Poetry Link Sites
(and some more general literary links)
Some favorites first--the rest in alphabetical order
(other links lists at bottom)
Poetry Daily (daily featured poet, archive of poems, reviews, articles, links, books & presses: excellent site)
Verse Daily (clone of Poetry Daily, but still excellent)
The Page (poetry, essays, links, ideas updated daily)
Google's Poetry Directory (very big and useful)
The Poetry Foundation (all hail Ruth Lilly!)
The Writer's Almanac (a poem a day, plus literary and historical tidbits, from Garrison Keillor)
About Poetry (lively and varied site: articles, gossip, forums, many reference links)
Academy of American Poets (exhibits on specific poets, poetic movements, teaching poetry, poetry events)
American Life in Poetry/ Poet Laureate Ted Kooser's site
Among Friends (poetry, art, & links from "Cobb & Company)
Associated Writing Programs (info on creative writing programs; magazine; annual writing conference; links)
The Beat Page (spontaneous bop prosody and more)
Comprepoetica (Bob Grumman's growing taxonomical project)
Contemporary Poets at Barclay Agency (many good links)
eMule Poetry Archives (thousands of classic poems archived)
Electronic Poetry Center (huge resource for language-centered poetry)
Expansive Poetry & Music (large site devoted to traditional forms, narrative poetry, music & poetry)
Harlem Renaissance (good links here)
Harper Audio (listen to poems read)
Internet Poetry Archive (in-depth features on a small number of famous contemporary poets)
International Poetry Museum (young but growing effort to "illuminate the universality and diversity of world poetry")
Knopf Poetry Center (features and info on Random House / Knopf authors)
Electronic Poetry Center (large site devoted mostly to "language-centered" poetry, with many featured poets, a poetry discussion list, many links)
Library of Congress Poetry Center
Literary Kicks (devoted to the Beat poets, the American Transcendentalists, and other bohemians old and new)
Modern & Contemporary American Poetry (a motherlode of info from Professor Al Filreis at U Penn)
Modern American Poetry (invaluable multimedia companion to Cary Nelson's Anthology of Modern American Poetry)
Museum of American Poetics (lively and informative site focusing on experimental poetics & poetic diversity)
Norton Poets Online (features and info on Norton authors)
OzLit (Australian Books & Writers: huge site. Lots of poetry.)
Plagiarist.com Poetry Archive (a repository of classic & modern poetry)
Pocket Poets (not a links site, but contains some good study questions; see "student resources")
The Poem Tree (anthology of metered poetry, from Shakespeare to Dana Gioia)
Poems that Go ("new media and poetry")
Poets' Corner (large searchable site including texts of many classic poems, and more)
Poetry 180 (Poet Laureate Billy Collins's initiative to put poetry into the public schools)
The Poetry Foundation (here's where the big bucks are)
Poetry in the Arts (large links resource)
PoetryNet (monthly featured poets)
Poetry Portraits by Tad Richards (jazz portraits, too)
The Poetry Project (St. Mark's Church, NYC: "one of the premier forums for innovative poetry")
The Poetry Resource (sizeable links site: collects poets, publishers, e-zines & more)
Poetry Society (London)
Poetry Superhighway (feature poets, contests, links, chatroom, etc.)
Poets & Writers (marketing & aids to publishing, craft articles, contests, grants, directory of writers: essential)
Poetserv (broad array of useful links)
Pseudo Haiku (large collection of parodic haiku on many topics)
Rhyme & Reason (online workshops, contests, chat rooms, exhibits, links--aimed at the aspiring poet)
Sonnet Central (everything you always wanted to know about sonnets)
Storytellers: Native American Poets Online (a multitude of poets and info: excellent)
Teachers & Writers Collaborative (aimed at teachers and not limited to poetry, but contains feature poets, online workshops, etc.)
20th Century American Poets (growing links site at Marist College
United States Literature (not limited to poetry, but a wealth of good material)
Web del Sol (large site: features, articles, links to online journals, news)
Wired for Books (audio files of poets reading)
Wise Women's Web (poems, features on women's poetry)
The World of Poetry (digital poetry anthology)
The Writer's Almanac (a poem a day, plus literary and historical tidbits, from Garrison Keillor)
Zuzu's Petals (huge site, not all poetry; many valuable links and features)
SOME OTHER VALUABLE LINKS LISTS (thanks to Hal Johnson)
Council of Literary Magazines & Presses
Electronic Poetry Center--Small Presses & Magazines
Jacket Magazine--Literary Links
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