Links: Poetry

Poetry

For more information, visit Writing-World.com's Poetry section.

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.canadianpoetryassoc.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.
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 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.
Poetry Markets: Current Calls for Manuscripts: http://newark.rutgers.edu/~lcrew/markets/index.html; Offers an extensive list of "calls for submissions" for various types of poetry.
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 Landmarks of Britain: http://www.poetrysociety.org.uk/landmark/front.php; Locate poetry events and poetry-related (real-world) sites throughout the UK.
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.
Timeline of English Poetry 658-2003: http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/display_rpo/timeline.cfm
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.
Worst Poetry Contests: http://windpub.com/literary.scams/endall.htm; A list of contests that have a reputation for being scams, or designed just to persuade new poets to buy a collection.
Yahoo! Poetry Contests (UK): http://uk.dir.yahoo.com/arts/Humanities/Literature/Poetry/Writing/Contests/
Young Poets Canada: http://www.youngpoets.ca/youth.php; The youth division of the League of Canadian Poets; includes a poetry e-zine for and by young poets.

Recommended Reading

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A Poetry Handbook	Rhyme's Reason	The Sounds of Poetry	The Teachers and Writers Handbook of Poetic Forms

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