“From the height of the camel, I could see the ruins of Palmyra and a medieval castle on a hill. Present day Wadi Rum in Jordan has no evidence of an ancient civilization in the desert..” Read two #poems by Sandy Feinstein. #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity phillychapbookreview.org/two-poems-by...

Philly Chapbook Review is calling for #submissions of original #poetry between November 1 and December 15 for our Winter 2025 issue and beyond. We also now welcome submissions from #poets everywhere. Full details can be found at the link: phillychapbookreview.org/winter-call-... #callforsubmissions

Editor Aiden Hunt announces Philly Chapbook Review's 2026 Pushcart Prize anthology nominations in this editor's note and provides links to, and a carousel of, the nominated poems. phillychapbookreview.org/december-25-...

Check out our round-up of #poetry #chapbooks published in November 2025 by BUNNY, Anstruther Press, @prolificpulsepress.bsky.social, Rockwood Press, @uglyducklingpresse.bsky.social, Bottlecap Press & Finishing Line Press. #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity phillychapbookreview.org/poetry-chapb...

“Zen poets, past and present, who experience deep absorption in the grandeur of this world may even gain wisdom through the way of poetry, Shidō (詩道).” Read the featured Excerpt #Poem of the Month, along with a few words. #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity phillychapbookreview.org/book-excerpt...

“'You Left the Fridge Open Again' transforms an ordinary domestic moment into a meditation on tenderness and decay.” Read three #poems by Veronica Tucker, along with a few words about "You Left the Fridge Open Again." #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity phillychapbookreview.org/three-poems-...

“...3 weeks of bicycling for groceries with a bandana tied around my nose and mouth informs ‘Red Tide’.” Read the featured #Chapbook #Poem for December 2025, along with a few words from the poet. #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity @newsthatstays.bsky.social phillychapbookreview.org/chapbook-poe...

New #poetry #books from Bloodaxe Books, University of Texas Press, LSU Press, Fence Books, Saturnalia Books, Dzanc Books, Akashic Books, University of Nevada Press, University of Nebraska Press, Tupelo Press & more. #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity phillychapbookreview.org/new-poetry-t...

Philly Chapbook Review is calling for #submissions of original #poetry between November 1 and December 15 for our Winter 2025 issue and beyond. We also now welcome submissions from #poets everywhere. Full details can be found at the link: phillychapbookreview.org/winter-call-... #callforsubmissions

"We wanted something that was alive...will survive...and flourish under the curation of a fresh set of poets." Read the full #interview about the New-Generation African Poets #Chapbook series. @akashicbooks.bsky.social #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity phillychapbookreview.org/a-conversati...

“As I shaped the poem, the olive trees became a witness to a deeper experience—to a region’s ongoing, collective pain. It was the land I wanted to make speak...” Read two #poems by Yasmin Mariam Kloth. #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity phillychapbookreview.org/two-poems-by...

New #poetry #books from b l u s h, Nine Mile, Penguin Random House UK, Indiana University Press, Flood Editions, Milkweed Editions, Yale University Press, @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social, Circumference Books & World Poetry. #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity phillychapbookreview.org/new-poetry-t...

Philly Chapbook Review is calling for #submissions of original #poetry between November 1 and December 15 for our Winter 2025 issue and beyond. We also now welcome submissions from #poets everywhere. Full details can be found at the link: phillychapbookreview.org/winter-call-... #callforsubmissions

Check out our round-up of #poetry #chapbooks published in October 2025 by @lachlanjmcdougall.bsky.social, Texas Review Press, @bullcitypress.com, Bottlecap Press & @finishinglinepress.bsky.social. #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity phillychapbookreview.org/poetry-chapb...

“The sculpture gardens are located on … the native land of the Lenape people. The poem is a conversation between sculpture, land, and its human and more-than-human inhabitants.” Read the #Excerpt #Poem. @ypathak.bsky.social #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity phillychapbookreview.org/book-excerpt...

New #poetry #books from Unsolicited Press, World Poetry, Lavender Ink, Center for Literary Publishing, Curbstone Books, University of Wisconsin Press, @boa-editions.bsky.social, @alicejamesbooks.bsky.social & Phoneme Media. #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity phillychapbookreview.org/new-poetry-t...

"...intended to move readers from an experience of alienation to one of discernment of the liberating qualities of outsiderhood." Read three #poems by @aburack.bsky.social, along with a few words from the poet. #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity phillychapbookreview.org/three-poems-...

