Especially for Readers - Poetry

 

Academy of American Poets

http://www.poets.org 

Features information about National Poetry Month as well as awards, essays, exhibits, news, programs, and more.

 

American Verse Project

http://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/amverse 

A searchable archive of American poetry prior to 1920.  You can, for example, find the texts of all the poems by Emily Dickinson in which she mentions bees.

 

Archipelago

http://www.archipelago.org 

This online journal features contemporary poetry, fiction, and more. 

 

Gale Free Resources: Poet’s Corner

http://gale.cengage.com/free_resources/poets/index.htm 

Biographies, a timeline, and (best of all), frequently studied poems and concise discussions of concepts underlying them; with a glossary of literary terms, information on writing term papers, and other features.

 

Guide to Poetry & Literature Webcasts

http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/webcasts/a-i.html 

Prepared by the Library of Congress, this list features links to podcasts of many poets.

 

Modern American Poetry: The Poets

http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets.htm 

A richly diverse array of writers, with a sampling of their poems along with biography and criticism, this site is a companion to The Anthology of Modern American Poetry.

 

MPR's The Writer's Almanac

http://writersalmanac.publicradio.org 

Literary history, with a poem for every day from 1995 to date, as well as literary links.

 

New Jersey Poets and Poetry

http://njpoetspoetry.blogspot.com

Poetry events listings, photos, and information about upcoming poetry festivals.

 

Poetry

http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/litlinks/Pages/Main.aspx 

For over 60 poets: biographical information and links to excellent Web sites.

 

Poetry Archive

http://www.poetryarchive.org/poetryarchive/home.do 

Read and listen to great poets of the English language. With comments by authors, interviews, lesson plans. Searchable by author, title, and genre.

 

Poetry Archives 

http://www.emule.com/poetry 

Locate thousands of classical poems, discussion forums, or read a random poem.

 

Poetry Foundation

http://www.poetryfoundation.org/

Find a poem by category, occasion, or first line, locate poetry events, podcasts, and more.

 

Poetry International

http://tinyurl.com/24rtr5 

A "worldwide forum for poetry on the Internet...with news, reviews, essays, interviews and discussion, but, first and foremost, hundreds of poems by acclaimed modern poets from all around the world, both in the original language and in English translation."

 

Poetry 180: A Poem a Day for American High Schools

http://www.loc.gov/poetry/180 

Former Poet Laureate Billy Collins assembled this beautiful collection, one for every day of the typical school year. Not for teens only.

 

Poetry -- Poetry Literature Resources and Resources for Poets

http://www.writerswrite.com/poetry 

A nearly comprehensive directory.

 

Poetry Project at St. Mark's Church

http://www.poetryproject.com 

Some of the best new poetry can be read here. See also the calendar of events so that you can hear the poets read their own work.

 

Poets’ Corner

http://www.theotherpages.org/poems 

Named for the memorial section of Westminster Abbey, Poets’ Corner provides author, title, and subject indexes, biographies, references, and links, with an emphasis on the traditional canon of English and American literatures.

 

Representative Poetry On-Line

http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/display/index.cfm 

A collection of over 2,000 poems by approximately 300 poets who wrote from the medieval period into the early years of the twentieth century.

 

Voices and Visions: Poets in Person 

http://www.learner.org/resources/series57.html 

Aimed at teachers and students but great for every reader of Bishop, Crane, Dickinson, Eliot, Frost, Hughes, (Robert) Lowell, Moore, Stevens, Whitman, and Williams. 

 

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