Poetry

Resources in this category:

The Academy of American Poets
http://www.poets.org/

"The Academy of American Poets was founded in 1934 to support American poets at all stages of their careers and to foster the appreciation of contemporary poetry. The largest organization in the country dedicated specifically to the art of poetry, the Academy sponsors programs nationally."

Electronic Poetry Center
http://epc.buffalo.edu/

"The Electronic Poetry Center serves as a gateway to electronic poetry and poetics at the University at Buffalo and on the Web at large." The aim of the site is to compile a group of resources gathering digital and contemporary and innovative poetics, new media writing, and literary programming. The EPC maintains Author and E-Poetry libraries in addition to extensive lists of other electronic poetry sites.

PoemHunter.com
http://www.poemhunter.com/

A database of nearly 36,000 poems, modern and classic, that allows searching by poet name, poem title, and poem text. More than 5000 poets are included and the site allows poets to submit poems as well. This site does have a large number of pop-up ads.

Poetry
http://www.ipl.org/div/pf/entry/48518

This IPL pathfinder is designed for anyone looking for poems or poem sources. Both print and Internet sources are included.

Poetry Archive
http://www.poetryarchive.org/poetryarchive/home.do

Listen to this online poetry archive of historic and contemporary English Language poets reading their own works. UK Poet Laureate Andrew Motion provides a guided tour introduction to the collection. Explore the tips to using the collection for teachers, students, librarians. Use the Children's Poetry Archive. Browse by poet, title, form, and theme.

The Tale of Kieu
http://www.deanza.edu/faculty/swensson/kieu.html

The Tale of Kieu, written by Nguyen Du,(1766 - 1820), is Vietnam's epic national poem. This site offers two lectures about the poem, one by Mr. Tien, Dong Khahn Hotel manager,(formerly a Vietnamese high school teacher), and one by John Swennson, DeAnza College faculty and organizer of this site. This resource provides, among other things, biographical information about Nguyen Du, the historical context of the poem, the concept of the tale, and various commentaries on different sections of the tale.