Play On Words: Poetry

In an unprecedented collaboration, the Poetry Foundation is partnering with Goodman Theatre to commission a different local poet to respond to each play in the 24/25 season – Susan Booth’s first curated season as Artistic Director. Visit the links below to check out these inspiring new works of poetry.

RECENT POEMS

Betrayal: “I CONFESS” by E. J. Wade

Fat Ham: “Kinfolk“ by Jyreika Guest

Primary Trust: “A Poem” by Victor Musoni

Inherit the Wind: “A Renaissance Polymath (Multitudes)“ by Roy Kinsey

2023/2024 POEMS

The Nacirema Society: “Promise and Conundrum” by Barbara L. McBee

LUCHA TEOTL: “Xochiquetzal” by Erika L. Sánchez

Highway Patrol: “We Make Ourselves” by Lillian-Yvonne Bertram

The Matchbox Magic Flute: “Caregiving“ by R. Clare Singh

The Penelopiad: “Meanwhile, What the Dead Suggest“ by Rachel DeWoskin

Joe Turner’s Come and Gone: “Preface to a Ten Volume Hymnal“ by Ireon Roach

English: “last week“ by Abhi Shrestha

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil: “savanah, georgia“ by avery r. young