'Founded in Chicago [United Stated of America] by Harriet Monroe in 1912, Poetry is the oldest monthly devoted to verse in the English-speaking world. Harriet Monroe's 'Open Door' policy, set forth in Volume I of the magazine, remains the most succinct statement of Poetry's mission: to print the best poetry written today, in whatever style, genre, or approach.'
Source: Poetry Foundation website, www.poetryfoundation.org (sighted: 10/02/2010)
'Mission "The Open Door will be the policy of this magazine - may the great poet we are looking for never find it shut, or half-shut, against his ample genius! To this end the editors hope to keep free from entangling alliances with any single class or school. They desire to print the best English verse which is being written today, regardless of where, by whom, or under what theory of art it is written. Nor will the magazine promise to limit its editorial comments to one set of opinions." - Harriet Monroe, 1912' (Masthead, Poetry magazine)
Source: Poetry Foundation website, www.poetryfoundation.org (sighted 10/02/2010)
