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January 15th, 2026
Presenting the collected poems published in all Under 25 Poetry publications. Emerging poets have important perspectives and deserve to be heard.
Under 25 Poetry Collection #1 is edited and designed by Kirk Ramdath. Published by Florencia Bay Books in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada. Nanaimo is located on the traditional and unceded territory of the Snuneymuxw First Nation of the Coast Salish Peoples.
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EDITOR'S CHOICE
January 15th, 2026 in Under 25 Poetry Magazine
Under 25 Poetry Magazine Contest #1 – First Place
Taemong (conception dream)
by Haven Cha
(Seoul, South Korea)
January 15th, 2026 in Under 25 Poetry Europe
Under 25 Poetry Europe Contest #1 – First Place
Dr. Martin
by Ruth Ginsburg Hix
(London, England)
January 15th, 2026 in Under 25 Poetry USA
Under 25 Poetry USA Contest #1 – First Place
Happy Birthday Daniel (Rage Against the Iambic Nature of the English Language)
by Susannah Abel-Zucker
(Northamption, Massachusetts, United States)
January 15th, 2026 in Under 25 Poetry Asia and Oceania
Under 25 Poetry Asia and Oceania Contest #1 – First Place
Dancing in Twilight
by Diya Ujual
(Mumbai, Maharashtra, India)
January 15th, 2026 in Under 25 Poetry Africa
Under 25 Poetry Africa Contest #1 – First Place
My Brother's Anguish
by Christian Emecheta
(Akure, Ondo State, Nigeria)
January 15th, 2026 in Under 25 Poetry Africa
I Grow Mushrooms
by Nerine Richter
(Potchefstroom, North West, South Africa)
January 15th, 2026 in Under 25 Poetry Africa
The Silent Forest
by Alicia Fox
(Newcastle, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa)
January 15th, 2026 in Under 25 Poetry Asia and Oceania
Obstinacy
by Sakshi Bahirat
(Nagpur, Maharashtra, India)
January 15th, 2026 in Under 25 Poetry Europe
what i really want
by Vladyslava Manuilenko
(Vienna, Austria)
January 15th, 2026 in Under 25 Poetry Magazine
Worlds Unknown
by Yasmin A.
(Thornlie, Western Australia, Australia)
January 15th, 2026 in Under 25 Poetry Magazine
Unspoken Words
by Alicia Fox
(Newcastle, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa)
January 15th, 2026 in Under 25 Poetry Magazine
In the Middle of the Bazaar
by Arefa Fatima Khan
(Bhilai, Chhattisgarh, India)
January 15th, 2026 in Under 25 Poetry Magazine
Frozen North Bank
by Su Yun
(Yuncheng City, Shanxi Province, China)
January 15th, 2026 in Under 25 Poetry Magazine
Teardrops
by Delphina Yeboah
(Accra, Greater Accra, Ghana)
January 15th, 2026 in Under 25 Poetry USA
"The Cavity"
by Anna Yowler
(Strasburg, Pennsylvania, United States)
January 15th, 2026 in Under 25 Poetry USA
"There are bones here but" (first line)
by Alina Amin
(Bethseda, Maryland, United States)
January 15th, 2026
"Emptiness, then"
by Aidan Lax
(New York, New York, United States)
January 15th, 2026 in Under 25 Poetry USA
"The screen glows and hums" (first line)
by Rishi Chundury
(Omaha, Nebraska, United States)
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