Poems

Poetry at Web Del Sol - Cornucopia of poems and images and discussion, including editor's choice and bulletin board, video and audio recordings.

Poetry Daily - Web anthology and bookstore. Focuses on the mainstream of contemporary poetry with news features, an archive of previously featured poems and poets, and brief "featured journal" coverage.

The Academy of American Poets - Organization presenting poems, biographies of famous poets, historical and thematic poetry exhibits, events calendars, discussion forums and contest information.

Aha! Poetry - Consists of a resource for writers and readers of poetry, emphasizing Asian and orientalizing forms such as cinquain, ghazal, haiku, renga, sijo and tanka.

Allspirit Poetry Index - Spiritual poetry from famous masters such as Rumi, Rabindranath Tagore, Rainer Maria Rilke, Christina Rossetti, Kahlil Gibran, Anna Akhmatova.

Archflambeoth - "Dreamworld" created by Sparrow Hawk offering prose, poetry, and stories. Includes categorized links and a guide to webrings.

Bad Poetry - An introduction to bad poetry, though not necessarily by bad poets, with texts of various exemplary poems. As selected and annotated by Professor Seamus Cooney.

Burning Press - Experimental/avant guard/exploratory poetry, visual literature, audio art, and intermedia, using any means necessary to forward the language arts.

Comprepoetica - Features a survey form for poets, critics, editors, publishers and readers. Its main purpose is to provide data for the biographical entries in the Comprepoetica Dictionary of Contemporary American Poetry, Poetics and Poets.

DayPoems - A random walk through eight centuries of English-language verse, updated daily. Visitors can add their poems by email, and webmasters can link to individual poems. Indexed by poet and title. Illustrated.

Dragon Valley Poetry - Poetry and some prose by vintage and young poets. The young poets are in the main a local group of West Wales based writers, with biographical information.

Electronic Poetry Center - The EPC serves as a central gateway to resources in electronic poetry and poetics produced at the University at Buffalo, New York, as well as elsewhere on the Internet. Includes an extensive audio-file library as well as links to further poetry resources.

English 88 - Website based on the University of Pennsylvania's online poetry course--includes lists of poetic terms as well as links to online poetry resources.

EnviroArts - Emphasizes the literary and visual arts in relation to nature, with poetry and essays by contemporary authors (culled mostly from the pages of Orion and Orion Afield magazines--which co-sponsor this site) and information on historic naturalism and naturalist literature.

Erin's Poetry Palace - A personal website devoted to poetry, these pages include several sections devoted to specific poets, a large selection of texts of favorite poems, essays on the reading, study and discussion of poems, and a small but discriminating selection of links to poetry-related websites on the Internet.

Favorite Poem Project - Invites all Americans to submit favorite poem, along with a short paragraph describing the reasons for choosing it.

Fooling with Words - Website for the PBS television special hosted by Bill Moyers includes performances and interviews with some of America's most accomplished poets.

Forgotten Ground Regained - Webzine and poetry resource offering original poems, essays, translations and links to alliterative poems, original medieval epics and verse romances.

Gallery of Poets - An introduction to the lives of the great poets and their works through articles, links and discussion.

Glossary of Literary and Rhetorical Terms - A brief glossary of literary terms, focusing on poetic terms in particular.

Glossary of Poetic Terms - "A unique guide for the study of poetry, with an extensive range of definitions, cross-references between related terms, informative sidelights, hyperlinked keywords, phonetic pronunciation guides and numerous examples."

Greenwood Encyclopedia of American Poetry - The encyclopedia will encompass American poetry from its beginnings to the present. It will stand as the most thorough and inclusive reference tool of its kind.

Infinitum Poetry - Poetry by well known poets, their biographies, and short stories by the site owner. Poets include Robert Frost, Walt Whitman, William Wordsworth, Robert W. Service, Maya Angelou, and Anne Sexton.

Jacket - Collections of international poetry, reviews, interviews and features, edited by eminent Australian poet John Tranter.

Modern Poets - University of Vermont - An introduction to the reading of poetry, with short introductions to several well known modern poets and audio files with discussions or readings of their works.

The Open Poetry Project - An open editable database of information about poetry, poets, and poems. Includes a lengthy Glossary of Poetic Terms.

Passions in Poetry - Archive of contemporary and user-submitted poetry with categories dedicated to love, sadness, friendship and life.

Poem of the Day - At killdevilhill.com. Features an online chat, and users can sign up to have the selected poem automatically delivered to their mailboxes daily.

Poems for a Long Winter's Night - A selection of poems about winter, snow, and ice from Charles Baudelaire, Yves Bonnefoy, John Hollander, Victor Hugo, Gail Mazur, Robert Pack, and Paul Verlaine.

Poetry - Marianne Moore's famous poem.

Poetry at BellaOnline - Resource offers archived features, categorized links and recommended reading.

The Poetry Project at St. Mark's Church - A forum for innovative and experimental poetry which offers a bimonthly web-publication, archives, the 'Tiny Press Center,' information on membership, workshops, upcoming events.

Poetry Today Online - Resource for those interested in reading, studying and writing poetry. Includes articles on publishing, profiles of contemporary and historic poets, information on contests and related links.

A Poetry-Lover's Guide to the World Wide Web - Personal collection of links to online texts and resources of traditional and "imagist" poetry.

Poets Corner - An open forum for poets; features the works of amateur and professional poets, news and links.

Selected International Poems - Poems in English, French, Arabic, German, some Russian, Turkish, Persian, Hebrew. Mostly by famous poets, mostly Marxist, revolutionary, or otherwise political. Classified by author, country, and date.

