is the name Karl Knights.

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Poetry Foundation @poetry.foundation · 28/09/2026

Following years of organizational growth & creative collaboration with Pentagram, we're thrilled to reveal a new brand identity starting with the October issue of POETRY! Learn more about the rebrand designed to carry POETRY and the Poetry Foundation into the future: bit.ly/4ABZMol

Grid of images with an open October 2026 POETRY magazine, the quote What are we living and fighting for, if not—at least in part—for access to the sweet quotidian, and a stack of blue books POETRY covers.

A tree in front of a building with large windows. The words Poetry Foundation are prominently displayed on the glass facade.

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Poetry Foundation @poetry.foundation · 28/09/2026

Yup, you read that right! In honor of the first day of #LitMagWeek, enjoy 50% off single copies of POETRY when you use the code LITMAG50 now through 10/2. 💚 Get your copies here (going back more than 20 years!): bit.ly/4ycwSta

Green background with white text reads: 50% off single copies of Poetry September 28–October 2 #LitMagWeek.

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Poetry Foundation @poetry.foundation · 27/09/2026

Meet Noel Munguia-Moreno, one of our 2026 Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellows! 🎉 Noel’s poetic revisioning asks readers to depart from traditional or straightforward readings. Read more about Noel: bit.ly/4hddzIU

Noel wearing a green shirt and black overalls sits on a bench, smiling with greenery in the background. Text reads: POETRY FOUNDATION, Noel Munguia-Moreno, and 2026 Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellow.

Black background with white text displaying a quote: How can we look at this disaster—or alternatively, at this moment of joy—and see it again? Below the quote, there's a graphic of a pegasus in flight and the name Noel Munguia-Moreno.

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Poetry Foundation @poetry.foundation · 27/09/2026

Leslie McIntosh with "The Door of No Return has unlimited 5G data" featured in the September issue of POETRY. #PoemoftheDay Read or listen to the poem: bit.ly/3ThanUV

Green graphic with white text: I swear I don’t know these people
but they got my number anyway
came my complaint to the cellular sales rep
You promised me spam protection
when you sold me into the promo contract
but I didn’t think to ask
what spam meant
to the person
who took my money. Leslie McIntosh is in green text with a green pegasus above the name.

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Poetry Foundation @poetry.foundation · 26/09/2026

Paul Martínez Pompa with "lit" featured in the September issue of POETRY. #PoemoftheDay Read or listen to the poem: bit.ly/4yU88WH

Green graphic with white text: and when i raised my eyes a little higher, i saw human wishes. i saw moons blessed with the deepening moan of night. i saw winds that traveled across thousands of miles of mothers who were silent now and draped over their flashlights. i saw lands going back to sleep and doors opening both ways. The name Paul Martínez Pompa is in green below a green Pegasus.

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Poetry Foundation @poetry.foundation · 25/09/2026

Get a peek behind the scenes of Poetry Foundation's new look! 👀 The latest installation of our visual experience BOLD TYPE features the poem "Poetry is the supreme killjoy" by Tilsa Otta translated by Farid Matuk. 💗 Not to mention, our facade got a glow up so you know always where to find us. 📍

A glass window of a building displays large magenta letters that partially read: IS THE SUPREME KILLJOY. Inside, workers on a lift seem to be arranging the letters. A tree with green leaves is in the foreground.

Two people on ladders install large, bold magenta letters on a wall. The partially visible text reads: IS THE SUPREME... The setting appears to be indoors.

Individual measuring pink adhesive sheets on the floor, using a yellow tape measure. A blue water bottle is nearby.

A tree stands next to the reflective glass facade of the Poetry Foundation building. The street is visible in the reflection, with cars passing by on the road.

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Poetry Foundation @poetry.foundation · 24/09/2026

J.H. Prynne, a titan of British Modernism who died this year, was at once a poet of political intensity and unexpected slapstick. Read David Grundy's essay on Prynne, "To Darker Fields We Go:" bit.ly/3TLqxpF

Text on a beige graphic: "For Prynne, truthfulness—a human action—as opposed to truth—an abstract idea—requires a vigilance for which he thought poetry uniquely capable. David Grundy on J.H. Prynne. An image of a small pegasus is centered at the bottom.

The image shows a white door with a black nameplate that reads Mr. Prynne. A brass doorknob and a keyhole are visible on the right side. Below is a quote about university occupations and commitment to poetry and a better world.

