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Poetry Web Resources

Listed below are multidisciplinary Poetry Web sites. Click the drop-down menu from the "Find Web Sites" tab above to access Poetry Web Resources organized into specific categories.

Multidisciplinary Poetry Resources

American Life in Poetry
"American Life in Poetry provides newspapers and online publications with a free weekly column featuring contemporary American poems. The sole mission of this project is to promote poetry: American Life in Poetry seeks to create a vigorous presence for poetry in our culture."
National Poetry Month
"Inaugurated by the Academy of American Poets in 1996, National Poetry Month is now held every April, when publishers, booksellers, literary organizations, libraries, schools and poets around the country band together to celebrate poetry and its vital place in American culture."
Poem Hunter
A comprehensive database of poetry, including a searchable index of poets and subjects.
Poetry: Library of Congress
This site provides a variety of resources for poetry lovers. The current Poet Laureate is profiled, as well as links to poetry events, Poet Laureate programs, poetry collections, fellowships, and poetry news.
Poetry Foundation
"The Poetry Foundation, publisher of Poetry magazine, is an independent literary organization committed to a vigorous presence for poetry in our culture."
Poetry Society of America (PSA)
"The Poetry Society of America, the nation's oldest poetry organization, was founded in 1910. Its mission is to build a larger and more diverse audience for poetry, to encourage a deeper appreciation of the vitality and breadth of poetry in the cultural conversation, to support poets through an array of programs and awards, and to place poetry at the crossroads of American life."
Poets.org: From the Academy of American Poets
"The Academy of American Poets was founded in 1934 to support American poets at all stages of their careers and to foster the appreciation of contemporary poetry."
Scout Poetry
This site provides short reviews of new poetry publications.
U.S. State Poets Laureate
"This site provides the names of all current state poets laureate of the United States. It also includes a history of the laureateship in each state, as well the District of Columbia, and attempts to provide a comprehensive listing of all prior state poets laureate."
United States Poets Laureate: A Guide to Online Resources
This site from the Library of Congress provides a listing of all of the U.S. Poets Laureate, as well as links to Consultants in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 1937 to 1985.

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