Poetry can be defined as composition in verse or language exhibiting close attention to patterns or metrics. This chief topic of this category is poetry.
Recommended Resources
The Anthology website is a great place to find performance poetry and related literary arts. The website also has poetry events such as readings by Bill Campana. You can also learn about poetry funding and workshops here and writers can learn how to improve their poetry skills.
http://www.anthology.org
Publisher of Ottawa-area established and emerging poets, on-line and in a quarterly journal. Includes a directory of local literary events.
http://www.bywords.ca/
All Western and Cowboy poetry at your fingertips with the latest news, CD’s, festival announcements and help find those poems you are looking for.
http://www.cowboypoetry.com
Find out about the biographies and poetry of many poets as well as blogs by professors on the subject.
http://www.epc.buffalo.edu/
eYakimono is an educational website that helps you learn about Japanese pottery. With more than four thousand images, this website is one of the best on the Web. You can also find reviews of books on Japanese pottery here. The site also has a listing of galleries and museums that have Japanese pottery.
http://www.e-yakimono.net/
Provides information on famous poets and their work, including Edgar Allen Poe, Walt Whitman, Oscar Wilde, Allen Ginsberg and Emily Dickinson. Free poems on the website include The Raven, Life Is Fine and A Girl.
http://www.famouspoetsandpoems.com
An inspirational site full of thought-provoking and uplifting poetry.
http://www.janajustice.com/
Website that teaches how to write poems that inspire the heart, and how to to have the perfect message at your fingertips to send others on special occasions.
http://www.motivationalpoemsandpoetry.com
Holds a wide collection of love poems, friendship poems, sad poems, poems on life and other for the people by the people. This website also provides tools to help you send beautiful poems to your friends, loved ones or any special person in your life via email.
http://www.netpoets.com
A searchable database that holds a vast collection of poems, lyrics and quotations on a wide range of topics/themes. The website also provides poet biographies and works as well as a list of music bands and artists with discographies, biographies, articles, reviews, release and concert information.
http://www.poemhunter.com
Over 1500 poems, many written for special occasions, which can be used free for any personal or non-commercial purpose.
http://www.poemsforfree.com/
An anthology of contemporary poetry offering new poems from books, magazines and journals currently in print, as well as an archive and daily news.
http://www.poems.com/
Holds a wide assortment of rhyming poems for all ocassions and reasons. Site includes poems for anniversaries, birthdays, holiday, love, baby, mother, father and a lot more.
http://www.poemsource.com
Huge collection of spiritual and illumining poetry on a range of cultural traditions. Includes poet profiles and biographies, poetic theme index, and daily poems.
http://www.poetseers.org
An educational website that provides access to thousands of classical poems. The site will be particularly useful to English scholars and students looking to understand poetry better. One can also sign up for the site's email list so that you can receive poems directly by email.
http://www.emule.com/poetry/
Contains thousand of poems search able by themes/subjects, occasion, first line or by poet. Includes poet biographies, reading guides, events, media and audio/podcasts.
http://www.poetryfoundation.org
Provides a guide to internet resources for the study and writing of poetry.
http://www.poetry-portal.com/
The Poetry Society of America is a cultural organization dediated to the study and appreciation of poetry. The website has information on the society's awards and upcoming events. You can also access the society's store through this website to buy poetry books and other items.
http://www.poetrysociety.org
Provides children's poetry. By Meadowbrook Press. Offers lots of funny poems, poetry contests and more. Includes ideas for educators on teaching poetry in fun and interesting ways.
http://www.poetryteachers.com/
Over 6 million poets. Poetry submission, contests, publishing, personalized poetry products, poetic techniques. Organisation focusing on awarding prizes and subsidy publishing.
http://www.poetry.com/
The Academy of American Poets site; offers poems, biographies of poets, historical and thematic poetry exhibits, events calendars, discussion forums and contest information.
http://www.poets.org/
Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin was a Russian poet, playwright, and novelist of the Romantic era. On these pages, provided by Oxquarry Books, Ltd., several of his poems are translated to English from the original Russian, with the Russian text displayed alongside the translation, along with the translator's notes, when applicable. A few other Russian literary artists, such as Eugene Onegin and Anton Chekhov are also included, along with some artwork and other resources.
http://www.pushkins-poems.com/
Collection of on-line poetry, indexed by author, by date, by title, by first line, et cetera. Searchable. Includes glossary and criticism.
http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/display/
Non-profit association for published/performing poets in Canada; many notable members. Includes chapbook templates and Find-a-Poet guide.
http://www.poets.ca/
The Page is a website for those who appreciate poetry, poems and other intellectual writings. The site combines interesting academic articles from a variety of sources with new poems. The site also has a great list of places where you can read stimulating articles on many different subjects.
http://www.thepage.name
The Wordsworth Museum and Art Gallery is a British cultural organization dedicated to preserving the heritage of Wordsworth, one of Britain's most noted poets. You can read copies of his poems online, and browse has a catalogue of published works by and about Wordsworth.
http://www.wordsworth.org.uk/