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Poetry Foundation @poetry.foundation · 23/09/2026

On the latest episode of the #PoetryOffTheShelf podcast, Ada Limón and host Helena de Groot discuss rejection, moving forward, and what the trees have seen. 🌳 Listen here: bit.ly/4y3kzPU

A red background with a white outline illustration of books on a shelf. The text "Poetry Off the Shelf" is written in bold black letters on the left side.

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Poetry Foundation @poetry.foundation · 22/09/2026

☀️ As August was winding down, the people who work tirelessly to support poets, build community, and expand access to poetry were invited to rest, recharge, and be together at the Poetry Foundation’s first Sustainable Futures Retreat. Learn more about their experience: bit.ly/3ThjXXE

A person sitting outdoors writes in a notebook with a pen. Text on the image reads: The Poetry Foundation gathered leaders from our Sustainable Futures grantee-partner cohort for a rest retreat in Union Pier, Michigan, just 75 miles outside of the Poetry Foundation's home in Chicago. The logos for Sustainable Futures Retreat and the Poetry Foundation are also displayed.

Attendees at the event are listed with names and affiliations. Mentioned entities include Cave Canem, Chicago Poetry Center, Guild Literary Complex, Indigenous Nations Poets, InsideOut Literary Arts, Noemi Press, O Miami, Poets House, The Watering Hole, Split This Rock, and Young Chicago Authors.

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Poetry Foundation @poetry.foundation · 20/09/2026

Meet Fatima Jafar, one of our 2026 Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellows! 🎉 Fatima builds her poetry practice around inherited memory, communal creativity, and a hunger to remember. Read more about Fatima: bit.ly/4jbyVZU

A person stands outside near trees, visible through a window. The text on the image reads: Poetry Foundation. Fatima Jafar. 2026 Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellow.

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Poetry Foundation @poetry.foundation · 20/09/2026

Steven Belletto, author of BLACK SURREALIST: THE LEGEND OF TED JOANS, offers a behind-the-scenes look at the poem and the collage art Joans created to accompany much of his poetry. Check out the September issue of POETRY magazine for more on Joans's poetry and art.

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Poetry Foundation @poetry.foundation · 19/09/2026

Stay tuned for the October issue... 😉

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Poetry Foundation @poetry.foundation · 18/09/2026

Jared Marcel Pollen reflects on Ingeborg Bachmann's "plunges into silence" at her centenary. Read "The Edge of the Unsayable:" bit.ly/4haQDu6

Text: With Bachmann, one gets the feeling that it's always 3:00 a.m. (the word night appears in her poems more than any other). Jared Marcel Pollen on Ingeborg Bachmann

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Poetry Foundation @poetry.foundation · 13/09/2026

Meet Xochi Quetzali Cartland, one of our 2026 Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellows! 🎉 Xochi affirms a poetry practice devoted to justice, liberation, and the lived truths of Black, brown, queer, and immigrant communities. Read more about Xochi: bit.ly/3T0q7LF

The image shows a Xochi Quetzali Cartland with long, wavy dark hair wearing a maroon coat and green top, standing in front of a leafy background. Text above reads Poetry Foundation, and below is the name Xochi Quetzali Cartland. Additional text states 2026 Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellow.

A quote on a black background reads: I believe in God, I believe in the universe. This felt like the universe coming together to say, You can do this. Below the quote is the name Xochi Quetzali Cartland and an image of a small pegasus.

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Poetry Foundation @poetry.foundation · 12/09/2026

In her new collection, Carolyn Forché asks whether poetry of witness is still possible in a world fractured by algorithms and overwhelming catastrophe. Read Frederico Perelmuter's essay on Forché. Content note: war and violence. bit.ly/4xPkz5P

A text quote reads: Carolyn Forché has questioned, with unusual insistence for a US poet of her generation, what role the writer might assume in these times. Her poems remain powerful precisely because they confront poetry’s uncertain place without illusion and the poet’s role without self-deception. Attributed to Federico Perelmuter on Carolyn Forché.

A child walks on a sandy street with damaged buildings and cars in the background. The image includes text: Forché’s concern is with a poetry that could capture barbarism specifically, and that, however incapable of action, might register sincerely the workings of a mind confronting it. Below the quote, it says Federico Perelmuter on Carolyn Forché.

A photo of a military vehicle parked on a street in an urban area with residential buildings in the background. The scene appears calm, and there is a car nearby. The photograph is dated 1989 and taken in El Salvador by Luis Romero.

