Oxford Poetry

Founded in 1910, Oxford Poetry is the oldest dedicated poetry magazine in the UK, and one of the oldest in the world. Publishing the best new poetry from around the world, alongside poetry book reviews, interviews with poets, and lyrical essays.

Oxford Poetry

GHOST IN THE MACHINE

THE 2023 OXFORD POETRY PRIZE

ESMERINE

IT LOOKS LIKE COMING APART

WHEN WE WERE MAKING OUR DESCENT, SOME ROCK ROLLED INTO MY PATH

A CRAFT TALK ON THE PRAXIS OF AN AUGUST EVENING

ORATORIO

A BUTTON INSIDE A BALLOON • for Cas Holman

SOFT METAL

ARDENTLY LOVE • 愛 滋 佬 (neologism, colloquial, derogatory) a gay man lit. ‘AIDS guy’

THE GHOST OF JOHNNIE TAYLOR, THE PHILOSOPHER OF SOUL, TELLS THE CITY HOW HE AND SAM COOKE LEFT THE COUNTRY, BUT THE COUNTRY NEVER LEFT THEM

DANCING WITH THE RED DEVIL • Nicknamed ‘the red devil’ for its bright colour, the highly toxic chemotherapy drug doxorubicin reddens urine and can cause cardiac damage, tangled neurons, and holes in brain cells.

GUITARS IN ECUADOR

LONDON, SOMETHING LIKE WORK • for Gülşin

GOOD NEWS • Dulwich Picture Gallery, 9 November 2022

LAST TUESDAY

from I HAVE NEVER DISAPPEARED FOR EVEN A SINGLE INSTANT • after Alexis Almeida & Édouard Levé

GHOSTS IN THE HAYSTACKS • TERRANCE HAYES · So to Speak Penguin Books, 2023

THE SIGN

FLUOXETINE [20 MG]

THE BOY WHO SNORTED MOUNTAINS • for Brian Gyamfi after Shangyang Fang and Dean Young

THE KEY: JOHNNIE TAYLOR'S GHOST WRITER SPEAKS

BAG OF MICE

NEW WORLD

NORTH SCAR

CORRADO GOVONI, TR. CHIARA SALOMONI

THE PITCH

THE CASHEW • MARY RUEFLE · The Book Wave Books, 2023

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