April returns with its winds of remembering, asking us to slow down, to pay attention—to let language do what it does best: cut through the noise, and call us home.
At Wayfarer Magazine, we don’t just celebrate National Poetry Month—we live inside it. Poetry is the way we navigate the world. It’s how we stay tender, even when the world feels unrelenting.
This month, we’ll be lifting up voices that remind us who we are. Some are old friends. Some are new arrivals. All are part of the Wayfarer Books family—poets who have walked their edges and returned with something worth sharing.
We invite you to walk with them. Throughout April, we’ll be featuring excerpts, interviews, and reflections from our forthcoming poetry collections—works that stir, ground, and widen us. They’re not promotions. They’re invitations.
Poetry isn’t a product. It’s a practice. A way of being. And these voices—coming soon—are companions for the road.
Stay tuned. Come hungry. Bring your quiet.
Here are a few of our favorites (new and forthcoming) to get you started.
Here's to the practice.