$A text excerpt and a credit. The main text reads: What acts of witness are possible four decades later, in a late world of fractured mediation, of overwhelming and multifarious crisis? Forché has found a new vantage from which to witness the present crisis in its diffuse, imagistic incoherence. Below, it says: Federico Perelmuter on Carolyn Forché. A small pegasus silhouette is centered between the main text and the credit.$

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Poetry Foundation @poetry.foundation · 10/09/2026

The Poetry Foundation is proud to announce the recipients of the 2026 Pegasus Awards! 🎉 Robert Pinsky 🎉 Nikki Grimes 🎉 Luis Javier Rodríguez 🎉 Meg Day 🎉 Jason Schneiderman For more details, visit our website bit.ly/4x9ME6N Congratulations to this year's honorees!

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Poetry Foundation @poetry.foundation · 09/09/2026

He came to church straight from the stomp dance Wearing moccasins under his wedding dress. Bearded, belled and turtle-shelled He wore moccasins under his wedding dress. –Chip Livingston with "The Other Foot" featured in the September issue of POETRY. Read the full poem bit.ly/4xR6o0g

A dark green background featuring text in white. The text reads: He came to church straight from the stomp dance wearing moccasins under his wedding dress. Bearded, belled and turtle-shelled he wore moccasins under his wedding dress.
At the bottom, there is a light green pegasus graphic and the name Chip Livingston.

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Poetry Foundation @poetry.foundation · 08/09/2026

On the latest episode of the #PoetryOffTheShelf podcast, Marcus Wicker and host Helena de Groot talk hip hop, aliens, and real estate. 👽 Listen here: bit.ly/4gJrU0P

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Poetry Foundation @poetry.foundation · 05/09/2026

Youth Speaks is a national leader in spoken word performance, arts education, and creative youth development. Learn more about our grantee-partner: bit.ly/3UybhN3

A group of five young people stand on a stage, each in front of a microphone and wearing matching purple t-shirts. They are holding hands and appear to be singing or speaking. Behind them is a brick wall and stage lighting.

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Poetry Foundation @poetry.foundation · 04/09/2026

September POETRY cover artist Janet Hansen on the process of creating this issue's cover. Read the September issue of POETRY: bit.ly/4zPk8d9

A lush green bush in a garden setting is adorned with large white letters spelling the word poetry.

A scenic grassy landscape with bright green trees under a clear blue sky. Overlaid text reads: When I began thinking about how to represent poetry through letterforms, I wondered what might happen if I treated them as physical forms. Placing them within a real landscape allowed any imperfection to become part of the beauty, which I hope feels like a fitting reflection of poetry itself. Below this quote, it says: Janet Hansen, September Poetry cover artist. A small white pegasus icon is near the artist's name.

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Poetry Foundation @poetry.foundation · 01/09/2026

Check out the September issue of POETRY magazine! Featuring two folios: "The Starry Field: A Gathering of New Two-Spirit and Indigequeer Poetry" & "Ted Joans: Surreally I Is," which includes visual work & poems from the American beatnik. Plus, new poems by your favorites! bit.ly/4gRuHEe

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Poetry Foundation @poetry.foundation · 31/08/2026

Closing out the summer means opening up the July/August issue of POETRY! Read it here: bit.ly/4faHfGN

This is a cover of "Poetry" magazine, Volume 228, Number 4, founded in Chicago in 1912. The background has an abstract, layered white design. It features the text "Listen, this may take a while" twice by Jay Gao. Contributors listed include Jos Charles, Fred D’Aguiar, and Patricia Lockwood.

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Poetry Foundation @poetry.foundation · 28/08/2026

Lie in the grass and experience exile poems in their native language and English translation at this outdoor audio poetry installation. 🌱 Register to attend this FREE event presented in Detroit in partnership with City of Asylum/Detroit and the Poetry Foundation: bit.ly/45Nn903

A group of people sitting on the grass in front of a decorative, sculptural structure. Musicians are performing among the group. The event details include: Poetry Foundation and City of Asylum/Detroit with the title On the Grass of Exile, scheduled for Saturday, September 12, 4-7 PM ET at American Riad, Detroit.

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Poetry Foundation @poetry.foundation · 26/08/2026

Multihyphenate poet Jamila Woods shares advice to young poets in our video series, "Where I Write." Video produced by Three Story Media.