Starbuck.com Classical Poetry Port - Devoted to traditional poets and poetry including Dickinson and Shakespeare. Includes online forums, commentary and links.

Tangerine - Includes sections on poetic forms, famous poets, links to poetry related resources.

Timeless Poetry - An eclectic mix of poems from the classics to postmodern. Includes some biographical information and listing of selected poetry resources online. Suitable for children, young adults and adults.

Directories of poems and poetry

Able2Know.com - Poetry - Browse a database of poetry. Users can rate and review the poems or discuss them on the forum.

About.com Poetry - Poets and poetry online including poetry festivals, readings, audio and video archives, contests, zines, word games and collaborations, haiku, and sonnets. Featured weekly essays, and interviews.

American and English Literature Online Poetry Books - Links to 20 online texts of English and American poetry. Part of the Internet School Library Media Center.

Art4net - Poetry Channel - Links for these poets: Baudelaire, Byron, Rimbaud, Shelley, Keats, and Rilke. And a painting/portrait for each of the poets.

Bartleby.com - Online publisher of classic works of poetry, literature, and reference.

British and Irish Authors on the Web - Divided by time period.

Everypoet.com - A poetry portal, featuring links to famous poets throughout history, personal poetry pages, resources, and books.

Find Poetry - findpoetry.com. From Shakespeare to People's Poems. Add your poetry site for free or search through thousands of poetry pages.

International poetry page - Especially strong on poetry translated into English, but with many originally-English poetry sites as well. Many pages not found elsewhere. About 150 sites in all. [A Dutch site.]

itzalist Poetry Directory - Poetry and information: modern and classical poems, analysis, contests. Twenty categories in all.

Modern & Contemporary American Poetry - Reading for the English 88 class at the University of Pennsylvania. Several hundred links.

Patrick Martin's Poetry Resource - A large, general directory of print-published poets from all periods, plus many web-published. 700 links, most with comments by Patrick.

4Poetry - " . . . a guide to poetry from 4anything.com."

Poetry and Literary Magazines, Journals, and Ezines - 2003 - Consists of an extensive list of poetry magazines and journals on the 'Net, compiled by American poet Frederick Glaysher.

Poetry Portal - Several hundred listings grouped into: Poetry online, Ezines, Evaluations, Book news, Competitions, Chit-Chat, and Poetry courses.

The Poetry Webring - Home page of The Poetry Webring, a grouping of over 1600 poetry related sites. Incorporates resources, links and a poetry webzine.

University of Cape Town Poetry Web - Extensive links to poetry worldwide.

Voice of the Shuttle - Poetry Studies - 100 well-selected links to poetry sites --many academic, but others too.

Where to Do Research on Poets and Poetry - For 18 famous poets, a link to what the editor considers the best site for links for that poet. Part of the larger wheretodoresearch.com directory.

Love and romantic poems

AcmeLove.com - Poems - Poems about love, romance, seduction and sex.

Bertolt Brecht: Love Poems - A small collection in English and German.

Best Love Poems - Features ~60 classic poems; quotations; and original poems.

Best Love Poems Network - Collection of romantic and love poems. Registered visitors can submit their own poems, comment on poetry and meet like-minded poets.

Daily Love Poems - Features daily classic romantic poems.

Daily Love Poems - Loving poetry by famous poets. Changes every day.

Daily Love Poetry Archives - Archived classic poetry.

Discover - Poetry of love and romance by SyberRose aka Paulina Rio.

The Double Transformation - A Tale - Humorous poem by Oliver Goldsmith about marital life.

Egyptian Love Poetry - Examples and analysis of poetry written c. 2000 - 1100 BC.

Great Love Poems - Classic love poems and quotes by famous authors.

Greatest Love Poems - A collection of classic love poetry, categorized by author and first lines.

Heart's Ease - Brief biographies, works and further resources of selected romantic poets.

A Hymn to Love - Poems written by 17th Century country vicar Robert Herrick.

I Cannot Love Thee - Poignant love poems by 19th Century poet Caroline Norton, partly based on her own experiences.

The Letters Of Faust And Willow - A collection of letters between two people.

Links 2 Love - Original poetry and fiction about love, dating tips and links.

Loneheart's Poetry - Romantic seventeenth century poetry and love songs.

Love Lost - Unhappy poetry by Christina Rossetti who died a spinster, and alone.

Love Poems - A selection of love poetry from the 17th Century.

Love Poems - Poetry by Cavalier Poet and libertine Thomas Carew.

Love Poems - Classical and submitted poetry.

Love Poetry, Archaic and Modern - A selection of works by poet Paul Vereshack, in ancient and contemporary styles.

LovePoetry - Features both classic and submitted poetry.

A Lover's Touch - Love poems by Australian poets.

Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know - An account of Lord Byron's love life, and examples of his romantic poetry.

Medieval Romance - Romantic Sonnets by William Shakespeare

Mind-brain.com: Romantic Poems - Works by contemporary and unknown poets.

My Love - A poem by 19th Century Fireside Poet James Russell Lowell who, although out of favour now,was very popular in his day.

Romantic Love Poems - A collection of contemporary works by various poets.

A Romantic Poem - Humorous verse, written by a redneck to his wife.

Romantic Tokens - Includes 20 classic love poems; quotations.

Romantic Verse - Love poems written from the Twelfth to the Twentieth Centuries.

Victorian Love Poetry - Some romantic poems written by popular British poets of the Victorian age.

Within the Mind of Dante - A short biography of the eccentric, and possibly mad, painter and poet Dante Gabriel Rossetti, with a selection of his more popular love poems.

A Woman in Love - Love poetry by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, including Sonnets from the Portuguese.