The Poetry Box

Welcome to The Poetry Box

Your Partner in Publishing Poetry

“Poetry is what in a poem makes you laugh, cry, prickle, be silent, makes your toe nails twinkle, makes you want to do this or that or nothing, makes you know that you are not alone in the unknown world, that your bliss and suffering is forever shared and forever all your own.” ―Dylan Thomas

Here at The Poetry Box®, we strongly believe great literature is meant to be accessible and enjoyed by everyone. Poetry is all around us. We invite you to share in the experience, to become an active witness to the beauty, the struggle, the joy, the sorrow and the ordinary brilliance of life. Through these carefully crafted observances we call poems, we as humans are led to the well of compassion and invited to get drunk on its language.

As a boutique publishing company, The Poetry Box® enjoys providing a platform for both established and emerging poets and writers to share their work — their words, their imagination, their artistry — with the world. We understand that in an ever-evolving publishing world, a one-size-fits-all paradigm doesn't work for every writer. Therefore, we offer several options to meet your publishing goals and present your work in the highest aesthetic possible, in a book you will be proud to share.

We invite all voices, and especially those that have been historically marginalized or under-heard to submit and partner with us.

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Self Dissection

Self Dissection by Amelia Díaz Ettinger — "Compelling, elegant, and remarkably honest, Self-Dissection is filled with stark, realistic poems that paint an intimate portrait of love, loss, family, identity, and the ever-present need for empathy. In these vibrant poems of nature and biography, Ettinger showcases a true talent for imbuing ...
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The Poeming Pigeon, #13

The “Superstition” issue of The Poeming Pigeon: A Journal of Poetry & Art (Issue #13) is 162 pages featuring poetry by Ellen Bass, James Crews, Andrea Hollander, and Paulann Petersen plus poetry and artwork by 76 poets & artists from around the globe. Cover Design by Robert R. Sanders, featuring art ...
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The Hills Around Are Dust and Light

The Hills Around Are Dust and Light by Karen Gookin —These poems sketch a portrait of the author's growing-up years in Montana surrounded by her wheat-farming father, a busy at-home mother, two older siblings, and a lonely grandmother. Moments of strife and stress return, but here you will also find ...
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Jump Straight Up

Jump Straight Up by Jarold Ramsey —Rushing in as a welcome surprise, these “new late poems” were composed both late in the year and late in the author’s years. In Jump Straight Up, Jarold Ramsey versifies and pokes at an odd knot of themes:  encroaching age overtaking a long wonderful ...
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It’s a Crooked Road, but Not Far, to the House of Flowers

It's a Crooked Road, but Not Far, to the House of Flowers by Wendy Erd —These poems crisscross the Pacific: from an elegy for a forest in Alaska to a magical wish for those living on the streets of Saigon. Time lives differently in this work. Poems layer details of ...
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