“Sunset on the Spire”
Elinor Wylie (September 7, 1885)

“Last Night I Dreamed of Chickens”
Jack Prelutsky (September 8, 1940)

“For Sister Gwen Brooks”
Sonia Sanchez (September 9, 1934)

“The Dreams of the Dreamer”
Georgia Douglas Johnson (September 10, 1880)

“The City is Peopled”
H.D. (September 10, 1886)

“Beans”
Mary Oliver (September 10, 1935)

“Summer Morn in New Hampshire”
Claude McKay (September 15, 1889)

“Summer Song”
William Carlos Williams (September 17, 1883)

“Patience”
Kay Ryan (September 21, 1945)

“Affirmation”
Donald Hall (September 20, 1928)

“The Wings of Daylight”
W. S. Merwin (September 30, 1927)

from the archive

A postcard from E. E. Cummings, who passed away on September 3, 1962.

poem-a-day guest editor

I have found it interesting to be in the interstices of language

Read a Q&A with Sawako Nakayasu, our Poem-a-Day Guest Editor this month.

pick of the week

Join Bellevue Literary Review and The Paige Fraser Foundation for the exclusive premiere of the poetry/dance film, Reading the Body: BODY POLITIC, accompanied by a panel discussion and reception. (Sponsored)

2025 Ambroggio Prize: Judged by Giannina Braschi. Submit by September 15.

2025 Treehouse Climate Action Poem Prize: Judged by J. Drew Lanham and scientist Dr. T. Jane Zelikova. Submit by November 1.