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.

Poetry

Editor’s Note

The Last Hummingbird of Summer

Lime Tree

A True Dimension of Nothingness

“Mamá decía ‘coronas de novia’”

“Mama said ‘wedding crowns’”

“Pasaban murciélagos”

“The bats arrived”

“Cuando tenía seis años”

“When I was six years old”

Vinegar

Drifts

A Bell Is a Bearer of Time

The Loophole of Retreat, or The Love Below, as Above

He Had a Terrible Childhood

Garbage Man

Forever, It Appears

Release

Of All Things

From “Листи в Україну”

From “Letters to Ukraine”

Sweethearts

It’s Crude

Bent Arrow

In the Land of Milk and Honey

And That Language

Arrivals

Lil Mermaidz

Stunt Double

Smile

Late Night

Savage, or Thoughts on Reincarnation

Residuary

COMMENT

Remembering Saskia Hamilton (1967–2023)

SALIMA RIVERA: A CHICAGO RICAN POET

“I am a Contradiction”: On the Poetry of Salima Rivera

Contradictions

The Drums of Nikai

Lolita

Pilsen

Erotica Sweet

Obituary

Louie the Mongoose—Killer of Snakes

Letter to a Friend in El Salvador

The Crazy Women of Plaza de Mayo

There Are No Ceibas in Chicago

The Sub-Urban Pioneer

Over Billions Served

A Bumper Crop

The Voices at My Ear

Salima’s Audience: A Daughter’s Lens

Notes & Acknowledgments

Contributors

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