“Settling on the mirror form opened the way into the parallels between the original image of the egrets, their reflection, and their ambiguous relationship and the shifting, even reversing, roles of an adult daughter and her aging mother…” #writingcommunity phillychapbookreview.org/chapbook-poe...

New #poetry #books from Texas Review Press, The Song Cave, Clemson University Press, Indiana University Press, City Lights Publishers, @graywolfpress.bsky.social, CavanKerry Press, Green Writers Press, Penguin Books & more. #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity phillychapbookreview.org/new-poetry-t...

Read a note from Editor Aiden Hunt (@aidenhunt.bsky.social) about our new Poetry Readers, the additions of an Issue Archive and a Contributor Fund, Fall poetry submissions, and Gaza. phillychapbookreview.org/november-25-...

Philly Chapbook Review is calling for #submissions of original #poetry between November 1 and December 15 for our Winter 2025 issue and beyond. We also now welcome submissions from #poets everywhere. Full details can be found at the link: phillychapbookreview.org/winter-call-... #callforsubmissions

“While generations born in the U.S. may overlook the dissonance between this country’s high-minded values and its unwavering support of genocidal violence, Akkad brings the insight of the first-generation immigrant.” @aaknopf.bsky.social paidenhunt.com/2025/10/31/r...

New #poetry #books from Airlie Press, Ugly Duckling Presse, June Road Press, Marsh Hawk Press, Guernica Editions, Persea, BOA Editions, Black Ocean, Phoneme Media, Autumn House Press, Book*hug Press, Talonbooks & Omnidawn. #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity phillychapbookreview.org/new-poetry-t...

“In ‘No Breaks’ I was writing about something I hope I never have to experience. … I tried to keep despair at bay and show some defiance and resilience.” Read two #poems by Gerald Yelle with a few words about “No Breaks.” #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity phillychapbookreview.org/two-poems-by...

New #poetry #books from Milk & Cake Press, University of Chicago Press, Belle Point Press, Zephyr Press, @lsupress.bsky.social, Princeton University Press, Omnidawn, @upittpress.bsky.social, University Of Iowa Press & more. #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity phillychapbookreview.org/new-poetry-t...

"There is a muscular intimacy to the ecosystem of these poems, each one of them creating as vivid a world individually as exists in the collection as a whole." Read Gray Davidson Carroll's full review. #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity phillychapbookreview.org/bodies-in-tr...

New #poetry #chapbooks from The Poetry Box, Finishing Line Press, Bottlecap Press, The Bodily Press, Bloodaxe Books, In Case of Emergency Press, Rattle, Cathexis Northwest Press, Green Linden Press & Black Lawrence Press. #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity phillychapbookreview.org/poetry-chapb...

New #poetry #books from Button Poetry, BOA Editions, Hub City Press, Beacon Press, @coppercanyonpress.bsky.social, Nightboat Books, Green Writers Press, Wesleyan University Press, Talonbooks, Alice James Books & many more. #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity phillychapbookreview.org/new-poetry-t...

"It seems such a shame that a beautiful location is just gathering dust and overgrowth, and I wanted to lean into the juxtaposition of that." Read three #poems by Bryana Fern along with a few words about "Women on the Wall." #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity phillychapbookreview.org/three-poems-...

Read the featured #Excerpt #Poem for October 2025 along with words from the poet. #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity @citylightsbooks.bsky.social phillychapbookreview.org/book-excerpt...

New #poetry #books from @lsupress.bsky.social, @deepvellumbooks.bsky.social, @upittpress.bsky.social, Persea, @aaknopf.bsky.social, W. W. Norton, CavanKerry Press, University of Chicago Press & @graywolfpress.bsky.social. #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity phillychapbookreview.org/new-poetry-t...

Read the featured #Chapbook #Poem of the Month for October 2025 along with words from the poet, @dustinbrookshire.bsky.social. @smallharborpub.bsky.social #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity phillychapbookreview.org/chapbook-poe...

New #poetry #books Omnidawn, @lsupress.bsky.social, Tupelo Press, @milkweededitions.bsky.social, Black Lawrence Press, Copper Canyon Press, Autumn House Press, BOA Editions, @scribnerbooks.bsky.social & more. #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity phillychapbookreview.org/new-poetry-t...

"This poem reckons with our capitalist, product-driven society to ask people why disabled stories are only relevant if they portray the 'other' overcoming trauma..." Read three #poems by @makenametz.bsky.social. #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity phillychapbookreview.org/three-poems-...

