Author Erika L. Sánchez shares why her writing space represents the freedom she always wanted in the Poetry Foundation's series, "Where I Write."
Learn more about Erika L. Sánchez: https://bit.ly/4vql5H0
Video produced by Three Story Media.
Text reads "Submit Your Chicago Poems" above the stylized Chicago flag featuring red stars and blue stripes. A silhouette of Pegasus is at the bottom.
A special issue of POETRY magazine will honor one of our great literary cities: Chicago!
We're calling on poets and writers who have lived in Chicago for around seven years at some point in their lives to submit their poems by May 15: https://bit.ly/42cfEO9
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This Poetry Month, new subscribers to POETRY magazine receive a limited edition notebook as a free gift! 💚
The notebook features a quote and poem by Dorothea Lasky, and plenty of pages for your own poems, reflections, and lies. 🤫
Start your subscription: //bit.ly/48AfTGq
Screenshot of the opening of David Woo's essay.
My thanks to Poetry magazine for publishing 3 poems, "The End of the Visit," "Gay Marriage," and "Innocence," and the essay "Poets of My Age and the Erotics of Influence." Go to the linktree in my bio. @poetry.foundation
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A person sitting and reading near a white stone structure with a small nook containing a plant. The background features a dry, rocky landscape. Text reads: "Linda Gregg during one of her stays in Greece. Courtesy of Louise Gregg."
This is a black and white portrait of a person with long hair, wearing a dark top, centered on a blue background. At the bottom, text indicates the name Linda Gregg, with a reference to the year 1999. The photo is credited to Hal Lum, courtesy of Graywolf Press.
Linda Gregg lived as she wrote, winnowing down life to bare essentials, which, in turn, made space for the visionary to reveal itself.
—David Semanki introduces a folio of poems, photos, and artwork from Linda Gregg in the April issue of POETRY magazine. Explore the folio: https://bit.ly/4mr75Zg
A person with white hair, wearing a dark suit, is seated against a black background. The text above reads: "His unwillingness to stick to the rules of genre has always been evident." Below, it says: "Ben Libman on Michael Ondaatje."
He has never been your typical postcolonial writer of the immigrant experience or the diasporic condition.
—Ben Libman on Michael Ondaatje
Read Libman's essay "Gifts From Forgetfulness:" https://bit.ly/4vuUbO3
Writer and educator Diego Baez reads and reflects on "things that shine in the night" by 2025 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize recipient Rigoberto González.
Throughout April, we're sharing videos of González's poetry. Explore more of his poems: https://bit.ly/4uQYmDs
Video by 5:00 Films & Media 📹
A quote on a blue background: "Every book grants you the language you need to make contact with something you had no idea even existed.” Below the quote, text reads “Dalia Taha, Translated by Sara Elkamel, 'Enter Book'". A small green pegasus silhouette is visible.
Every book grants you the language
you need to make contact
with something you had no idea even existed.
—Dalia Taha, translated by Sara Elkamel, in the April issue of POETRY.
Read the full poem: https://bit.ly/47Fsh7J
Author Erika L. Sánchez introduces us to her writing sanctuary in our new video series, "Where I Write."
Learn more about Erika L. Sánchez: https://bit.ly/4vql5H0
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dreaming
is nursed in
the darkness
—JoAnna Novak in the April issue of POETRY.
Read the full poem: https://bit.ly/3OeFkGz
Books displayed on a table with a bookshelf in the background. Titles include "The Universe in Verse," "Planetaria" by Monica Ong, "Life on Mars," "The Best Place in the World is Right Here," "Poetry of the Universe," and "Good Morning, Space.
Poetry can take you to outer space just like NASA's #ArtemisII! 🌝
If you're in Chicago, visit the Poetry Foundation library to read books from our "Poetry in Space: Books Inspired by the Artemis II Mission" collection. 🌌
For this issue dedicated to first-time contributors, I wanted to evoke the freshness & excitement of a beginning. I started with POETRY's established grid as a foundation, treating it as a framework to build within rather than a boundary to remain inside.
—April POETRY cover artist, Sebastian Pren
Green graphic with an image of an orange Poetry magazine branded notebook. The notebook has the quote, "I'm almost always lying in a poem," on the cover, and a series of 5 pegasuses in various stages of flight. Black text above the notebook reads: Poetry magazine. Practice makes poetry. Subscribe today and receive a free notebook for your own writing.
This Poetry Month, new subscribers to POETRY magazine receive a limited edition notebook as a free gift! 💚
The notebook features a quote and poem by Dorothea Lasky, and plenty of pages for your own poems, reflections, and lies. 🤫
Start your subscription: //bit.ly/48AfTGq
A young Justine Haka poses with a birthday cake at a kitchen table. The image includes text: "This is who connects educators who want to bring poetry to their classrooms. Justine Haka. Education Program Manager"
A young Chris Guzaitis in a blue and white dress. The image includes text: "This is who leads our grants strategy and the info sessions. Chris Guzaitis. Director, Grants and Awards."
Is it time for recess yet? 🪁
A young Rebeca Jurado in pink and white gingham, sitting in a carnival ride. The image includes text: "This is who wants you to submit your grant application by the deadline. Rebeca Jurado. Grants and Awards Associate."
