Possibly, there cannot be some kind of comprehensive or systematic view of comparative poetry or world poetry but that is not what we are suggesting here. The main idea of this special issue is to encourage distinguished scholars to explore the idea in their own way or to interpret particular examples of the comparative and the global in poetics – that is, the theory and practice of poetry – hence, the debate and the conversation among the articles. These multiple points of view open up discussion in many ways that should prompt others to think and work more in the area. Thus, the issue is an exploration and not some fixed theory of comparative and world poetry. Moreover, poetry matters in its vulnerability, fragility, and alternatives or possibilities. Poems – their writing and their reading – are at the heart of this exploration. Almost all of the contributors to this special issue address poems and pay close attention to them.