Articles
The songwriter espoused a personal, hedonistic kind of spirituality.
A poet of Cleveland, Ohio, whose poems reveal the city's visual and musical possibilities in ways that are exciting and complex and strange.
Fifty years after it was published, Elsa’s Housebook remains an intimate photographic document of the literary avant-garde.
She is the punk laureate of working-class Pittsburgh, and her poems are equal part protest and jeremiad.
Poem Guides
Poem GuideBy Austin AllenHow a poem about a rural stone wall quickly became part of debates on nationalism, international borders, and immigration.
Grantee-Partner Profile
WordPlay Cincy creates opportunities for children, teens, and young adults in Cincinnati, Ohio, to fulfill their potential through creative expression.
- EssayBy Walker Mimms
The songwriter espoused a personal, hedonistic kind of spirituality.
Grantee-Partner Profile
One of the first poetry-dedicated publishing houses in the United States, Alice James Books focuses on supporting artists whose voices have been marginalized or who offer overlooked perspectives.
- EssayBy Kevin Prufer
A poet of Cleveland, Ohio, whose poems reveal the city's visual and musical possibilities in ways that are exciting and complex and strange.
- Foundation News
Updates to the Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellowships and the Pegasus Award for Poetry Criticism Application Process
- EssayBy Jackson Davidow
Fifty years after it was published, Elsa’s Housebook remains an intimate photographic document of the literary avant-garde.
Prose from Poetry Magazine
By Francisco Aragón & Laura VillarealWe must be deliberate in considering what we owe each other and how we care for and protect each other.
Prose from Poetry Magazine
By Katherine M. Hedeen & Víctor Rodríguez NúñezReaders must accept being co-creators.
Prose from Poetry Magazine
By Adrian MatejkaAt the end of every year, we’re all thinking of the future, one with the possibility of gentleness and abiding joy.
- EssayBy Ed Simon
She is the punk laureate of working-class Pittsburgh, and her poems are equal part protest and jeremiad.
- EssayBy Joshua Weiner
A poet of the riverworld, from the St. Johns River to the Nile.
- EssayBy Jared Marcel Pollen
On Context Collapse, Ryan Ruby’s vertiginous secret history of poetry.
Grantee-Partner Profile
The Northwest New Mexico Arts Council supports the literary and performing arts, STEAM education, and other enrichment for people of all ages.
- EssayBy Philip Metres
On a poet whose work vibrated with humor, humility, and humanity.
- EssayBy Alexander Wells
The German poet Lutz Seiler has spent his career making song from the ruins of history.