A young Evalena Lakin opening a picture book. The image includes text: "This is who helps you find the book you’re looking for in our library. Evalena Lakin. Library Assistant."
A young Michelle T. Boone in a blue and white dress. The image includes text: "This is who leads us as we work toward a future of poetry accessible to all. Michelle T. Boone. President & CEO."
You asked, we bothered our coworkers. Here are more of the kids we have running things here at the Poetry Foundation!
Aris Kian wearing glasses and a bright yellow jacket with checkered cuffs is pictured outdoors. Text reads: "Aris Kian, 2025 Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellow."
Meet Aris Kian, one of our 2025 Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellows! 🎉
Aris will be reading at the 2026 @omiamifestival.bsky.social on April 10 for the cohort's inaugural reading. Please help us congratulate her! 👏
Learn more: https://bit.ly/48rv9W2
Happy National Poetry Month! Designed by John Ronan, the Poetry Foundation uses layered space and a garden entry to make poetry accessible and present in Chicago.
www.architecture.org/online-resources/buildin...
@poetry.foundation
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On Tuesday, 4/7 at 2 p.m. ET, join the Literary Arts Fund for an online presentation of its field scan exploring a segment of the U.S. nonprofit literary arts sector.
Research shared during this session may benefit literary arts nonprofits’ development efforts.
Register for free: bit.ly/4t96yxd
One way we're celebrating Poetry Month is by revisiting poems by 2025 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize recipient, Rigoberto González!
Explore more of González's poems: https://bit.ly/4uQYmDs
Video produced by 5:00 Films & Media 📹
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Join the Literary Arts Fund for a field scan exploring a segment of the U.S. nonprofit literary arts sector. Free and online. April 7, 2026, 2 pm ET. Register here: bit.ly/4t96yxd
ASL interpretation and closed captioning will be provided. A recording will also be available on literaryartsfund.org.
Green graphic with an image of an orange Poetry magazine branded notebook. The notebook has the quote, "I'm almost always lying in a poem," on the cover, and a series of 5 pegasuses in various stages of flight. Black text above the notebook reads: Poetry magazine. Practice makes poetry. Subscribe today and receive a free notebook for your own writing.
This Poetry Month, new subscribers to POETRY magazine receive a limited edition notebook as a free gift! 💚
The notebook features a quote and poem by Dorothea Lasky, plus plenty of pages for your own poems, reflections, and lies.
Offer available here: poetrymagazine.org/noted
“Literature is in a funding crisis,” writes Adrienne Raphel in our new issue—but a coalition aims to help. Literary Arts Fund, a partnership of seven private foundations, seeks to support literary nonprofits across the U.S. during this increasingly precarious time. at.pw.org/LiteraryArtsLifeline
TONIGHT at 6 PM CT join us as Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize recipient CAConrad unveils the Poetry Foundation's new design series, Bold Type, featuring Conrad’s poem “First Light.” Conrad will read alongside Rickey Laurentiis, Jake Skeets, and S Yarberry. 🎉
Register for FREE: https://bit.ly/3PGBwyd
It was an honest pleasure chatting with Helena de Groot on @poetry.foundation ‘s Poetry Off the Shelf podcast
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On the latest episode of #PoetryOffTheShelf, D.S. Waldman speaks with host Helena de Groot on the left hand, losing his brother, and introducing the most wounded part.
Listen here: https://bit.ly/4c2BPLt
Content note: addiction
Cover of "Poetry" magazine, April 2026 issue. The title "Poetry" is in bold, colorful block letters across six squares against a blue background. A small graphic of a pegasus is in the upper right corner. Pricing details are at the bottom right.
Table of contents for the April issue of POETRY magazine.
Table of contents for the April issue of POETRY magazine.
"The April issue you are holding is populated exclusively by poets making their first appearance in POETRY."
—Adrian Matejka, editor-in-chief, introducing the April 2026 issue of all first-time contributors. 🌷
Read the full issue: https://bit.ly/4c3mcn2
Cover art by Sebastien Pren
Though she's a fool who seeks to capture
The twenty-first fine, careless rapture,
I must go on, till ends my rope,
Who from my birth was cursed with hope.
—Dorothy Parker with the #PoemOfTheDay this April Fool's Day. 🤡
A light green background with the text: "Cells inside you wonder what they get up to when you're asleep..." in bold, brown letters.
A light green background featuring the words “why you wonder so much." in brown text. Below is the name Felicia Zamora and the title "Xibalbá :: Rebirth."
That's a wrap for March! 🌱
Read or listen to audio of Felicia Zamora's Xibalbá :: Rebirth in the March issue of POETRY: https://bit.ly/3PWf30h
Our president & CEO Michelle T. Boone shares a National Poetry Month message on poetry's place in our lives, and how to find it near you throughout April and beyond.🪻: https://bit.ly/41BWDV9
I take inventory in the holy hours & find: we are a transgression
everywhere, beautiful & alive.
—heidi andrea restrepo rhodes with the #PoemOfTheDay on International Transgender Day of Visibility.
CW: transphobia https://bit.ly/4fSA4Rv
