Here is the places for serious poetry writers and scholars who want to study the works of various poets all over the world within the different eras.
Poetry.net
you would not believe it but here are true links to over 500 poetry sites
A number of Jamaica poets and their works are showcase here . literary reference are also included.
The goal of Poetry.net is to showcase some of the best and most interesting poetry related sites on the web.
Poetry.net helps sites with all different types of poetry and poet resources to get more traffic to their site by working hard to make readers aware of the sites listed here.
Founded in Paris by Harold L. Humes, Peter Matthiessen, and George Plimpton in 1953, The Paris Review began with a simple editorial mission: “Dear reader,”
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- This is an online version of the leading U.S. poetry magazine. Includes a directory of writers, information about grants and conferences, audio clips and other resources.
Historically, the Sestina is a French form. It appeared in France in the twelfth century, initially in the work of Arnaut Daniel. He was one of the troubadours or court poets and singers in the service of French nobles.
The Poetry Society -
Is a resource for British poets & poetry. Includes an online poetry classroom project, information about poetry events in the London area, lists of forthcoming poetry titles in the UK and links to two poetry Society journals, Poetry Review and Poetry News
the site of the Academy of American Poets - includes biographies and other information about 450 American poets, with selections from their works & some audio clips. Also contains a database of 1200 poems searchable by title & first line.
cludes poetry and prose by contemporary poets, journals of contemporary poetry, poetry reviews, an opportunity to contribute to a collaborative poem, information about poetry competitions, poetry conferences and more (U of Buffalo).
a joint venture of University of North Carolina Press and the UNC Office of Information Technology. Its goal is to make available selected poems from a number of contemporary poets. The initial offering includes Seamus Heaney, Czeslaw Milosz and Philip Levine. It contains the text of selected poems, critical material and audio clips of the poets reading their own work.
- a historical anthology of English poetry from the early medieval period to the early twentieth century. It includes about 1,340 poems as well as criticism of poetry. It provides author, title, date and keyword indexes. The current editor is Ian Lancashire (U of Toronto).
- a collection of scholarly editions, marked up and freely available for study or classroom use, maintained by Jerome McGann and David Seaman (Alderman Library, U of VA).
British Women Romantic Poets, 1789-1832 - the project aims to produce an online scholarly archive consisting of electronic editions of poetry by British women written between 1789 and 1832. Texts are being included that are not readily accessible from other sources.
- a collection of American poetry published prior to 1920 (mostly 19th century) coded in SGML in conformance with the Text Encoding Initiative. Verse was selected for this project "from standard bibliographies, anthologies, and histories of American literature....These were supplemented by specialized bibliographies of writing by American women and people of color." A joint project of the Humanities Text Initiative and the University of Michigan Press.
- an electronic archive designed to make out-of-print volumes of poetry available to readers, scholars, and researchers
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- contains well over three thousand English language poems plus a few translations of classical poetry. The majority date from the 16th to 19th century. a very good educational source for scholars.
- contains information on, as well as the text of poems by Rupert Brooke, Wilfred Owen, Isaac Rosenberg and others. There is also a chronology of World War I and a bibliography. Also includes some audio material. Maintained by Harry Rusche (Emory University).
- contains information on about 160 poets, with separate pages for eleven major poets. These include biographical and critical information, photos, discographies, and filmographies as well as full-text of some poems. Maintained by Eiichi Hishikawa at Kobe University, Japan.
A multi-media companion to the Anthology of Modern American Poetry (Oxford University Press, 2000) - although this site is a companion to the print volume, it functions independently, offering a wealth of information about modern American poets. It includes poetry, biographical material, illustrations, reviews, interviews and syllabi. Edited by Cary Nelson at University of Illinois.
hrere is where to find and create quality resources for poets and writers. founded by Jendi Reiter and Adam Cohen
Blue's Cruzio Café - A site that features avatars of contemporary poets performing. Maintained by J.J. Web, aka "Beau Blue.
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A collection of English-language sonnets including sonnets from Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand, and a few from France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and Sweden in English translation. For each author a brief introduction and sometimes a portrait precede links to individual sonnets. Internal links to 13 classic essays on the sonnet show the development of critical awareness of the form up to 1917. Maintained by Eric Blomquist.You can submit your sonnet here
"features selected poems from over 100 early English- and French-language Canadian poets. Digitized from public domain anthologies found in the National Library of Canada's rich literature collection, the poems represent some of Canada's most notable poetry from the 19th and early 20th centuries.
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contains information on Canadian poets, poetry journals, poetry presses, literary events and awards, grants and contests, poetry courses and some poetry.
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