Internet Resources

Poetry Resources

• American Verse Project
• BBC Poetry: Out Loud ~ Poets performing their own work.
• BBC Poetry: Poetry On Display ~ "A showcase of visual poetry."
• British Poetry 1780-1910
• Chinese Poetry
• Contemporary American Poetry Archive
• The Internet Poetry Archive ~ "The archive will make available over a worldwide computer network selected poems from a number of contemporary poets." Includes: Philip Levine, Seamus Heaney, Robert Pinsky, Richard Wilbur, Margaret Walker, and others.
• IPL Online Literary Criticism Collection ~ An extensive gateway to critical and biographical web sites about authors and their works. Browse by author, title, or literary period.
• Literary Resources on the Net ~ A gateway to scholarly sites. Includes sections for Medieval, Renaissance, Eighteenth-Century, Romantic, Victorian British, 20th Century British & Irish. From Rutgers University.
• Modern American Poetry ~ "A collection of over 150 poets that "includes excerpts from interesting analyses of poems, biographical information, relevant illustrations
• Poetry 180: a poem a day for American high schools ~ Billy Collins, poet laureate of the United States, has compiled a list of poems that can be read aloud to students every day school is in session. Each poem, selected "with high school students in mind," has publishing and copyright information related to it. From the Library of Congress site.
• Poetry and Literature Center of the Library of Congress ~ Offers information on poetry awards and events at the Library of Congress, "cybercasts" of readings by the present poet laureate and previous ones, and a description of the library's Archive of Recorded Poetry & Literature. Also serves as the official site for the poet laureate of the United States
• The Poetry Archives ~ Contains thousands of full-text, non-copyrighted, classical poems from many poets, searchable by author, title, and first line. Searchable, and browsable by author.
• Poetry Daily
• Poets.Org ~ Use this site from The Academy of American Poets to search for poets and poetry, hear poems in the "Listening Booth," and locate information about National Poetry Month, celebrated every April.
• Poetry Portal ~ "Poetry Portal is a directory of worldwide poetry online, a simple-to-use and detailed overview of the fascinating variety of literary productions on the Internet."
• Poetry Society of America
• PSI: Poetry Slam Inc. ~ Information, news, and links about poetry slams.
• Salon.com
• World Poetry Directory ~ A website created and hosted by UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization) following the proclamation of World Poetry Day.