Way back in June I asked poets to share their favorite poetry-related websites, and I found myself buried under recommendations. So many of the sites were great, but I tried to be hard-nosed about which ones I included on this list, because I know you’re all very busy people who can’t go checking out every single cool site on the Internet.
So here are some of the top poetry-related sites:
Ones that do everything:
www.poetryfoundation.org The site for the Poetry Foundation, publisher of Poetry magazine, is packed with information and tools.
So is the one run by the Academy of American Poets at www.poets.org.
And finally, David Graham is doing a phenomenal job with his online Poetry Library.
For poets outside the U.S.:
The U.K. has its own poetry library at www.poetrylibrary.org.uk.
Canadian poets may find www.arcpoetry.ca/portage helpful.
For poetry-related news and happenings:
Check out Ron Silliman’s blog at http://ronsilliman.blogspot.com.
Or go to www.poetryhut.com/wordpress.
For poetry performed:
You can visit the official site of Poetry Slam, Inc., at www.poetryslam.com, where among other things there is a poetry slam finder. Very cool.
At the Penn Sound site (http://writing.upenn.edu/pennsound), there are links to poetry recordings.
And finally for your daily poetry fix:
There’s Verse Daily at www.versedaily.org,
and Garrison Keillor’s Writer’s Almanac (http://writersalmanac.publicradio.org).
Plus, a few commenters have already pointed out that I missed Poetry Daily at www.poetrydaily.org. (Thanks for paying attention!)
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I’d like to thank Nancy Posey, Carol (?), Russell Ragsdale, David Graham, Sue Guiney, J.P. Dancing Bear, Bill Abbott, and several others for sharing these sites and more. If you really like another site that I’ve not included, feel free to throw in the comments below. The more the merrier!
Excellent choices. These have comprehensive resources. Denise Low
any groups or contest for poets with disability or disability writing?
Want to try something different than all the other poetry websites? Visit the Cruzio Cafe. Prize winning poets performing as you’ve never seen them before. It’s true. Go to http://www.cruziocafe.com – you’ll see, you’ll have fun.
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Hello All!
One of my favorite sites is Poets & Writers Magazine online. The website is: http://www.pw.org/
http://www.jbstillwater.com/
Check out this site. There are poets from all over the world–me included : ). That aside, it really is a good site put together by a poet/publisher friend of mine in Albuquerque.
One to add to
"poetry-related news and happenings":
http://pearlformance.livejournal.com/
Pearl always has a lot of links and
book looks, and some activities
from Western Canada and the US.
For a fantastic on-line poetry forum check out http://www.wildpoetryforum.com. Beginners to experienced will receive the best feedback on the poetry block.
Check out http://www.poetry.la for views of the new poet laureate in action as well as plenty of great info on Los Angeles poets and venues!
To read: http://www.allpoetry.com
To watch: http://www.podslam.org (or "spoken word" or "slam poetry" in YouTube search)
To get informed: http://www.poetryslam.com, http://www.poetrylives.com, and http://www.gotpoetry.com
The main reason is that I just didn’t have it recommended to me originally (and Verse Daily was)–and while I knew of Poetry Daily’s existence (and have been there from time to time), I just wasn’t using my brain and forgot. That’s why I’m glad y’all have my back on this blog. It’s now up in the post. Thanks!
Also think Poetry Daily ought to be here. Check on Poetry Hut. I think it has shut down operation.
I love this poetry site: http://www.notellmotel.org/
I’m just wondering why you included Verse Daily but not the more widely-read Poetry Daily.