Action
Poetry Speed, spontaneity and responsiveness to others in the
room. |
AHA!Poetry.com "the glove on the hand of AHA!Books." Publishers of
Lynx magazine, they also offer varied poetic info & opportunities,
with emphasis on Japanese forms. |
Alien Flower
where
poets share ideas about poetry and its place in society. Also Writing
Exercises and more. |
Amniotic
Meander Gorgeous visual and hypertext presentation
by poet & editor Jennifer Ley. |
The
Apostrophe Protection Society An organization whose
laudable goals and notable achievements (including the IgNobel Prize
for Literature!) should be supported by grammar-lovers & pedants
everywhere. |
Bad
Poetry Seamus Cooney's
Bad Poetry reference site. |
Bartleby.com
As they say themselves, the preeminent internet publisher
of literature, reference and verse, providing students and the intellectually
curious with unlimited access to books and info free of charge.
One of the largest free collections of verse on the web! |
Charles
Bernstein's
Poetry Experiments The
all-time, be-all, end-all cure for writer's block. |
Carolina
Navy This is poetic
in nature, but quite peculiar. Avast, y'all. |
Contemporary
American Poetry Archive An archive of out-of -print
poetry books. |
Duotrope's
Digest Database of current markets for
short fiction and poetry. |
Elite
Skills A writing critique forum,
unusual in that comments from those who post their poetry
are
mandatory. |
The
Emily Chesley Reading Circle Don't
miss the Letters of Annoyance! |
Eunoia
by Christian Bök Brought
to you by the letter e, in Flash. |
Gorelets
Yes, there is horror poetry! |
Goth-O-Matic™
Poetry Generator Produce hellish,
doom-stricken lyrics without having to actually suffer. |
Guerilla
Poetics Project "subversively
hiding high-quality broadsides of high-quality poems … to
be found by unsuspecting readers." |
Haikus
from Hell ooh yess indeedykins. |
Here
Comes Everybody Interesting Interviews with
Writers (mainly Poets) On Writing. |
Holy
Tango of Literature Fall-off-your-futon
anagrammatical parodies of Famous Poets—just keep scrolling
down. |
Luciferous Logolepsy English words that may stretch any basic definitions. Oh yeah. |
Mainstream
Poetry Avaunt, garde! Flarf, with an emphasis
on amateur gynecology, at least the last time we saw
it. |
The
Knox Writers’ House archives U.S.
poets. The
Map of Voices blog posts audio
poetry from all over and all times. |
New
Pages: Lit Mags succinct info about
what's new out there in the literary world. |
Octothorp
Press Not just one of my favorite words; a
few interesting projects as well. I recommend the Boilerplate Series. |
Origami
Boulder Poet, artist
AND entrepreneur. Need we say more? |
Pathetic.org Quite
a decent online poetry forum with elaborate services and useful
tools. |
Placesfor
writers.com Resources
for Canadian (and international) writers, updated daily
with contests, calls for submission, and other writerly
tidbits. |
Plinko
A truly unhealthy interest in words. |
PoemFactotum will
submit your precious poems to lit journals for a modest fee. Offers
custom chapbook design and printing. Also, a few good rants. Highly
recommended! |
Poetry.com The
spawn of the infamous International Library of Poetry—you
have been warned! Ostensible cash prizes; they will print anything
you send in. Really; try it! Mine's here—or
look on their site under F.J. Bergmann. Read Dave Barry's hilarious
take on their scam in Dave Barry is from Mars and Venus.
Relevant info may be found at www.sfwa.org/beware/ describing
this outfit and other nefarious web denizens of their ilk. Other
names they have used are: "National Library of Poetry,"
"International Library of Poetry," "Pegasus Press,"
" Poetry Guild," "Watermark Press," "Birthwrites,"
"International Poetry Hall of Fame." |
Poetry
180 Billy Collin's great site for high school
students, and everyone else. Poem a day! |
Poetry
Daily More good poem-a-day
stuff. |
Poetry
Express Tons of good stuff. And it will (practically)
write your poems for you! |
PoetryPoetry.com,
a web site dedicated to audio poetry. The poems on PoetryPoetry
are pre-recorded readings by the original artists. |
poetryproject.com
We especially like David Cameron. We especially like the
idea of false translations. |
The
Poetry Resource —by Patrick
Martin—an extensive links collection. |
Poets
& Writers The lit
trade magazine: great articles & interviews, and a comprehensive
list of contests & awards. |
Poets.org
The Academy of American Poets. |
Representative
Poetry On-Line A glossary
with other useful indices, thoughtfully provided by the English
Dept. of the U. of Toronto. Watch out for those Anglicisms! |
Resources
For Poets Links to lots of useful writing articles. |
Silliman's
Blog A weblog
focused on contemporary poetry and poetics. |
Synesthesia
Flash poetry from Felix Jung. Wonderful stuff. |
Spondee
Milwaukee-produced poets and poetry site; features Wisconsin
poets. |
UbuWeb International
Dada/Surrealism resource. |
Vispo.com
Yes! Major weirdness, with the single most beautiful object
on the internet: The Word Egg of Ur Exercising. |
WebDelSol Literary
Locus, Culture Zone; an attractive array of interesting publications,
including 5 Points and Codrescu's Exquisite Corpse. |
WhatIHaveRead.net
Inspiration for all. The most important source for writing
poetry is reading it, and if Eric can read this many books and be
an astrophysicist too, you should be able to get through a few yourself
from time to time. |
WinningWriters.com Up-to-date
listings of poetry and writng contests. |
Writer's
Digest Great articles
& info for poets and other writers. |
Word
Chowder Light Verse, quite clever and quite,
quite funny. |
The
Word Detective Ongoing etymology, and origins
of terms and phrases as well. Oh, and don't forget the cute kittens. |
The
Word Spy Devoted to recently coined words and
phrases, old words that are being used in new ways, and existing words
that have enjoyed a recent renaissance. |
Worthless
Word of the Day … but no word
is worthless to us poets, right? |