Poetry (magazine)

Poetry
April 2008 cover
EditorAdrian Matejka
Former editorsHarriet Monroe (1912–36)
Morton Dauwen Zabel (1936–37)
George Dillon (1937–42)
(group) (1942–49)
Hayden Carruth (1949–50)
Karl Shapiro (1950–55)
Henry Rago (1955–69)
Daryl Hine (1969–77)
John Frederick Nims (1978–83)
Joseph Parisi (1983–2003)
Christian Wiman (2003–13)
Don Share (2013–20)
(guest editors) (2020–22)
CategoriesPoetry
FrequencyTen times annually
Circulation30,000
FounderHarriet Monroe
First issueOctober 1912 (1912-10)
CompanyThe Poetry Foundation
CountryUnited States
Based inChicago, Illinois, U.S.
LanguageEnglish
WebsitePoetry Magazine
ISSN0032-2032

Poetry (founded as Poetry: A Magazine of Verse) has been published in Chicago since 1912. It is one of the leading monthly poetry journals in the English-speaking world. Founded by poet and arts columnist Harriet Monroe, who built it into an influential publication, it is now published by the Poetry Foundation. In 2007 the magazine had a circulation of 30,000, and printed 300 poems per year out of approximately 100,000 submissions. It is sometimes referred to as Poetry—Chicago.

Poetry has been financed since 2003 with a $200 million bequest from philanthropist and Lilly heiress, Ruth Lilly.