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About Me

Born in Chicago in 1912, I am the organization which publishes the oldest monthly devoted to verse, Poetry magazine.

PoetryFoundation.org is a leading website for American poetry. We reach a broad audience of readers both within and outside the poetry world who come to read an article about poets and poetry or search for a poem in our comprehensive archive of more than 4,500 poems by more than 500 classic and contemporary poets, including content from Poetry magazine.

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My Interests

Growing our website's wonderful Poetry Tool, which lets users browse our huge (and fast-growing) archive of poems organized by poet, title, subject, and theme. Recent features on PoetryFoundation.org have included Poetry Valentines, an interview with Gary Snyder, and an ongoing series about poet's obsessions/collections.

Also: poetry in and outside of the literary canon, live readings, poetry podcasts, poets' blogs, poetry bestseller lists...

I'd like to meet:

Men and women of, and not of, letters.

Music:

Poetry Foundation Podcasts on http://www.poetryfoundation.org/features/audio.html

Books:

Does Poetry magazine count?

Heroes:

Harriet Monroe, my founder

My Blog

Check out the latest Poem as Comic Strip

Graphic novelist Jeffrey Brown tackles a poem by Russell Edson right here.
Posted by PoetryFoundation.org on Tue, 29 May 2007 12:09:00 PST

PoetryFoundation.org won a Webby!

The Webby Awards, the leading international honor for the Web, today named PoetryFoundation.org for the Best Association website of 2007 (the judges award). The work is produced by the Web team at Poe...
Posted by PoetryFoundation.org on Tue, 01 May 2007 08:17:00 PST

What does ambition mean in the field of poetry?

A recent post on our Harriet blog. For the rest of the post and other intriguing topics in poetry & letters, see:http://poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2007/04/the_end_of_h istory.html#moreKenneth Goldsmi...
Posted by PoetryFoundation.org on Mon, 30 Apr 2007 08:20:00 PST

Recently on our site: "The Sun Rising" is so romantic it is almost hard to read.

Reading Guide: John Donne "The Sun Rising" is so romantic it is almost hard to read. by Stephen Burt John Donne (1572-1631) wrote a prose work called Paradoxes and Problems, and his l...
Posted by PoetryFoundation.org on Wed, 25 Apr 2007 08:25:00 PST

PF.org nominated for a Webby!

Poetryfoundation.org has been nominated for a Webby! Please vote for us, right here: Webby Award Voting.Registration is very easy. We thank you for being a part of our site....
Posted by PoetryFoundation.org on Fri, 20 Apr 2007 08:57:00 PST

Happy Valentine's Day!

Welcome. Check out my Valentine's Day poems and podcasts.Love Poems for Valentine's DayAudio Valentines:Download Jane Hirshfield reading her poem "Heat." And here's Ralph Angel reading "This."Need mor...
Posted by PoetryFoundation.org on Fri, 09 Feb 2007 08:56:00 PST