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Poetry Foundation @poetry.foundation · 25/08/2026

On the latest episode of the #PoetryOffTheShelf podcast, Emily Skaja and host Helena de Groot discuss cemeteries, pregnancy, and gardening the future. 🐌 Listen here: bit.ly/4gjb8FD

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Poetry Foundation @poetry.foundation · 25/08/2026

Pondering Frank O'Hara during his centennial year. Read Ryan Ruby's essay on O'Hara: bit.ly/4qxIKmN

Black text on white background: We will never know how Frank O'Hara would have reconciled his dissonant impulses had he lived even another five years, when he would have had to confront, among other things, the assassination of MLK, the Vietnam War, May ’68, Stonewall, the increasing commercialization of the art market, middle age, alcoholism, and, possibly, his own fame. At the bottom, there is a graphic of a pegasus.

A quote on a plain background reads: More than any other poet, he took the advice about occasional writing—write directly for and about your friends—to heart. Below the quote, there is an illustration of a pegasus and the text: Ryan Ruby on Frank O'Hara.

A painted portrait showing Frank O'Hara with short, dark hair against a yellow background. The individual has a contemplative expression and is wearing a high-collared shirt. The artwork is by Valerie Suter.

A portion of the artwork from the previous slide with a yellow background is seen on the left. On the right, there’s a quote: What the critic notices, and what the critic wants to do with what they notice, make the critic just as surely as style is said to make the man. Below the quote, it reads, Ryan Ruby on Frank O’Hara. A small black pegasus icon is present beneath the text.

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Poetry Foundation @poetry.foundation · 21/08/2026

Paul Celan had an ability to write between languages and various kinds of difference. Read Lucy Ives's essay on Celan's work. Content note: mental illness and suicide: bit.ly/3SMOcWe

Quote on a white background with a decorative pegasus silhouette below. The quote reads: He seemed to me a writer who had contemplated and understood something about modern warfare, technocracy, and globalization that nobody else had, by which I mean that he had understood something about how language itself was affected by these things. And he gave you room to feel something. Attributed to Lucy Ives on Paul Celan.

Black text on white backgrounds reads: The news concerning poetry is slow. Linguistic barriers render it slower. Given Celan’s unequaled artistic achievement, one might imagine that there would be parades in the streets each time he published a new book, or at least a Nobel Prize. That didn’t happen. But are you really surprised? Was he? Below the text, it states: Lucy Ives on Paul Celan. An image of a stylized black pegasus appears above the names.

A black and white image of Paul Celan with text underneath that reads: Gisèle Celan-Lestrange, Parisian private estate of Paul Celan, private property of Eric Celan.

Black text on white background: The Celan who is a cipher, a person so alienated and extraordinary as to seem magical or perhaps nonhuman, may be of less use to us, even as we can’t fail to be impressed by that individual. For it is human to be really good at writing poetry. Rare, but human. Credited to Lucy Ives on Paul Celan.

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Poetry Foundation @poetry.foundation · 19/08/2026

Multihyphenate poet Jamila Woods on how poetry sits at the center of her art and the importance of performance in our video series, "Where I Write." Video produced by Three Story Media.

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Poetry Foundation @poetry.foundation · 13/08/2026

In this archival episode of the #PoetryOffTheShelf podcast, Fanny Howe and host Helena de Groot discuss the sky, visions, and the beam that killed the landlord, plus an excerpt from Howe's posthumous collection. Listen here: bit.ly/4hMaBNN

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Poetry Foundation @poetry.foundation · 12/08/2026

Multihyphenate poet Jamila Woods discusses how her work invites people to connect more deeply with themselves in our video series, "Where I Write." Video produced by Three Story Media.

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Poetry Foundation @poetry.foundation · 11/08/2026

Read R.K. Hegelman's essay on what he describes as Fernando Pessoa’s disappearing act: bit.ly/3RJHDU9

A quote on a white background reads: To say ‘Fernando Pessoa’ is less to evoke the man—an unremarkable dilettante who lived in Lisbon and died in obscurity in 1935—than to name a system. Below the quote is the name R.K. Hegelman and a silhouette of a pegasus.

Black text on a white background reads: He doesn’t seek to shed the self entirely, but to multiply and suspend it—creating an ecology of selves, a reality teeming with a multitude of possibilities. Below, it says: R.K. Hegelman on Fernando Pessoa. A small green pegasus graphic is present near the bottom.

A photo of Fernando Pessoa wearing glasses and a wide-brimmed hat, partially visible against a plain background. The image is divided, with one side in a green hue and the other in purple. Source: Wikimedia Commons.

A partial image of Fernando Pessoa wearing a hat, next to a quote that reads: Pessoa's heteronymic system stands as a monument of modern literature. Yet we have scarcely begun to explore its full extent, even if we sense its vastness. Below the quote, it reads: R.K. Hegelman on Fernando Pessoa.

