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Where to Buy
Poetry of Plants is stocked at 59 licensed dispensaries across Illinois, with the deepest coverage in Chicago, Joliet, Carbondale, Darien, and Elgin. Search by ZIP code or city below to find the closest one, or filter by product type if you are after a specific format.
Market Insights Snapshot
In August 2026, Poetry of Plants concentrated 73.05% of sales in Flower with year-over-year growth of 143.89% but a month-over-month decline of 10.83%, while Pre-Roll held 21.71% share with 30.71% YoY growth and a 13.59% MoM pullback. Concentrates remained a small base at 5.24% share yet posted 158.37% YoY growth alongside a 6.08% MoM increase, contrasting with a brand-level average price decrease of 4.63% YoY and an overall sales increase of 105.80% YoY. The mix points to expansion driven by Flower and Concentrates despite short-term MoM softness in Flower and Pre-Roll, implying the brand is scaling volume through lower average prices and a tilt toward higher-growth subsegments.
These shifts suggest Poetry of Plants is trading breadth for depth: heavy reliance on Flower at 73.05% share paired with a rank of 70 in Illinois Flower signals room to climb the rankings even as Concentrates’ 158.37% YoY and 6.08% MoM gains provide diversification. With Pre-Roll’s 13.59% MoM decline and Flower’s 10.83% MoM decline occurring alongside a 4.63% YoY price decrease, the brand appears to be leaning on price-accessible formats to sustain 105.80% YoY sales growth while seeding a higher-margin foothold in Concentrates, implying a near-term focus on share capture in core Flower and a medium-term push to balance the portfolio toward faster-growing niches.
Competitive Landscape
Poetry of Plants sits at rank #70 in Illinois Flower for August 2026, unchanged year over year at #70 while slipping 1 position from May–July’s #69 to a peak of #68 in July 2026. In contrast, High Supply / Supply held #1 both year over year and in August 2026 despite a −10.1% sales YoY change, and RYTHM stayed at #2 with a +36.5% YoY sales lift, indicating top-tier stability that Poetry of Plants has not matched. Further pressure is visible as The Botanist surged from #29 to #4 alongside a +482.1% YoY sales increase, while Daze Off eased from #4 to #5 with −6.1% YoY sales, suggesting mid-pack reshuffling that leaves Poetry of Plants anchored near the bottom. The pattern implies a stalled trajectory: flat YoY rank at #70 and a marginal 1-position slip versus three months ago signal that without a shift to capture share from rising mid-tier players, sustained upward movement is unlikely.
Notable Products
Cherry Bands Pre-Roll (1g) posted the standout move in August 2026 with a 116.45% month-over-month surge to rank 4, while The Fonz (3.5g) fell 46.85% to rank 8, marking the steepest decline among top items. Heavy Metal Pre-Roll (1g) held rank 1 with a 3.29% lift as Cheesy Poofs Pre-Roll (1g) climbed 40.63% at rank 3, and four of the top ten are Pre-Roll SKUs, signaling a format tilt away from Flower. Dark Ritual (3.5g) slipped 10.89% at rank 2, and Flower SKUs also saw sharper drops with Cherry Bands (3.5g) down 20.11% at rank 6 and Sex Wax (1g) down 44.10% at rank 9, indicating a pullback concentrated in smaller and mid-size Flower packs. The pattern implies Poetry of Plants is consolidating demand in Pre-Rolls, suggesting near-term assortment and promo emphasis should prioritize high-velocity Pre-Rolls over lagging Flower variants.
Top Selling Cannabis Brands
Data for this report comes from real-time sales reporting by participating cannabis retailers via their point-of-sale systems, which are linked up with Headset’s business intelligence software. Headset’s data is very reliable, as it comes digitally direct from our partner retailers. However, the potential does exist for misreporting in the instance of duplicates, incorrectly classified products, inaccurate entry of products into point-of-sale systems, or even simple human error at the point of purchase. Thus, there is a slight margin of error to consider. Brands listed on this page are ranked in the top twenty within the market and product category by total retail sales volume.
