Poem
Out of Danger
by James Fenton
"Here come the warm days, here come the cold..."
3:00
CREATE. CURATE. CULTIVATE.
IAMG · Poetry Pavilion 2026
Explore Poetry
A secure pavilion for poets, rhyme-makers, haiku writers and authors with unplaced manuscripts — coordinated by the Belle Daves Office and broadcast across IAMG Airwaves.
18 results
Collection
The Long View — Celebrating Generations
Voices responding to a life spent in attentive encounter with the world.
Curated by Belle DavesOpen collection →
USA · 4 min
Poem
Smile of Leeches Perfect Circle
by Jason Allen Taylor
Poem
Revisionary
by Peter Gizzi
5:00
Canada · 3 min
Poem
Wellwater
by Karen Solie
Collection
New Beginnings
Each new year provides an opportunity for us to reflect and consider where and how things will unfold.
Curated by Maggie SullivanOpen collection →
Poem
Small Rain
by Deborah Alma
2:00
Poem
Roshan
by Deborah Alma
3:00
Poem
Disassociation
by Deborah Alma
4:00
Poem
Flock
by Deborah Alma
2:00
Poem
The Death of Children — Ekegusii
by Jane Bosibori Maemba Onsate
"A translation of Richard Berengarten's poem 'The death of children'."
4:00
Poem
Cockle Wives at Penclawdd
by Deborah Alma
3:00
Poem
The Death of Children — Romanian
by Olimpia Iacob
3:00
Poem
The Death of Children — Punjabi
by Nirmaljit Singh
4:00
Poem
The Death of Children — Ukrainian
by Tetiana Savchynska
3:00
Poem
The Death of Children — Dholuo
by Jack E. Odongo Ogombe
4:00
UK · 5 min
Poem
Wordview 2025: I Tell Dad The Pope's Died
by Liz Pearson
UK · 4 min
Poem
Wordview 2025: Ghazal — Too Full of Words
by Matt Barnard
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Launched by IAMG in 1996 as part of the New Voices initiative, the Poetry Pavilion celebrates the role poets play in our culture and affirms that poetry matters. What began as a modest initiative has grown into the largest literary observance in the network — engaging tens of millions of readers, students, educators, librarians, booksellers, publishers, families and poets each year.
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- Display the official Poetry Pavilion poster in your classroom, workplace or community space.
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- Share poems and celebrate the work of mid-career and late-career poets.
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Features
Programs & Activations
30th Anniversary Celebration
Poetry & The Creative Mind
Tuesday, April 22, 2026 · 6:30 p.m. — A virtual benefit reading. Free and open to all registered attendees.
Pocket Day · April 30
Poem in Your Pocket Day
Celebrate by carrying a poem with you and sharing it throughout the day — in classrooms, transit and reader circles.
Letters Series
Dear Poet
A multimedia education project inviting students in grades five through twelve to write letters in response to poems read by IAMG poets.
Heritage Archive
Poetry Pavilion Poster 2026
Each year a poster is commissioned: an original design celebrating poetry's place in our lives. Print this year's copy or explore the archive.
Pavilion Wings
Explore by Form
Featured Letters · 2026
Featured Poet of the Pavilion
You Must Live — New Poetry
An ongoing letters series read aloud across IAMG Airwaves and the Reader Circles. We pair every featured poet with a private editorial circle, a custom 2026 broadcast banner, and a guaranteed on-air slot — coordinated personally through the Belle Daves Office.
Live radio reading
Reader circle Q&A
9-country distribution
Coordination · Belle Daves Office
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Belle Daves personally schedules every Pavilion reading, syncs your slot with the 2026 Broadcast Calendar, and coordinates the reader-circle distribution. No automated queue — direct human curation, encrypted entirely on this domain.
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