Kingdom Animalia
“Horses are known to sleep / while standing up, as if their whole life // is a probable war.”
2026 Nature Poetry Prize: Winners & Finalists
Please join us in celebrating these amazing nature poems! Winners were selected by Kimiko Hahn.
Insect Thermometer
“Earth work. Scum in clay pots. The sun booms bass clarinet. A lemon sweats its silence on the / dirt.”
Relic, I cannot cut my way
By Tola Sylvan
“then i am standing outside / your love and it divides / into three neat tent flaps: / lily, lilac, orange.”
Featured Poetry
We are so grateful to every poet who shares their work with us—please enjoy perusing the stunning work in our poetry archive.
Poetry We Admire: Tribute to Late Poets
By Sara Dudo
In this Poetry We Admire column, we highlight the work of poets who have recently passed in 2026, showcasing some of their poems on seasons and transitions.
“November” and “Timshel”
“Like me, you are plunging into the abyss, / head first, scared but grinning, buoyed by // dark currents, the bliss of resolution, / a wild misplaced trust in the underworld.”
California Girls
“This nation, named for the war we wage. / By morning the sun / is a red coin we could mistake / for mercy.”