Grace Matthews

Grace Matthews Social Media Manager Grace Mathews is a poet and educator from Los Angeles, CA. She is currently an MFA candidate at San Diego State University, where she teaches writing. She is a recipient of the Sarah B. Marsh Rebelo Scholarship for Poetry and a...

Annabella Nordlund

Annabella Nordlund Submissions Editor Annabella is a Canadian poet, dancer, and current creative writing MFA student at San Diego State University. She was awarded the 2025 Prebys Poetry and Creative Writing Endowed Scholarship and the Presidential Graduate Research...

Issue 29

Issue 29 This issue of Poetry International features a formidable yet approachable array of work from poets from around the world offered in both the original language and English translation. Readers will find sublime eco-poems from Italy, haunting geopolitical...

Jon Tobias

Jon Tobias Poetry International Digital Poetry Editor Jon Tobias is an artist and poet based in San Diego and an MFA candidate in poetry at San Diego State University. His chapbook, Talking to Ghosts, won the 2023 Quillkeepers Press Chapbook Competition. His work has...

Artrice Bennett

Artrice Bennett Poetry International Online Production Editor  Artrice Bennett is a poet, instructor, and MFA candidate at San Diego State University. She was awarded the 2024 Prebys Creative Writing Scholarship and her poems have been nominated for the Best of the...

Luis Torres

Luis Torres Submissions Editor Luis Torres serves as the Submissions Editor for Poetry International. His poetry has appeared in the Los Angeles Review, Rattle, The Laurel Review, Zone3, The San Diego Poetry Annual, and other magazines. He studied existentialism and...