New #poetry #books from Carcanet Press, Grid Books, Nightboat Books, Brick Books, @juneroadpress.bsky.social, Copper Canyon Press, @deepvellumbooks.bsky.social, W. W. Norton, Red Hen Press, University of Nevada Press & more. #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity phillychapbookreview.org/new-poetry-t...

"[Ram] presents a revealing and heartbreaking collection that asks the reader to think about what they remember the most about those they have lost." Read @carriganak.bsky.social's full review. @fifthwheelpress.bsky.social #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity phillychapbookreview.org/verses-of-mo...

New #poetry #books from University of Iowa Press, @redhenpress.bsky.social, Tin House Books, Persea, @alicejamesbooks.bsky.social, Nightwood Editions, Coach House Books, @boa-editions.bsky.social, New Directions & more. #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity phillychapbookreview.org/new-poetry-t...

"This poem, couched in the conventions of the contemporary sonnet, explores my latest, decisive encounter with a doctor’s office." Read three #poems by Robin Arble along with words from the poet. #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity phillychapbookreview.org/three-poems-...

Check out our round-up of #poetry #chapbooks published in August 2025 by @finishinglinepress.bsky.social, Bottlecap Press, Sybil Journal, Kelsay Books, @driftwoodpress.bsky.social & @weslpress.bsky.social. #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity phillychapbookreview.org/poetry-chapb...

"When I accept that I’m not very smart, mostly just perplexed and a little scared, I write poems about ghosts and circle farms." Read a #poem from Selma Asotić's new #book, Say Fire. #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity @archipelagobooks.bsky.social phillychapbookreview.org/book-excerpt...

“I wondered, if ‘all the world’s a stage,’ what role had I just been assigned?” Read the featured #Chapbook #Poem of the Month for September 2025 along with words from the poet. #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity @scottlamascus.bsky.social phillychapbookreview.org/chapbook-poe...

New #poetry #books from Futurepoem, Contra Mundum Press, @milkweededitions.bsky.social, University of Arizona Press, @coppercanyonpress.bsky.social, Wave Books, Fordham University Press, Black Ocean, Akashic Books & more. #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity phillychapbookreview.org/new-poetry-t...

"Anchored by sensory detail, the poem journeys between childhood safety and adult experience in a canyon town shaped by rivers and monsoons." Read three #poems by Kristiane Weeks-Rogers along with words from the poet. #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity phillychapbookreview.org/three-poems-...

New #poetry #books from @carcanet.bsky.social, Texas Review Press, Station Hill Press, Acre Books, Guernica Editions, Exile Editions, @milkweededitions.bsky.social, Persea Books, @coppercanyoncrafts.bsky.social, Soft Skull & more. #writingcommunity phillychapbookreview.org/new-poetry-t...

Check out new #poetry #books for the week of 8/19 from Black Square Editions, Cardboard House Press, Flood Editions, @blacklawrence.bsky.social, @milkweededitions.bsky.social, Etruscan Press & @redhenpress.bsky.social. #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity phillychapbookreview.org/new-poetry-t...

"Love had made me stronger in a lot of ways, but also showed me the weakest parts of myself that were left crystallized for him to see." Read three poems by Alexandra Meyer along with words from the poet. #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity phillychapbookreview.org/three-poems-...

Check out our round-up of #poetry #chapbooks from Bottlecap Press, @finishinglinepress.bsky.social, @alienbuddhapress.bsky.social, Red Bird Chapbooks, Prolific Pulse Press, Ballerini Book Press & Middle Creek Publishing. #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity phillychapbookreview.org/poetry-chapb...

Check out new #poetry #books for the week of 8/12 from Brick Books, @regalhouse.bsky.social, @faberbooks.bsky.social, @bullcitypress.com, @blacklawrence.bsky.social & @penguinbooksusa.bsky.social. #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity phillychapbookreview.org/new-poetry-t...

Aiden Hunt reviews 'I Ask My Mother to Sing: Mother Poems of Li-Young Lee' edited by Oliver Egger, new and older poems exploring a mother relationship and a family's exile from China. #bookreviews #booknews #poetry #reading @weslpress @PhillyChapbook

"This poem lives in the weirdness of the suburban mall spaces a lot of us grew up visiting (or loitering in!), places that feel like they could be anywhere and nowhere at once." Read a #poem from Max McDonough's #chapbook. @blacklawrence.bsky.social phillychapbookreview.org/book-excerpt...