Timeline
Every poetry & prose release we attribute to the secret poets, charted against Taylor Swift’s albums, music videos, and public milestones. Read down through the years and watch the right-hand column answer the left — or flip the order below.
11 of 48 poet releases landed within two weeks of a Taylor Swift drop (7 on the very same day), and 5 landed on — or the day before — the anniversary of one of her albums.
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connections within a drop’s wake album anniversary
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2006
Oct 24, 2006
album
Taylor Swift
2008
Nov 11, 2008
album
Fearless
2010
Oct 25, 2010
album
Speak Now
2012
Oct 22, 2012
album
Red
2014
Oct 27, 2014
album
1989
2017
Jul 11, 2017
Atticus
Love Her Wild: Poems
poetry
Nov 10, 2017
album
reputation
2018
Sep 4, 2018
Atticus
The Dark Between Stars: Poems
poetry
2019
Jan 27, 2019
Pandora Owl
THINGS WE DON’T TALK ABOUT
poetry
Apr 26, 2019
music video
ME!
Lover
Jun 27, 2019
music video
You Need to Calm Down
Lover
Aug 22, 2019
music video
Lover
Lover
Aug 23, 2019
album
Lover
2020
Feb 27, 2020
music video
The Man
Lover
Jul 24, 2020
music video
cardigan
folklore
album
folklore
Dec 11, 2020
album
evermore
music video
willow
evermore
2021
Apr 3, 2021
music video
The Best Day (Taylor's Version)
Fearless (Taylor's Version)
Apr 9, 2021
album
Fearless (Taylor's Version)
Nov 12, 2021
music video
All Too Well: The Short Film
Red (Taylor's Version)
album
Red (Taylor's Version)
Nov 15, 2021
music video
I Bet You Think About Me
Red (Taylor's Version)
2022
May 15, 2022
June Bates
She Is The Poem: sapphic poetry on love and becoming
poetry
Oct 18, 2022
June Bates
the lavender haze: sapphic poetry on love
poetry
Oct 21, 2022
music video
Anti-Hero
Midnights
album
Midnights
Oct 25, 2022
music video
Bejeweled
Midnights
2023
Jan 27, 2023
music video
Lavender Haze
Midnights
Mar 17, 2023
event
The Eras Tour begins
Glendale, AZ
May 26, 2023
music video
Karma
Midnights
1 poet release in its wake →
Jun 23, 2023
June Bates
mythic blues: sapphic poetry on love and heartbreak
poetry
↳ 28 days after “Karma”
Jul 7, 2023
music video
I Can See You
Speak Now (Taylor's Version)
album
Speak Now (Taylor's Version)
Oct 27, 2023
album
1989 (Taylor's Version)
2 poet releases in its wake →
Oct 30, 2023
anon
The Fate of the Alchemists
poetry
↳ 3 days after “1989 (Taylor's Version)”
Nov 16, 2023
anon
Chrysopoiea (Alchemy Translations)
poetry
↳ 20 days after “1989 (Taylor's Version)”
Dec 20, 2023
anon
This is a sign.
poetry
2024
Jan 12, 2024
anon
The Open Ark: The Treasure box of the Little Peasant (Alchemy Translations)
poetry
Feb 4, 2024
event
The Tortured Poets Department announced
66th Grammy Awards
2 poet releases in its wake →
Feb 22, 2024
Willow Bowery
Tortured Poets
poetry
↳ 18 days after “The Tortured Poets Department announced”
Feb 26, 2024
Annie R'Lve Cocott
For now, she slumbers.
