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The Academy of American Poets
Find poetry exhibits, listening booths of actors reading poetry aloud, and more.
American Verse Project
Electronic archive of American poetry prior to 1920.
British Poetry: 1780-1910
A Hypertext Archive of Scholarly Editions.
The Cortland Review: An Online Literary Magazine in RealAudio
Literary magazine with audio clips of poetry
Favorite Poem Project
In April 1997, when the Library of Congress named Pinsky Poet Laureate, he created the Favorite Poem Project as his special undertaking.
Poet Links
A listing of links to information about poets from A.E. to Yeats.
Poetry Daily
Anthology of contemporary poetry which each day brings you a new poem from books, magazines and journals currently in print.
Poetry Online
Hear poets read their poems. (from Wired for Books)
Poetry Out Loud
Poets perform their own work: Seamus Heaney, W.H. Auden, Ogden Nash, Sylvia Plath, and many more.
Reading Poetry
So you have to read a poem and, what's more, understand it. Where do you begin? Ask these questions of your poem, and do these exercises, and you should end up with a much better understanding of any poem.
Representative Poetry On-line
Poetry edited by members of the Department of English at the University of Toronto from 1912 to the present
Skoool ie: English - Poetry
Skoool presents multimedia readings of twelve well-known poems covering a broad selection of poets and themes. Each poem is accompanied by a lesson which will help you learn how to approach and understand the poems and the literary devices used in poetry. (Skoool.ie Interactive Learning (Ireland).
Sonnet Central
An archive of English sonnets, commentary, relevant web links, and a forum for poets to share and discuss their own work
What Is a Poem Made Of?
From Ms. Hogue's Web by Dawn Hogue from Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin.
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