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Winner Christina Daub At Calvert Cliffs K says she likes seeing the native art through my eyes, did not know about the festival in her own town. I nod. One never really grasps a place till someone comes to visit. We laugh at lunch, at Neruda who, after forty years, said he had no idea […]

Read 7 poems from Guest Editor Patrycja Humienik’s Guest Edited folio “On Devotion” from our recent print issue From Patrycja Humienik's folio "On Devotion" in Poet Lore Volume 120 3/4Jane HuffmanA few notes on a composition by Edmond JabésSome words come too close. Limerence, too close. Like mishearing someone’s name three times but being too […]

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Read 5 poems from our recent print issue, which features a folio of work on “Pop Culture and Response” from Guest Editor Hanif Abdurraqib From Hanif Abdurraqib’s Folio on “Pop Culture and Response” in Poet Lore Volume 120 1/2Jenny MolbergTroll Hans Namuth, Elaine de Kooning, 1953To be an artist, you only need a mother: a […]

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Read 5 poems from our recent print issue, which features a folio of work on “The More-Than-Human World” from Guest Editor Kenzie Allen From Kenzie Allen’s Folio on “The More-Than-Human World” in Poet Lore Volume 119 3/4Terri Witek\ /can birds speak with one beak?do birds drop stones in water?will birds leave their dead?how do their […]

From new books to features and prizes, here’s the latest from our contributors! May & June 2025