About

12 Poets was created by Jeff Santosuosso and Lenny DellaRocca to feature 12 poets per issue. Our desire is for our audience to read and enjoy every poem in every issue. Beyond that, we recognize and applaud the rich variety of the poetry world. Our tastes and preferences reflect this abundance. 

Co-Editors Lenny and Jeff have been collectively publishing poetry for decades. Initially, we expect 3 issues/year with the potential to expand to quarterly.  We intend to nominate for the Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net. You can find us on Facebook and Instagram, along with the site itself. Please share 12 Poets with your friends! We appreciate your support and patronage. 

Submitters, please review our Guidelines. We look forward to reading your work and publishing some remarkable and stimulating poetry. 

Thanks for visiting 12 Poets! See you soon. 

Lenny DellaRocca is retired and lives in Delray Beach, Florida. His latest collection, Pandemonium won the 2025 Slipstream Poetry Competition. His poetry has appeared in many literary magazines since 1980.

Jeff Santosuosso is a business executive lives in Delaware with his wife and a houseful of pets. He’s the former Editor-in-Chief of Panoply (panoplyzine.com). Jeff’s poetry chapbook, Body of Water, was published by Clare Songbirds Publishing House. He’s an award-winning two-time nominee for the Pushcart Prize, with work published in over 60 publications worldwide. You can find him on Facebook.