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The Poetry Foundation transforms lives through the power of words. Publisher of @PoetryMagazine
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    Poetry Foundation
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    Nov 27, 2024
    We are no longer posting new content here on X. We appreciate our followers and hope to continue connecting with you on Facebook, Instagram, and/or LinkedIn. Sign up for our newsletters and connect on social: poetryfoundation.org/newsletter Thanks for your support!
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    Jul 3, 2023
    Minnie Bruce Pratt (1947-2023) bit.ly/3rgXf3w
    Temporary Job BY MINNIE BRUCE PRATT Leaving again. If I didn’t care, I wouldn’t be grieving. The particulars of place lodged in me, like this room I lived in for eleven days, how I learned the way the sun laid its palm over the side window in the morning, heavy light, how I’ll never be held in that hand again.
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    Jul 9, 2023
    Today is the 40th anniversary of the first open-heart surgery. #PoemOfTheDay bit.ly/3NTdhJO
    [i carry your heart with me(i carry it in] BY E. E. CUMMINGS i carry your heart with me(i carry it in my heart)i am never without it(anywhere i go you go,my dear;and whatever is done by only me is your doing,my darling) i fear
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    Poetry Foundation
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    Oct 2, 2018
    We are proud to announce THE SLOWDOWN, a new poetry podcast and radio feature hosted by U.S. Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith! Learn more and listen on November 26. poet.ly/3Sbj30m43NQ
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    Oct 13, 2023
    How alone I am, but in music my desolation is my rejoicing. —Louise Glück (1943-2023) bit.ly/3FeqKaf
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    Apr 26, 2022
    The Poetry Foundation and @PoetryMagazine are excited to announce Adrian Matejka @adrian_matejka as the new editor of POETRY! 🎉 🎉 🎉 bit.ly/3vdln6S
    Red and black text “Poetry Editor - Adrian Matejka” with abstract red swirls and gray dots. Matejka’s headshot is black-and-white with him, a man with close-cropped hair, wearing a suit jacket and a pendant necklace; he smiles slightly.
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    Poetry Foundation
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    Oct 14, 2018
    Say surrender. Say alabaster. Switchblade. Honeysuckle. Goldenrod. Say autumn. Say autumn despite the green —Ocean Vuong, whose birthday is today! poet.ly/oagD30mcVY1
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    Poetry Foundation
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    Aug 1, 2022
    🎊 The Poetry Foundation is thrilled to announce the 12 finalists for the 2022 Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellowships! Thank you to all of those who shared their work with us! 🎊 bit.ly/3zKA6se
    Black text on a white background. 2022 Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellowship Finalists Gabrielle Bates Tianna Bratcher Tarik Dobbs Diamond Forde torrin a. greathouse Ae Hee Lee Tariq Luthun Peter Mason Cindy Juyoung Ok Troy Osaki Alan Pelaez Lopez Julian Randall +++
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    Poetry Foundation
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    Sep 18, 2018
    Congratulations to @Danez_Smif for winning this year’s @ForwardPrizes for Best Collection! 🎊 #ForwardPrizes poet.ly/1u6B30lSk3k
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    Poetry Foundation
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    Aug 22, 2023
    Please join us in congratulating the five 2023 Ruth Lilly & Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellows, Bhion Achimba, Roda Avelar, Ariana Benson, Chrysanthemum, and Willie Lee Kinard III! 🎉 🎉 🎉 🎉 🎉 bit.ly/45yqn5X
    Graphic featuring headshots of Ariana Benson, Roda Avelar, Bhion Achimba, Willie Lee Kinard III, and Chrysanthemum with text reading "2023 Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellowships" with the Poetry Foundation logo.
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    Poetry Foundation
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    May 7, 2019
    The Poetry Foundation is proud to announce Marilyn Nelson is the winner of the 2019 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize, Naomi Shihab Nye is the 2019–21 Young People's Poetry Laureate, and Terrance Hayes is the winner of the 2019 Pegasus Award for Poetry Criticism! 🎊 bit.ly/2DPUydF
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    Poetry Foundation
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    Apr 27, 2018
    The heart is a skinny piece of paper. —Shani, age eleven What poem would you write on the “skinny/ piece of paper” that is the heart? #NationalPoetryMonth 📚 poet.ly/mURf30jgOlW
    Text of the poem "The Love" by Shani, age 11. Full poem after link.
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    Poetry Foundation
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    Aug 8, 2019
    We are saddened by the passing of David Berman. Spend a little time with his thoughts on writing in this interview with @travisjnichols. bit.ly/2ScwMyP
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    Poetry Foundation
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    Oct 8, 2020
    Congratulations to Louise Glück on winning the 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature! Revisit Claire Luchette's interview with Glück on writing process, her 13th book of poems, and why she experiences a ‘kind of grief’ upon publication. bit.ly/34FmCNJ [📷 Katherine Wolkoff]
    Profile photo of Louise Glück in front of trees.