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The Poetry Foundation works to amplify poetry & celebrate poets by fostering spaces for all to create, experience & share poetry. Publisher of @PoetryMagazine
61 W Superior St, Chicago, IL
Joined July 2009
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We are proud to announce THE SLOWDOWN, a new poetry podcast and radio feature hosted by U.S. Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith! Learn more and listen on November 26.
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How alone I am, but in music.my desolation is my rejoicing. —Louise Glück (1943-2023).
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The Poetry Foundation and @PoetryMagazine are excited to announce Adrian Matejka @adrian_matejka as the new editor of POETRY! 🎉 🎉 🎉
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Say surrender. Say alabaster. Switchblade. Honeysuckle. Goldenrod. Say autumn. Say autumn despite the green. —Ocean Vuong, whose birthday is today!
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🎊 The Poetry Foundation is thrilled to announce the 12 finalists for the 2022 Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellowships! Thank you to all of those who shared their work with us! 🎊
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Congratulations to @Danez_Smif for winning this year’s @ForwardPrizes for Best Collection! 🎊 #ForwardPrizes
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Please join us in congratulating the five 2023 Ruth Lilly & Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellows, Bhion Achimba, Roda Avelar, Ariana Benson, Chrysanthemum, and Willie Lee Kinard III! 🎉 🎉 🎉 🎉 🎉
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The Poetry Foundation is proud to announce Marilyn Nelson is the winner of the 2019 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize, Naomi Shihab Nye is the 2019–21 Young People's Poetry Laureate, and Terrance Hayes is the winner of the 2019 Pegasus Award for Poetry Criticism! 🎊
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The heart.is a skinny.piece of paper. —Shani, age eleven. What poem would you write on the “skinny/ piece of paper” that is the heart? #NationalPoetryMonth 📚
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We are saddened by the passing of David Berman. Spend a little time with his thoughts on writing in this interview with @travisjnichols.
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Congratulations to Louise Glück on winning the 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature! . Revisit Claire Luchette's interview with Glück on writing process, her 13th book of poems, and why she experiences a ‘kind of grief’ upon publication. [📷 Katherine Wolkoff]
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The Poetry Foundation is proud to announce the 2022 Pegasus Awards winners, including an unprecedented cohort of 11 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize winners! 🎉🎊
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listen little sister.angels make their hope here.in these hills.follow me.I will guide you. —bell hooks
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🎉 Congratulations to the 2020 Ruth Lilly & Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellows:@isaborgeson, @lutherxhughes, @cyreejarelle, @_dariussimpson, & @khatyxiong! 🎉
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To pull the metal splinter from my palm.my father recited a story in a low voice. I watched his lovely face and not the blade. Before the story ended, he’d removed.the iron sliver I thought I’d die from. —2024 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize winner Li-Young Lee
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The Board of Directors of the Poetry Foundation have accepted the resignation of Foundation President Henry Bienen with gratitude for his years of service; it is effective immediately. In addition, Willard Bunn III is stepping down as Board chair.
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. Today I want .to resolve nothing. I only want to walk.a little longer in the cold. —Kim Addonizio with our #PoemOfTheDay for the new year.
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You may trod me in the very dirt.But still, like dust, I'll rise. --Maya Angelou #poemsofresistance #poemoftheday
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It's official—Chicago has its first official Poet Laureate: avery r. young! 🎉🎉🎉. Many thanks to our partners @ChiPubLib and @ChicagoDCASE! #ChicagoPoetLaureate #PoetryMonth
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🎉 Poetry Month is here! 🎉 . With free downloads of @PoetryMagazine, hybrid events, and over 46k poems in our archive, there are so many ways to celebrate!
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"Plato wanted to banish poets from his Republic because they can make lies seem like truth. Shelley thought poets were 'the unacknowledged legislators of the world,' and Auden insisted that 'poetry makes nothing happen.'" [1/2].
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Clara Rilke, great, great granddaughter of Rainer Maria Rilke visited Poetry Foundation today!
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"In poetry we talk a lot about finding a voice," says Srikanth Reddy, "but it has a lot to teach about listening."
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"It’s easy for people to say no to imperfectly rendered plans for the future. But we have to understand that the greatest social transformations in our country came about because people fought for things they had never seen.". —@eveewing to @JulianThePoet
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The 2019 Ruth Lilly & Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellowship Finalists are: @noahbaldino, @fannychoir, Jane Huffman, @miaadrikang, @_joseolivarez, Alan Pelaez Lopez, @JulianThePoet, @Justafknminute, @monicasokwrites, @noahrwarren & Michael Wasson! 🎉
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We are thrilled to announce the 2022 Ruth Lilly & Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellows: Tarik Dobbs @mxrlevant, Diamond Forde, @PoemsandCake, Tariq Luthun @tariqpoems, @TroyOsaki, and Alan Pelaez Lopez @MigrantScribble! 🎉
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We are proud to announce the 2018 cohort of Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellows! Congratulations to @mafiasafia, @HieuMinh, @samsax1, @nascenters, and @speakdeadly!
