October 2026 packs a lot into thirty-one days for poets — first-book prizes, single-poem contests, translation awards, and a few big travel opportunities all close this month. Below is a curated roundup of poetry contests October 2026 and related calls we verified on official contest or publisher pages. Always double-check guidelines (fees, eligibility, and formatting) before … [Read more...] about Poetry Submission Deadlines October 2026
To Love Thee, Year By Year, By: Emily Dickinson
To love thee, year by year,May less appearThan sacrifice and cease.However, Dear,Forever might be shortI thought, to show,And so I pieced it with a flower now. … [Read more...] about To Love Thee, Year By Year, By: Emily Dickinson
To Tell The Beauty Would Decrease, By: Emily Dickinson
To tell the beauty would decrease,To state the Spell demean,There is a syllableless seaOf which it is the sign. My will endeavours for its wordAnd fails, but entertainsA rapture as of legacies—Of introspective mines. … [Read more...] about To Tell The Beauty Would Decrease, By: Emily Dickinson
Crisis Is Sweet And, Set The Heart, By: Emily Dickinson
Crisis is sweet and, set the HeartUpon the hither side,Has dowers of prospectiveSurrendered by the Tried.Inquire of the closing RoseWhich Rapture she preferred,And she will tell you, sighing,The transport of the Bud. … [Read more...] about Crisis Is Sweet And, Set The Heart, By: Emily Dickinson
How Destitute Is He, By: Emily Dickinson
How destitute is heWhose Gold is firm,Who finds it every time,The small stale sum—When Love, with but a penceWill so display,As is a disrespect to India! … [Read more...] about How Destitute Is He, By: Emily Dickinson
The Treason Of An Accent, By: Emily Dickinson
The treason of an accentMight vilify the Joy—To breathe,—corrode the raptureOf Sanctity to be. … [Read more...] about The Treason Of An Accent, By: Emily Dickinson