poetry
↳ 22 days after “The Tortured Poets Department announced”
Mar 26, 2024
Pandora Owl
THINGS WE BOX TO NOT REMEMBER
poetry
Apr 19, 2024
music video
Fortnight
The Tortured Poets Department
album
The Tortured Poets Department
4 poet releases in its wake →
Rebecca Woodvale
All’s Fair: Ink and Evidence (Rebecca Woodvale Poetry)
poetry
↳ same day as “The Tortured Poets Department”
June Bates
love & poetry
poetry
↳ same day as “The Tortured Poets Department”
Apr 22, 2024
Erin G. D. Herr
Fragments of a Tortured Poet
poetry
↳ 3 days after “The Tortured Poets Department”
Apr 29, 2024
Noelle Sorensen
Old Habits Die Screaming
poetry
↳ 10 days after “The Tortured Poets Department”
Jul 31, 2024
E. B. Rune
I Wish for You
poetry
Aug 3, 2024
E. B. Rune
Unspoken in my Family
poetry
Aug 20, 2024
music video
I Can Do It with a Broken Heart
The Tortured Poets Department
2 poet releases in its wake →
E. B. Rune
The Story Of Us Vol. 1
poetry
↳ same day as “I Can Do It with a Broken Heart”
Sep 13, 2024
Willow Bowery
Don't Blame Me for What You Made Me Do
poetry
↳ 24 days after “I Can Do It with a Broken Heart”
Dec 8, 2024
event
The Eras Tour ends
Vancouver, BC
1 poet release in its wake →
Dec 28, 2024
Taylor Smith
Shattered Balance: A Novel
prose
↳ 20 days after “The Eras Tour ends”
2025
May 23, 2025
Noelle Sorensen
A Knife to a Gunfight
poetry
Jun 15, 2025
Taylor Smith
Silent Algorithms
poetry
Jul 4, 2025
Willow Bowery
Clownerie
poetry
Aug 5, 2025
Elle Kay Poe
Queer Is Queen: Poems
poetry
Aug 19, 2025
Alison T Woodvale
The Death of a Showgirl
prose
Aug 26, 2025
event
Engagement to Travis Kelce announced
3 poet releases in its wake →
Aug 27, 2025
Ophelia Wood
Life of a Showgirl
prose
↳ 1 day after “Engagement to Travis Kelce announced”
Sep 21, 2025
Allison Christie
The Album of a Showgirl
prose
↳ 26 days after “Engagement to Travis Kelce announced”
Sep 23, 2025
Taylor Lakes
Blurry
prose
↳ 28 days after “Engagement to Travis Kelce announced”
Sep 26, 2025
Atticus
LVOE. Volume II
poetry
Atticus
LVOE.: Poems, Epigrams & Aphorisms
poetry
Sep 28, 2025
Nannaria Swiftaee
The Shiny Bug
poetry
Sep 29, 2025
Erin G. D. Herr
Fragments of a Showgirl
poetry
Oct 2, 2025
Noelle Sorensen
Opalite
poetry
Oct 3, 2025
music video
The Fate of Ophelia
The Life of a Showgirl
album
The Life of a Showgirl
3 poet releases in its wake →
Willow Bowery
A Death of a Showgirl
poetry
↳ same day as “The Life of a Showgirl”
June Bates
supernova
poetry
↳ same day as “The Life of a Showgirl”
Oct 20, 2025
anon
This is good luck.
poetry
↳ 17 days after “The Life of a Showgirl” the day before the 3rd anniversary of Midnights (2022)
2026
Feb 6, 2026
music video
Opalite
The Life of a Showgirl
1 poet release in its wake →
Feb 28, 2026
Willow Bowery
Fan Mail
poetry
↳ 22 days after “Opalite”
Mar 31, 2026
music video
Elizabeth Taylor
The Life of a Showgirl
Jun 28, 2026
Ophelia Wood
Swift Wedding
prose
Jun 29, 2026
Rebecca Woodvale
She Would've Been (Book II)
poetry
Jul 3, 2026
event
Marries Travis Kelce
New York, NY
2 poet releases in its wake →
Willow Bowery
I Do
poetry
↳ same day as “Marries Travis Kelce”
Noelle Sorensen
Something Blue
poetry
↳ same day as “Marries Travis Kelce”
Sep 15, 2026
Atticus
Skinny Dipping in December
poetry
Oct 23, 2026
Willow Bowery
The 20th Anniversary
poetry
the day before the 20th anniversary of Taylor Swift (2006)
Noelle Sorensen
The Debut
poetry
the day before the 20th anniversary of Taylor Swift (2006)
Nov 10, 2026
Taylor Smith
Debutation
poetry
on the 9th anniversary of reputation (2017)
Erin G. D. Herr
Saccharide, Ares, From the Vineyard, North and South
poetry
on the 9th anniversary of reputation (2017)