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We are saddened by W.S. Merwin's passing. Spend time reflecting on his legacy in this collection of his work.
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We are saddened to hear of the passing of Mary Oliver.
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Because I could not stop for Death –.He kindly stopped for me –.The Carriage held but just Ourselves –.And Immortality. —Emily Dickinson, who died #onthisday in 1886.
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Patricia Smith (@pswordwoman) is the 2021 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize winner, honored for lifetime achievement!
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Congratulations to the 2023 Pegasus Awards winners!. 🎉 Kimiko Hahn: Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize. 🎉@ToiDerricotte & Cornelius Eady (@roughband): Pegasus Award for Service in Poetry. 🎉Douglas Kearney: Pegasus Award for Poetry Criticism. Learn more:
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We're seeking several freelance writers to review poetry books and a news curator to aggregate poetry-related news for the Poetry Foundation’s blog, Harriet! Learn more about these independent contractor roles! #freelance #publishing
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We are so pleased to announce that Joy Harjo (whose birthday is today!) is our 2017 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize Winner!
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April is #NationalPoetryMonth and we have so many ways to celebrate. This month's issue is made up of 3 special folios and we'll be posting questions for you about some of the poems in the issue; those posts will be marked with the 📚 emoji. We can't wait to hear from you!
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.@JackieWoodson is the new Young People’s Poet Laureate! http://t.co/Myq5KxkJNy
http://t.co/XjoxkREOvy.
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Don Share, editor of POETRY magazine, has announced he is stepping aside.
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Call for Submissions: Emily Dickinson 1st Book Awd.Seeking manuscripts from poets 40+ years of age for $10K prize
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Hear poetry from @eveewing, @Danez_Smif, @beblk, and others at the Third Annual Chicago Poetry Block Party on Saturday, July 28! Learn more at #CPBP2018
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"There is no such thing as Native American poetry. We are poets who belong to Native Nations. There are more than 573 Native Nations.". —@HeidErdrich on the June 2018 Native Poets issue of @poetrymagazine.
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Resolve to read more poetry, write more openly, and breathe more freely in 2018!
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Percy Bysshe Shelley's "Ozymandias" was published 200 years ago this month. Learn more about the poem that has intrigued lovers of poetry, film, and comic books alike.
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Announcing emergency funding for organizations fighting for social justice, and working to advance racial equity in poetry and affiliated art. Apply now:
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When I am gone what will you do?.Who will write and draw for you?.Someone smarter—someone new?.Someone better—maybe YOU!. –"When I Am Gone" by Shel Silverstein who died #onthisday in 1999.
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In a field.I am the absence.of field. This is.always the case. Wherever I am.I am what is missing. —Mark Strand, who was born #OnThisDay in 1934.
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The CDC Poetry Initiative is calling for poets to submit work that incorporates all seven of the words that the Department of Health and Human Services banned the CDC from using. Prepare your most vulnerable, evidence-based work!
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Your absence has gone through me.Like thread through a needle. Everything I do is stitched with its color. –W.S. Merwin with our #PoemoftheDay
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Congratulations to all of the Ruth Lilly & Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellowships finalists! The 2021 cohort will be announced in September! 🎉
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Elizabeth Acevedo @acevedowrites is the 2022–24 Young People's Poet Laureate, taking over from Naomi Shihab Nye @YPPLaureate.
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"Even when I am confounded by a poem, my world is changed in some way." Roxane Gay on poetry.
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We are proud to announce the finalists for this year’s Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Fellowships. The winners will be announced in September, and we encourage you to get to know all of the finalists’ work in the meantime!
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Congratulations to @JoyHarjo, the new US Poet Laureate! Get to know her work with out Poet 101. [Portrait by @SophieherX]
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The caged bird sings/with a fearful trill/of things unknown. - RIP Maya Angelou. http://t.co/270TcLcc0Q
http://t.co/K7NLJ9cSwe.
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Congratulations to @poetrymagazine contributor Frank Bidart, who is the winner of the 2018 #PulitzerPrize for poetry! Get to know his work with this podcast from the archives.
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We recognize these are unprecedented times for education, and so we started compiling resources for teaching and learning remotely, for all levels. Please explore, share and send us your ideas.
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The Poetry Foundation is proud to announce Marilyn Chin (@poetmarilynchin) as the winner of the 2020 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize and Saskia Hamilton as the winner of the 2020 Pegasus Award for Poetry Criticism! 🎉 🎉 . [📷 Jon Medel]
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“Hope” is the thing with feathers -.That perches in the soul -.And sings the tune without the words -.And never stops - at all -. –Read Emily Dickinson from our series “Together and by Ourselves” #PoemoftheDay
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We're delighted to announce that Major Jackson @Poet_Major will be the new host of @slowdownshow, with his first episode on January 23! 🎉
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Congratulations to the 2019 @poetrymagazine Prize winners: @MonicaYoun, @chen_ken, @johnleeclark, @TAGreathouse, John Hennessy and Ostap Kin, @TsengIsland, Mark Ford, @Vanessid and @alyssanmo!
