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.

EDITORIAL

Editor’s Note

I am asked a question.

I Was Not, Among My Kind, Distinctive

Kahkaha

Laughter

Yolculuk

The Journey

Bulutlar

Clouds

Between

Farmers’ Market

Pentimento

Deus ex Machina: A Ghazal

Von der Tierseele

Of the Animal Soul

Trotzdem

Nevertheless

The Year My Father Died

Mass

On form

The Orphanage

Dearest

The Kiss

Negligence

When My Beloved Proenza Schouler Tries to Sell Lei for $1,500

The Cairn

the abduction

Prelude, Christmas

Ein Tag im Exil

A Day in Exile

Aber

However

Fremde

Strangers

An Improvement in Stairs

Lay It Bare

What Draws Us Together

Inclement Weather

JAYNE CORTEZ: I IMITATE NO ONE

Firespitter: On Jayne Cortez

Ornette

Dinah’s Back in Town

Hungry Love

Untitled

How Long Has Trane Been Gone

Collage for Romare Bearden

I Am New York City

Saturdays

Libations

I Remember

Acknowledgments

HARD FEELINGS

On Contempt: I Want to Be Liked

On Pettiness: About Those Flying Buttresses

On Irritation: Itching, Scratching, Swelling

Contributors