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Poetry Foundation @poetry.foundation · 10/08/2026

We're so grateful for another wonderful year of the Summer Poetry Teachers institute! ☀️ 📚 This is what some of our educators had to say about the experience. Learn more about the Institute: bit.ly/4ebMJhL

A person is holding a notepad and pen, resting on their lap, with a smartphone on a table in the background. The image is overlaid with the text: Summer Poetry Teachers Institute and Poetry Foundation.

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Poetry Foundation @poetry.foundation · 06/08/2026

Like the Trojan Horse, Robert Rubsam found Christopher Nolan’s IMAX ODYSSEY massive, impressive, and mostly hollow. Read Rubsam's full essay on the film: bit.ly/4hT7KlQ

Black text on white background reads: Watching Nolan’s Odyssey, I could not escape how small his imagination seems, how incapable of conjuring real grandeur or anything approaching mystery. Below is: Robert Rubsam on The Odyssey, and a small illustration of a pegasus in flight.

Black text on white background: Nothing that happens bears any particular moral or narrative relation to anything else. This results in a plot composed primarily of mere incident, of one thing after another without meaning or emphasis or grandeur, and crammed into the straitjacket of modern Hollywood plotting. — Robert Rubsam on The Odyssey.

A stylized illustration accompanies text on a white background. The text reads: Nolan’s film is frequently composed of mere images of mere things, signifying little beyond their own immediate spectacle. Characters are rendered passive and powerless, not by the gods on Olympus, but by the divinity in the director’s chair. Below, it says Robert Rubsam on The Odyssey with an image of a pegasus.

The image is artwork by Evangeline Gallagher depicting a scene with a group of Roman soldiers in red armor and helmets with plumes. They are facing a large statue-like figure in similar attire. On the left, a wolf is shown, and in the background, a Roman structure is visible.

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Poetry Foundation @poetry.foundation · 05/08/2026

Multihyphenate poet Jamila Woods on finding her voice through soundscapes in our video series, "Where I Write." Video produced by Three Story Media.

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Poetry Foundation @poetry.foundation · 31/07/2026

Multihyphenate poet Jamila Woods on how light and space inspire creativity in our video series, "Where I Write." Video produced by Three Story Media.

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Poetry Foundation @poetry.foundation · 31/07/2026

On the latest episode of the #PoetryOffTheShelf podcast, Maya C. Popa and host Helena de Groot discuss the monkey at the pet store, beauty, and waking up to the world as it is. 🐒 Listen here: bit.ly/3TgHyaS

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Poetry Foundation @poetry.foundation · 30/07/2026

Nellie Wong, who died this year, leaves behind a formidable legacy as a poet, activist, and champion of the working class. Read David Grundy's essay on her work: bit.ly/45sdsUt

Image of a quote in black text on a light background. The quote reads: Her poetry collects hundreds of moments stolen from the office hour, from the flash of encounters, sights, sounds, and smells across the city. Below the quote is a pegasus graphic. The text beneath reads: David Grundy on the late poet Nellie Wong.

Black text on white background: Above all, she manifests the notion of solidarity: the humble and unashamed capacity to feel for and with the living and the dead, the known and unknown, and to act for and with them, to protest, to organize. Below is the text: David Grundy on the late poet Nellie Wong. A small black silhouette of a pegasus is underneath.

Text on white background: She emphasized the importance of learning not just through formal institutions but through worker solidarity and opposition to the class hierarchies within universities: hierarchies that divide teachers and students from cleaners and secretaries. Below: David Grundy on the late poet Nellie Wong. A small pegasus graphic is also present

This is a black and white photo of Nellie Wong smiling while seated in a booth. The setting is The Great China restaurant in Oakland's Chinatown, around the 1950s. Nellie is wearing a dark outfit with a bow tie. Text below the image credits the Nellie Wong Archives.

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Poetry Foundation @poetry.foundation · 30/07/2026

Was there really any lotus there in the flying-j rest stop or atop my head blossoming into a thousand petals? –Julian T. Brolaski in the July/August issue of POETRY Read the full poem "blue lotus" bit.ly/3SKjPzq #PoemoftheDay

Text on a gray background in red and black text. The red text reads: "Verisimilitude my one pleasure truth-seeming was easier to get into cuz it was everywhere like the sky in its common blue britches like the sea in its common denim." Below, in black text, is the name "JULIAN T. BROLASKI." Above the name is a small black image of a pegasus.

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