Poetry International

Poetry International is now a quarter of a century old 🎂✨ Our deepest gratitude to contributors, readers, and staffers far and wide, current and past, here and beyond. We celebrate you always. Check out our 25th anniversary issue here: poetryinternationalonline.com/25th-anniversa…

Submissions for The Cavafy Prize are now open!  Each year, the Cavafy Prize is awarded for a single poem. We welcome poems of any length and topic from both established and emerging poets. Simply send us your best work. learn more & submit here: poetryinternationalonline.com/cavafy-prize/

Here there are no longer birds or fish. The dead are buried without flowers. Our hearts, too, have dried up. We have no more love. Lêdo Ivo from "Image of the Desert" Full version in Issue #29 of Poetry International! shop.ingramspark.com/b/084?params=r…

Nature is a heavy lesson to bear. She says we are not all alike and we all have the right to seek her greatest bounty, love. Paola Loreta from "At Tezzi" More in Issue #29 of Poetry International: shop.ingramspark.com/b/084?params=r…

Remove the name and love will still remain, as will you and I - even in death, even if only as myth Ana Luísa Amaral from "What's in a name" More like this in the 29th edition of Poetry International. Grab a discounted copy from our website today! shop.ingramspark.com/b/084?params=r…

Join us for a public reading on 5/7 at 7PM in Love Library, Room 430 from writers featured in the “Sunshine/Noir III: Writing from San Diego and Tijuana” literary anthology. Can’t make it? More details about free events here: mfa.sdsu.edu/community/livi…

humbled + happy to share the most comprehensive profile ever published on my literary work--and in @PoetryIntl--one of my favorite journals!

TOMORROW NIGHT! Join us on April 30th at 7 PM as author Janie Kim reads excerpts from her debut novel, “We Carry the Sea in Our Hands.” Can’t make it? Find more details about additional free Living Writers’ Events here! mfa.sdsu.edu/community/livi…

Have you ever wanted to travel the world without leaving your room? Introducing our 29th edition of Poetry International! Read a variety of diverse poets and translators to get a taste of poems from around the world. Now discounted on the website! shop.ingramspark.com/b/084?params=r…

Join poet CD Eskilson for a reading on 4/23 at 7PM. They will be reading from their upcoming debut poetry collection, “Scream / Queen.” Don’t miss out on this free public event at SDSU’s Love Library, Rm 430! More info here: mfa.sdsu.edu/community/livi…

Coffee is like sex: it shouldn’t be too hot, which is a mistake some people make: it shouldn’t be so hot you can’t enjoy it right away, because you shouldn’t have to wait for it. Or cold, cold’s good too, with lots of ice. Christopher Cunningham from “Coffee is Like Sex” PI 12

Join poet Lynne Thompson on 04/16 at 7PM in SDSU’s Love Library Rm 430 where she will read from her latest collection “Blue on a Blue Palette.” This event is free and open to the public! More information about the Living Writers’ Series can be found here: mfa.sdsu.edu/community/livi…

She pretended to be an orchid with purple blossoms, breathing in the humid air. Her perfume lingered, but I didn’t dare touch her because her branch was frail and her blossoms would fall. Jeff Friedman from “Pretenders” PI 18-19

“I walk from one memory held on my arm to another told like the sea.” New poems by Jill Jones now featured on PI Online! Discover them here: poetryinternationalonline.com/a-warm-day/

“He made you into a crematory of guilt. / When he feeds you, you speak and instantly are more famished.” Aleš Šteger from “Bread” transl. Brian Henry poetryinternationalonline.com/alphabet-soup/

Join award-winning poet Lynne Thompson on 4/16 at 7PM in SDSU’s Love Library Rm 430 where she will read from her latest collection “Blue on a Blue Palette.” This event is free & open to the public! More information about the Living Writers’ Series here: mfa.sdsu.edu/community/livi…

Almost forgot to share: thank you to @PoetryIntl for accepting my poem "Abandon" for online publication! Read it here: poetryinternationalonline.com/abandon/

Congrats to our 2024 Winter Chapbook Competition winner: Carlos Andrés Gómez’s “Circling Fatherhood” 📖❄️✨ “Circling Fatherhood” will be featured in an upcoming edition of PI! Read more about Gómez & our chapbook competitions here: poetryinternationalonline.com/chapbooks/

✨✏️ Congratulations to John Okrent, winner of the 2024 PI Prize (selected by judge Rick Barot) for his poem “Scrub Pine.” Okrent’s “Scrub Pine” will appear in an upcoming issue of Poetry International. More on Okrent & the PI Prize here: poetryinternationalonline.com/pi-prize/

Join poet Matthew Zapruder on 3/12 at 7PM for a reading from his most recent collection, “I Love Hearing Your Dreams.” This event is free and open to the public. More on Zapruder & The Living Writers’ Series here: mfa.sdsu.edu/community/livi…

Author Kathryn Ma will be a part of The Living Writers Series tonight at 7PM via Zoom. She will read from her most recent novel, “The Chinese Groove.” This event is free and open to the public. More details here: mfa.sdsu.edu/community/livi…