Poetry Links

Representative Poetry Online. This is hosted by the University of Toronto, Canada, and includes nearly 3,000 poems from 400 different poets. You can find them by author, title, or first line. http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/display/index.cfm.

The Academy of American Poets has a "Find a Poem" search box on its home page. If you only know the author or the title, you can type it in (or part of it) to see the poem you're looking for. You can also click on "Poets and Poetry" to go to pages that will help you find a particular poet or a poem for a special purpose. http://www.poets.org/

Poetry 180: A Poem a Day for American High Schools. Billy Collins, Poet Laureate of the United States, has committed himself to this project. The poems are chosen because they are brief, clear, and easy to read aloud. http://www.loc.gov/poetry/180/

Favorite Poem Project. Robert Pinsky was Poet Laureate of the United States before Billy Collins, and this was his project. People read aloud poems that are their favorites. You need RealPlayer or another video viewer to see the videos. http://www.favoritepoem.org/index.html

MPR's The Writer's Almanac is a companion to a radio show produced by Minnesota Public Radio and hosted by Garrison Keillor. It features a different poem every week, along with interesting facts. You can hear the poem read loud, as well. Requires RealAudio or another audio player. http://www.writersalmanac.org/

Bartleboy.com's Verse is an enormous free collection of poetry, in copies of books that are no longer covered under copyright, so the poems are older. http://www.bartleby.com/verse/

The Wondering Minstrels. This site is run by a couple of people who want to share poetry. http://www.cs.rice.edu/~ssiyer/minstrels/

Please let me know at dturner@haverford.org if you have any other suggestions.