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April 2007
features
books and links about
Poetry
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Favorite
Poem Project
"Robert Pinsky, the 39th Poet Laureate of the
United States, founded the Favorite Poem Project shortly after the
Library of Congress appointed him to the post in 1997. Since its
launch, the Favorite Poem Project has been dedicated to celebrating,
documenting and promoting poetry's role in Americans' lives." Poetry
Archives
"Welcome to the Poetry Archives, an educational
resource to aid students, educators, and the curious. We have
collected thousands of classical poems to help you recall fond
memories or to help create new ones. Our database is searchable by
first-line, author and poem title by key words using the search
feature located on the top right corner of each page. If you're having
trouble finding a specific poem, please try our active discussion
forums." Poet's
Corner
"Welcome to Poets' Corner, one of the largest and
oldest text resources on the web. The goal of this project is to
create a user-friendly library of works that promotes browsing and
exploring through a site that spans thousands of works by hundreds of
authors covering thousands of years." Poetry
Daily
"Poetry Daily is an anthology of contemporary
poetry. Each day, we bring you a new poem from books, magazines, and
journals currently in print. Our purpose is to make it easier
for peopel to find poets and poetry they like and to help publishers
bring news of their books, magazines, and journals to more people." Poetry
Magazine
The online version of Poetry Magazine which is
published by the the Poetry Foundation. Includes web exclusives.
Poetry
Slam
"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." Find a slam near
you!
Poetry
Tool
From the Poetry Foundation. Find information and
articles about poets, search for poems and more! An interesting
way to explore poems and poets.
Giggle
Poetry
Hundreds of poems to read and rate and lots of funny
poems for kids. Poetry4Kids
Tons of poetry fun for kids.
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