American Poetry Review May/June Vol. 54, No. 3

• May/June 2025 issue
• Newspaper style format
• Contemporary poetry and literary prose
• In continuous publication since 1972!

Featuring:

• Cameron Awkward-Rich: It Was Not Natural • For the Record • "Cameron, We Know Nothing of Your Inner Life" • Inner Life
• KB Brookins: Tron becomes the Sun • My Father's Teeth • A Moment In Time
• Jen DeGregorio: Landlines
• Kerry James Evans: Kickball Cowboy • Self-Portrait as Peach Orchard
• Sophia Feng: I laughed so hard after performance review
• Jacqueline Goldfinger: Blood at the side of the road
• David Grubin: Stanley Kunitz and the Wilderness of Age
• Barbara Hamby: Ode to My Burning • Ode to the Last Kiss in Venice • Ode to the Lost House • Ode on My Mother's Scissors • Ode on Empty Lots and the Devils in the Bushes
• Luther Hughes: How American • The Good News • With Eyes Closed, An Exhale • Caught in the Middle of a Sigh • Mere Decoration
• Joy Ladin: Past Perfect
• ... and many more!

The world’s most exciting poetry-reading experience, The American Poetry Review is dedicated to reaching a worldwide audience with a diverse array of the best contemporary poetry and literary prose. APR also aims to expand the audience interested in poetry and literature, and to provide authors, especially poets, with a far-reaching forum in which to present their work.

The American Poetry Review has been in continuous publication since 1972 and has presented the work of over 8,000 writers. With a newspaper-like print format, it's an everyday poetry portal you can tuck under your arm and read on the go.