Prose from Poetry Magazine

From 100 Years

Blessings, lullabies, and prayers in the last century of Poetry magazine.

BY The Editors

Originally Published: February 01, 2012

In the course of reading poems to include in an upcoming centennial anthology of work from our pages, we found ourselves appreciating more poems than could be included in the book. Throughout the coming year, we will feature selections from past issues that illuminate current content, but won’t appear in The Open Door: One Hundred Poems, One Hundred Years of Poetry Magazine. What follows are poems that dovetail with this month’s prose section, “One Whole Voice.”

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