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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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