Links: Poetry

Poetry

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Academy of American Poets: http://www.poets.org/; A membership site for poets, including contests, publicity, and advertising.
Advice on How to Sell Poetry, by Neile Graham: http://www.sff.net/people/neile/how.to.sell.poetry.htp; How to prepare and format poetry, locate markets, submit manuscripts, and more.
AlienFlower: http://www.sonic.net/web/; A source of poetry workshops, exercises, classes, and resources.
Alliterative Poetry: http://alliteration.net/technica.htm; Covers alliteration in ancient, medieval and modern poetry
Canadian Poetry: http://www.library.utoronto.ca/canpoetry; Links to Canadian poets, journals, magazines, peotry, events, awards, grants, contests, courses, books, small presses and more.
Canadian Poetry Association: http://www.canadian-poetry-association.com/
Countries and Cultures: Links to poetry resources and sites around the world.
Giggle Poetry: http://www.gigglepoetry.com; Lots of funny poems, poetry contests, and more. Ideas for educators on teaching poetry in fun and interesting ways.
Glossary of Poetic Terms: http://www.poeticbyway.com/glossary.html
Glossary of Poetic Terms: http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/display_rpo/poetterm.cfm; A fascinating collection of terms, from abededarian to zeugma.
Greeting Card Designer: http://kateharperblog.blogspot.com/; Blog from greeting card publisher Kate Harper, covering such topics as starting one's own greeting card line, writing for greeting cards, getting started in the industry, and more.
Haiku: Links to haiku sites, including contests, classical haiku, scifaiku, and more.
Irish Poetry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_poetry
League of Canadian Poets: http://www.poets.ca/
Links to Poets: http://www.pmpoetry.com
Major National Poetry Awards: http://www.poets.org/awards/
Modern and Contemporary American Poetry: http://www.english.upenn.edu/~afilreis/88/home.html
Poetry Archives: http://www.emule.com/poetry/; An educational resource to aid students, educators, and the curious. A searchable database by first-line, author, and poem title.
Poet Index: http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/display/indexpoet.html; Search for poets by name or date of birth.
Poetry Daily: http://www.poems.com; Anthology of contemporary poetry that each day brings readers a new poem from books, magazines and journals currently in print, along with information about featured poets and publishers, news from the poetry world, and occasional special features.
Poetry Landmarks of Britain: http://www.poetrysociety.org.uk/landmark/front.php; Locate poetry events and poetry-related (real-world) sites throughout the UK.
Poetry Magic: http://www.poetrymagic.co.uk/; A wide selection of articles and exercises for beginning and advanced poets.
Poetrymachine.com: http://www.poetrymachine.com; Lots of information on poetry, including U.S. and Canadian markets, contests, books, links, and other resources.
Poetrysoc.com: http://www.poetrysociety.org.uk/; Links to poetry sites around the world, plus information on placements for poets (e.g., residencies), education projects, writing tips, poetry webzines, and more.
Poetry Through the Ages: http://www.webexhibits.org/poetry/; Designed to "explain the history of poetry forms in a way that grabs practicing poets and general readers alike. The exhibit features a tour of European poetry, introduces 18 poetry forms (from ancient to modern, well-known to obscure), provides background information and examples of each, and invites visitors to try to "make their own" poem using each form." A very cool site; my one criticism is that there's not enough actual POETRY on the site.
Rhymster.com: http://www.rhymster.com; Poetry writing contest, international free online poetry community for creative and romantic personalities from all over the English speaking world!
Rhymezone: http://www.rhymezone.com; Find rhymes, phrases, quizzes, quotes, famous documents and more.
Rutgers Newark's NJ High School Poetry Contest: http://www.pegasus.rutgers.edu/~prosetti/contest/; Don't be fooled by the title; this is a rich resource of links to poetry references, collections, contests, and other sources online.
SciFaiku: Links to sites featuring "science fiction" haiku.
Speakeasy: http://www.mkweb.co.uk/speakeasy/; A poetry resource with loads of tips, articles, news and market information.
Swirl and Swing: http://www.swirlandswinginformation.wordpress.com; A private peer critique group centered around a weekly assignment. Welcomes serious writers of all types with a particular interest in poets.
Timeline of English Poetry 658-2003: http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/timeline/
Turkish Poetry Homepage: http://www.cs.rpi.edu/~sibel/poetry/
Ultimate Science Fiction Poetry Guide: http://www.magicdragon.com/UltimateSF/sfpo.html; This site offers links, information on sf/fantasy poetry authors, anthologies, collections, magazines, and more; if sf poetry is your cup of tea, you'll find it here.
Vanity Poetry Contests: http://www.poets.ca/linktext/links/articles/vanity.htm; A look at the type of contests to avoid.
Winning Writers: http://www.winningwriters.com/; Resources for poets and writers, with a focus on tips for those who enter poetry contests.
Yahoo! Poetry Contests (UK): http://uk.dir.yahoo.com/arts/Humanities/Literature/Poetry/Writing/Contests/
Young Poets Canada: http://www.youngpoets.ca/; The youth division of the League of Canadian Poets; includes a poetry e-zine for and by young poets.

Recommended Reading

Poet's Market	The Book of Forms	Creating Poetry	Handbook of Poetic Forms
The Making of a Poem	Poet Power: The Complete Guide to Getting Your Poetry Published	Poetic Meter and Poetic Form	A Poetry Handbook
The Poetry Home Repair Manual	The Practice of Poetry	Rhyme's Reason	The Sounds of Poetry

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