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On this National Haiku Poetry Day, learn more about the possibilities of the Haiku form, and maybe give it a go yourself.
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Perhaps you consider yourself an oracle,.Mouthpiece of the dead, or of some god or other. –From "The Colossus" by Sylvia Plath, who died #onthisday in 1963. [📷 by Bettmann]
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Current U.S. poet laureate Tracy K. Smith talks to @nytimes about what's she's reading, including collections by @poetrymagazine contributors @eveewing, Layli Long Soldier, and @jennymxie.
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Congratulations to our 2016 Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellows!
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So, it's over. In the pine-crown . he makes his nest, . he's done all he can. —Mary Oliver, who passed away Thursday, with our #PoemoftheDay
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the poet like an acrobat. climbs on rime. to a high wire of his own making. –Lawrence Ferlinghetti who has passed at the age of 101 [📷 Ilka Hartmann]
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"You could give a speech, you could give a eulogy, you could critique, but sometimes just having a moment of silence is profound.". —@eveewing in her interview with @JulianThePoet. [Photo by Daniel Barlow]
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I realized that by devaluing humor, by striving to be a “serious writer,” a deadly serious person, I wasn’t taking myself seriously. —Chen Chen (@chenchenwrites) for the #Harriet blog.
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We’re thrilled to announce new members of the @poetrymagazine team! 🎉 . Please join us in welcoming Cindy Juyoung Ok as host of the Poetry Magazine Podcast and five new magazine readers!
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The Poetry Foundation is proud to announce the 2021 Pegasus Awards winners! Please join us on October 21 to celebrate all of these incredible artists!
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Congratulations to Ed Roberson, winner of the 2016 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize!
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“Beware the Jabberwock, my son! . The jaws that bite, the claws that catch! .Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun . The frumious Bandersnatch!” . —Lewis Carroll, who was born #onthisday in 1832.
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Today is #InternationalWomensDay, and we will be posting eight items over the course of the day to celebrate. We begin with a poem by Lucille Clifton from our #WomensHistoryMonth collection.
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Congratulations to Jericho Brown (@jerichobrown), Toi Derricotte (@ToiDerricotte), Ilya Kaminsky (@ilya_poet), Carmen Giménez Smith (@lizitasmith) and Arthur Sze on being named finalists for the National Book Award in Poetry!
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The Poetry Foundation and POETRY magazine stand in solidarity with the Black community, and denounce injustice and systemic racism. Read our full statement here:
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Read our Open Letter of Commitment to Our Community
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Did you want to see me broken?.Bowed head and lowered eyes?.Shoulders falling down like teardrops,.Weakened by my soulful cries?. –Maya Angelou, who died #onthisday in 2014:
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Poems can expose grim truths, raise consciousness, and build united fronts. Explore our updated collection "Poems of Protest, Resistance, and Empowerment."
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Last night we honored Marilyn Nelson, Naomi Shihab Nye, and Terrance Hayes at our Pegasus Awards ceremony! 🎊(Photo credit: @AP_Images)
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Forget the Emily Dickinson you think you know. Behold, instead, a woman who baked a lot; who was very often funny; and who used a prodigious number of exclamation points in letters to her family. —@MayaCPopa on the letters of Emily Dickinson
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I thought: If T.S. Eliot can add those Western languages, why shouldn't I add lines of Japanese and East Asian literature? Why shouldn't I include my cultural references?. —Kimiko Hahn, winner of the 2023 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize.
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Celebrate Indigenous Peoples' Day with poems from our Native American Poetry and Culture collection [Art by Dyani White Hawk]
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Introducing the 2021 Ruth Lilly & Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellowships cohort: @BByrdlong @stevenespadaw @Mynrhindi @nattyrao @shieh_simon
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Poetry is for lovers! For Valentine’s Day, gift a $20 one-year subscription to a lover, friend, or yourself.
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I have been woman.for a long time.beware my smile.I am treacherous with old magic . —Audre Lorde from "A Woman Speaks," featured in our Women's History Month collection.
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Check out @tavitulle in the July/Aug issue of @poetrymagazine featured in @thehairpin
http://t.co/F37PDvsYdy
http://t.co/oyvbIKSNdX.
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Rest in Purple, Prince. Here is Constance Enslow's "Purple" from @poetrymagazine April 1923
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We are excited to announce that Margarita Engle is the 2017 Young People’s Poet Laureate!
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I am the farthest star.I am the cold of dawn.I am the roaring of the rain.I am the glitter on the crust of the snow.I am the long track of the moon in a lake. —N. Scott Momaday (1934-2024)
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