Poetry

Poetry East is an international magazine of poetry, translations, criticism, interviews, and art. Poetry East is an independent magazine affiliated with DePaul University, whose support is gratefully acknowledged. The theme of Number 61 is poets writing verse about photographs from their pasts, included alongside the poems.

Poetry East is an international magazine of poetry, translations, criticism, interviews, and art. Poetry East is an independent magazine affiliated with DePaul University, whose support is gratefully acknowledged. List of poets is selective.

More than eighty poems by suburban Batavia poet Jason Sturner (a.k.a. Jason E. Schlismann) under his other nom de plume, "jason e." Subject matter includes love and the natural world.

Ten love poems by suburban Geneva poet Jason Sturner. The poems make much use of imagery from domestic life and the natural world. Illustrations on front and back covers are by Bethany Thompson.

Collection of more than twenty poems by suburban Geneva poet Jason Sturner. Romantic love is a common theme. The cover illustration is by Linus Gog and the concluding piece, "Road," is by English singer-songwriter Nick Drake (1948-74).

Gwendolyn Brooks offers a primer to children on how to start writing poetry, and includes eight of her own poems intended especially for children.

Poems by Gwendolyn Brooks on black identity.

Poems by Gwendolyn Brooks on social conditions in late-apartheid South Africa, using Winnie Mandela as a creative lens.

Poems by Gwendolyn Brooks on Chicago culture and politics, including the mayoral election of Harold Washington.

Poems by Gwendolyn Brooks, treating contemporary racial and political issues.