“Self-Portrait as 70s Childhood”
Alison Pelegrin

“Some Madness There”
Charlotte Pence

“Circe’s Love Song”
Georgia A. Popoff

“Love Poem Starting and Ending with Couplets Borrowed From the First Book on Electric Lighting”
Jean Prokott

“Another Poem About a Mountain”
Joseph Rios

“Let It Be So”
Lois Roma-Deeley

“In the World”
Emily Schulten

“Green Tomatoes in Fire Season”
Tess Taylor

“Pandemic: While home is an outbreak, we pass a graveyard”
Arianne True

“The Dead Teach Me Grounding Techniques”
Kerri Webster

“her aint even at de funeral”
avery r. young

from the archive

(Left to right): W. S. Merwin, Paula Merwin, and May Swenson

august birthdays

“Ramallah,” Bei Dao (August 2)
“To Dorothy,” Marvin Bell (August 3)

“[American Journal],” Robert Hayden (August 4)
“August Moonrise,” Sara Teasdale (August 8)
“Home is so Sad,” Philip Larkin (August 9)

“Tears in Sleep,” Louise Bogan (August 11)
“Day-Dreams,” Dorothy Parker (August 22)
“Les Cloches,” Guillaume Apollinaire (August 26)

enjambments interview

Poetic form is material, and the reading of a poem is always an embodied act.

Read the latest interview with Ava Nathaniel Winter on Transgenesis (Milkweed Editions, 2024), selected by Sean Hill for the 2023 National Poetry Series.

pick of the week

On Thursday, August 22, visit the Guggenheim Museum for Late Shift, where you’ll explore current exhibitions and the collection galleries after hours, participate in thoughtfully curated interactive experiences, and enjoy refreshments with friends at a cash bar in Frank Lloyd Wright’s iconic rotunda. Come by between 5:30–8 p.m., 1071 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10128. (Sponsored)

2025 Ambroggio Prize: $1,000 publication prize given for a book-length poetry manuscript originally written in Spanish and with an English translation. Giannina Braschi will judge. Read the full guidelines and apply by September 15.

2025 Academy of American Poets First Book Award: Winner receives $5,000, publication by Graywolf Press, and a six-week residency at the Civitella Ranieri Center. Former Chancellor Alberto Ríos will judge. Apply here by September 1.