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April is National Poetry Month! Inaugurated by the Academy of American Poets in April 1996, National Poetry Month brings together publishers, booksellers, literary organizations, libraries, schools, and poets around the country to celebrate poetry and its vital place in American culture.
This website from the Academy of American Poets honors the 100th anniversary of the birth of Langston Hughes. Here you can search for your favorite poet or poem and discover links to other poetry websites.
With thousands of poems
by hundreds of authors, Bartleby.com offers one of the largest free collections
of verse
on the web.
This project begun by Robert Pinsky, the 39th poet laureate of the U.S., includes 50 videos featured on the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer as well as a form for submitting your own favorite poem.
This website from the Universtiy of North Carolina enables you to hear the poetry of Phillip Levine, Seamus Heaney, Czelaw Milosz, Robert Pinsky, Yusef Komunyakaa, Margaret Walker, and Richard Wilbur in their own vioces.
Poetry 180. A poem a day for American High Schools.
A project of Billy Collins, current poet laureate of the United States, the 180 poems listed here have been selected specifically to appeal to high school students and enter into the world of poetry.
Poetry Daily
This publication of The Daily Poetry Association is an anthology of
contemporary poetry that each day features a new poem from books, magazines and
journals currently in print.
C. John Holcombe was for many years the Chairman of one of the UK's longest-running poetry writing groups, and as developer of this website, offers information about the theory and craft of poetry. Poetry Magic is easily referenced by theme and topic, and there are links to selected Internet sources.
Poetry Portal
Links to poetry online, poetry events, poetry classes, poetry publishing, poets
in focus, poetry chat, etc.
Lots of information for poets and poetry readers. The PSA resources page lists links to poetry conferences & festivals, poetry journals & literary magazines, poetry book publishers, MFA programs in poetry, literary organizations and Independent literary bookstores.
Resources for Writers
This page lists the best resources for writers, including poets! From the staff
at the Highland Park Public Library.
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