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  • "Poetry"
    Marianne Moore's famous poem.
  • A Poetry-Lover's Guide to the World Wide Web
    "90 great poems expressing love, tenderness, despair, wistfulness, rage; 65 links to other web poetry collections and guides." A personal website, somewhat disorganized, but very eclectic and also large, with links to numerous online texts and resources.
  • Archflambeoth
    The Dreamworld created by Sparrow Hawk,The Master Storyweaver. It includes mainly Prose, Poetry, and Stories, but it is a good place to visit regardless of what you wish to find on your journey.
  • Aristotle's Poetics
    Heavily annotated--with hypertext--translation at the online Perseus Project's website.
  • Bad Poetry
    An introduction to bad poetry, though not necessarily by bad poets, with texts of various exemplary poems. As selected and annotated by Professor Seamus Cooney.
  • Book Stacks' 1997 Poetry Exhibit
    A website created at Books.com for the celebration of National Poetry Month in 1997. Includes numerous onsite resources related to poetry, including the texts of poems by various authors, bibliographical material, and suchlike, as well as many links to further offsite resources.
  • Burning Press
    ". . . experimental/avant guard/exploratory poetry, visual literature, audio art, and intermedia, using any means necessary to forward the language arts . . . ."
  • Comprepoetica
    ". . . officially opened 12 October 1997. At the heart of it is a survey form for poets, critics, editors, publishers and readers of poetry. Its main purpose is to provide data for the biographical entries in the Comprepoetica Dictionary of Contemporary American Poetry, Poetics and Poets, which will eventually be published by the Runaway Spoon Press . . . ."
  • DayTips' Poem-a-Day
    "From Walt Whitman to Carolyn Forche, we send a poem by exceptional poets (with brief bio and commentary) to your e-mail in-box daily Monday through Friday." The service is ad-supported and free.
  • Electronic Poetry Center
    The "Electronic Poetry Center" at SUNY Buffalo.
  • English 88
    Website based on the University of Pennsylvania's online poetry course--includes lists of poetic terms as well as links to online poetry resources.
  • EnviroArts
    Emphasizes the literary and visual arts in relation to nature, with poetry and essays by contemporary authors (culled mostly from the pages of Orion and Orion Afield magazines--which co-sponsor this site) and information on historic naturalism and naturalist literature.
  • Erin's Poetry Palace
    A personally-built website devoted to poetry, these pages include several sections devoted to specific poets, a large selection of texts of favorite poems , essays on the reading, study and discussion of poems, and a small but discriminating selection of links to poetry-related websites on the 'net.
  • Favorite Poem Project
    "The Favorite Poem Project is an invitation to all Americans to send along a favorite poem, along with a short paragraph describing the reasons for choosing it. The emphasis is on the poetic inclinations of ordinary people."
  • Fooling With Words With Bill Moyers
    This two-hour, prime-time public television special, including performances and interviews with some of America's most accomplished poets, will premiere on September 26, 1999 on PBS stations.
  • Forgotten Ground Regained
    "Poetry is not just for poets . . . . This site is for those who think poetry can be more than confessional free verse or recycled Victorian sentiment - whether poets, educated readers, or the casual poetic websurfer. It is both a webzine and a poetry resource: It contains original poems, essays, translations, links to alliterative poems on the web and original medieval epics and verse romances . . . ."
  • Glossary of Poetic Terms from BOB'S BYWAY
    A unique guide for the study of poetry, with an extensive range of definitions, cross-references between related terms, informative sidelights, hyperlinked keywords, phonetic pronunciation guides and numerous examples.
  • Index of Terms
    A brief glossary of literary terms, focusing on poetic terms in particular.
  • Isle of Lesbos: Lesbian Poetry
    An extensive selection of lesbian poetry by various authors, beginning with Sappho up to more contemporary poets, mostly by women.
  • KHpoetry
    A section, devoted to poetry, of Professor Ken Hope's Home on a Page personal homepage --includes an extensive "anthology" of poetry in English, both older and more contemporary, a section of Classical poetry (i.e., ancient Greek and Roman), and a small section on Chinese Poetry, as well as a section devoted to criticism.
  • Mathematical Poetry - A Small Anthology
    A fascinating selection of poems by various poets based on the seemingly incongruous aesthetic and theme of mathematics.
  • Poem of the Day
    At killdevilhill.com. Features an online chat, and users can sign up to have the selected poem automatically delivered to their mailboxes daily.
  • Poetica--Self-Study Route
    An excellent, interactive self-study course in poetry, "Poetica uses hypertext structures to integrate electronic digital course material into the teaching and learning of poetry and stylistic analysis of poetry."
  • Poetry Cafe
    "A gold mine of contemporary poetry. One of the most complete, technologically-advanced poetry sites on the net."
  • Poetry Daily
    " . . . the online web anthology and bookstore. A new poem every day . . . ." Site covering mainstream contemporary poetry, with regular news features, an archive of previously featured poems and poets, and a brief "featured journal" blurb about the literary magazine which originally published the day's featured poem.
  • Poetry Project at St. Mark's Church
    Poetry Project at St. Mark's Church, New York.
  • Poetry Today Online
    A comprehensive online resource for those interested in reading, studying and writing poetry--with articles on publishing, profiles of contemporary and historic poets, information on contests, etc.
  • Poets Anonymous
    "Los Angeles based organization dedicated to the promotion of poetry in everyday life. Campaigns include . . . billboards with thoughtfully picked lines of poetry placed around Los Angeles."
  • Poets Corner -
    "An open formum for poets--features the works of amateur and professional poets, news, links . . . ."
  • Selected Prose on Poetry: A Handbook
    From Professor Kenneth Hope's homepage--an excellent introduction to the inner workings of poetry, with texts culled from a wide range of sources. The emphasis here is on formal poetry, prosody and metrics.
  • Starbuck.com Classical Poetry Port
    "Devoted to traditional poets and poetry, from Homer to Dickinson to Shakespeare." Includes numerous online forums, etc., for the discussion of poetry and poets.
  • Tangerine!
    "Poetry Site Extrordinaire." An extensive site, though apparently not updated in some time, that includes sections on poetic forms, famous poets, links to poetry related resources, and so on.
  • The Academy of American Poets
    The largest organization in the country dedicated specifically to the art of poetry, supports American poets at all stages of their careers and foster the appreciation of contemporary poetry.
  • The Bat Poet Page
    Sundry poems about bats. That's right--bats.
  • The Poet Speaks of Art
    A fascinating site built on the premise of the connection between poetry and painting, with a large selection of poems by various authors combined with online reproductions (in JPEG format) of the images which inspired/provoked them.
  • World Poetry
    "The World Poetry project was started in an effort to bring muse to the fingertips; to create a site on the internet where a wide range of poetry could be accessed." This web anthology contains work by poets from a variety of countries.

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