PoetryFoundAtion:美国诗歌基金会是一个独立的文学组织，致力于诗歌的历史整理和归档工作，在美国的文化界有相当重要的历史地位，除了归档整理历史诗歌外，还鼓励更多的文人创作新的诗歌。

美国诗歌基金会成立于2003年，该组织是由一个慈善基金会演变而来，1941年发行了诗歌杂志，以扩大和加强在美国诗歌的地位。

he Poetry Foundation, publisher of Poetry magazine, is an independent literary organization committed to a vigorous presence for poetry in our culture. It exists to discover and celebrate the best poetry and to place it before the largest possible audience.

The Poetry Foundation works to raise poetry to a more visible and influential position in American culture. Rather than celebrating the status quo, the Foundation seeks to be a leader in shaping a receptive climate for poetry by developing new audiences, creating new avenues for delivery, and encouraging new kinds of poetry. In the long term, the Foundation aspires to alter the perception that poetry is a marginal art, and to make it directly relevant to the American public.

Established in 2003 upon receipt of a major gift from philanthropist Ruth Lilly, the Poetry Foundation evolved from the Modern Poetry Association, which was founded in 1941 to support the publication of Poetry magazine. The gift from Ruth Lilly has allowed the Poetry Foundation to expand and enhance the presence of poetry in America and has established an endowment that will fund Poetry magazine in perpetuity.