http://www.poets.org/   The Academy of American Poets: Sponsors of National Poetry Month, their webpage contains information on over 200 poets (Find A Poet), poetry exhibits, and lots more.

http://international.poetryinternationalweb.org/   Poetry International Web, "a worldwide forum for poetry on the internet. PIW brings you news, essays, interviews and discussion, but, first and foremost, hundreds of poems by acclaimed modern poets from all around the world, both in the original language and in English translation."

http://www.loc.gov/poetry/cyberpoet.html   Poetry Website from the Library of Congress:  contains information about the Poet Laureate, Poetry Webcasts, and lots more.

http://www.writing.upenn.edu/~afilreis/88/home.html Modern and Contemporary Poetry  frrom AL Filreis at the U of Pennsylvania -- hundreds of links to poets, poetry readings, etc.

http://www.poetry.org/   "Poetry.org  is a resource site for poetry and poets. Here you can learn about the history, meaning, and types of poetry, as well as terms often used when reading and studying poetry."

http://www.poetryfoundation.org/   PoetryFoundation.org:  A comprehensive site with interviews, audio poetry readings, articles, a POETRY TOOL to find poems, and lots more -- explore it.

http://www.poetry-portal.com/  Poetry Portal:  literally thousands of links to poetry and topics about poetry -- you could probably spend a year exploring it.

http://www.learner.org/catalog/extras/vvspot/  Spotlight on Voices & Visions , a video series from Annenberg Media, that explores the lives and works of 13 of America's most famous modern poets.

http://www.poetrysociety.org/   Poetry Society of America: Your link to Poetry Resources, Poetry Awards, and a Poetry Workshop. Or send an audio Poetry Post Card.

http://www.arras.net/web_poetry.htm   WebPoetry -- part of Arras: new media poetry and poetics

http://www.wordcircuits.com/   Word Circuits: hypertext poetry and fiction --"This is a place for poetry and fiction born to pixels rather than the page--writing that's digital down to its bones.

http://www.nortonpoets.com   Norton Poets Online: Includes links to poets that Norton publishes, a Poetry Workshop, poets reading their poems, and links to other poetry sites.

http://www.anhinga.org/books/poets_index.cfm   Anhinga Press's Links to their Poets and Editors

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/foolingwithwords/   Fooling with Words  with Bill Moyers presents 21 contemporary poets in text sound and image.

http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/index.htm   Modern American Poetry: information on over 100 American poets put together by Cary Nelson, editor of the Oxford collection of Modern American Poetry: "I and the members of my Advisory Board realized that readers would benefit from having information readily available that could not possibly fit in a book. This ranged from historical background to analyses of the poems themselves. The site is designed to help all readers of modern poetry."

http://www.hti.umich.edu/english/amverse/   The American Verse Project: The American Verse Project is a collaborative project between the University of Michigan Humanities Text Initiative (HTI) and the University of Michigan Press. The project is assembling an electronic archive of volumes of American poetry prior to 1920.

http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/    University of Toronto's Index to Poetry Online: Chronologically indexes poets from OLD ENGLISH and MEDIEVAL periods to 1900 and presents selections of their poems, edited by Department of English at the University of Toronto.

http://www.mcc.cc.fl.us/Faculty/JonesJ/FIP/poets.html   Links to Florida Poets

http://www.passonapoem.com/index.htm  Pass on a Poem!

http://www.hu.mtu.edu/poemandsong/about.html   "The Poetry and Song  web site where you can learn about the relationship between the written word and song."

http://www.cortlandreview.com/   The Cortland Review: An online literary magazine in RealAudio, devoted to introducing visitors to spoken poetry.  Includes articles that discuss the importance of poetry in the age of technology to reviews and interviews.

http://www.favoritepoem.org/   Favorite Poem Project: started by Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky, the project contains favorite poems submitted by Americans, videos of poetry readings, anthologies of poems, and an opportunity to submit your own favorite poem.

http://www.poeticbyway.com/  Bob's Byway:  "This site features a unique Glossary of Poetic Terms, plus Examples of Poetic Terms from the works of prominent poets, Tips for the Enjoyment of Poetry and A Selection of Bob's Poems. Also, you will find helpful links to relevant poetic, literary, and reference websites."

http://www.writing.upenn.edu/~afilreis/88v/schedule00a.html  A course on Modernist and Contemporary Poetry from the University of Pennsylvania that contains links to hundreds of resources.

http://www.wvu.edu/~lawfac/jelkins/lp-2001/intro/lp1.html  Strangers to Us All: Lawyers and Poetry: website by law professor, James Elkins. Contains information about lawyer/poets, an anthology of poems by lawyers, and an excellent page on Reading Poetry: Web Resources: http://www.wvu.edu/~lawfac/jelkins/lp-2001/intro/readpoem.html 

http://www.unf.edu/mudlark/   Mudlark: An Electronic Journal of Poetry and Poetics: "never in and never out of print."  From the University of North Florida.

http://faculty.mccfl.edu/ruffnec/1102/StudyGuide/poetryguide.htm  Poetry Resources: a collection of links put together by Professor Courtney Ruffner -- contains a number of student anthologies, a site about MLA for Poetry, and a poetry explication page.

The Columbia Granger's World of Poetry: an index to poetry -- search by author, subject or first line.  Contains full text poems as well information about sources for poems.  The best way to access this is through LINCC's Electronic Resources -- your G00 # is your borrower ID and the last 4 letters of your G00# are your PIN #.

writing poetry

http://www.poetryslam.com/portal/   "The mission of Poetry Slam Incorporated (PSI) is to promote the performance and creation of poetry while cultivating literary activities and spoken word events in order to build audience participation, stimulate creativity, awaken minds, foster education, inspire mentoring, encourage artistic statement and engage communities worldwide in the revelry of language."

literary timelines

http://www.auroraweb.com/america/timeline_files/literary_timeline.htm Literary Timeline