Resources: Poetry
The Academy of American Poets
Find poetry exhibits, listening booths of actors reading poetry aloud, and more.
The Book of American Negro Poetry
Chosen and edited by James Weldon Johnson
British Poetry: 1780-1910
A Hypertext Archive of Scholarly Editions.
The Cortland Review: An Online Literary Magazine in RealAudio
Literary magazine with audio clips of poetry
Favorite Poem Project
Robert Pinsky, the 39th Poet Laureate of the United States, founded the Favorite Poem Project shortly after the Library of Congress appointed him to the post in 1997.
The Internet Poetry Archive
Provided by the University of North Carolina Press and the North Carolina Arts Council, this site features works by Phillip Levine, Seamus Heaney, Czelaw Milosz, Robert Pinsky, Yusef komunyakaa, Margaret Walker, and Richard Wilbur.
Out Loud
Poets perform their own work: Seamus Heaney, W.H. Auden, Ogden Nash, Sylvia Plath, and many more.
Poet Links
A listing of links to information about poets from A.E. to Yeats.
Poetry Daily
Anthology of contemporary poetry which each day brings you a new poem from books, magazines and journals currently in print.
Poetry Online
Hear poets read their poems. (from Wired for Books)
The Poet's Write Hand
This site aims to encourage your interest and develop your skill in creating poetry. It provides creative ideas for poets, writers, teachers and students of life, who choose to live creatively, compassionately and poetically.
Reading Poetry
So you have to read a poem and, what's more, understand it. Where do you begin? Ask these questions of your poem, and do these exercises, and you should end up with a much better understanding of any poem.
Representative Poetry On-line
Poetry edited by members of the Department of English at the University of Toronto from 1912 to the present.
What Is a Poem Made Of?
From Ms. Hogue's Web by Dawn Hogue from Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin.