Open Directory - Arts: Literature: Poetry
See also: This category in other languages: - Personal collection of links to online texts and resources of traditional and "imagist" poetry. - Consists of a resource for writers and readers of poetry, emphasizing Asian and orientalizing forms such as cinquain, ghazal, haiku, renga, sijo and tanka. - A random walk through eight centuries of English-language verse, updated daily. Visitors can add their poems by email, and webmasters can link to individual poems. Indexed by poet and title. Illustrated. - Emphasizes the literary and visual arts in relation to nature, with poetry and essays by contemporary authors (culled mostly from the pages of Orion and Orion Afield magazines--which co-sponsor this site) and information on historic naturalism and naturalist literature. - A personal website devoted to poetry, these pages include several sections devoted to specific poets, a large selection of texts of favorite poems, essays on the reading, study and discussion of poems, and a small but discriminating selection of links to poetry-related websites on the Internet. - Website for the PBS television special hosted by Bill Moyers includes performances and interviews with some of America's most accomplished poets. - A brief glossary of literary terms, focusing on poetic terms in particular. - "A unique guide for the study of poetry, with an extensive range of definitions, cross-references between related terms, informative sidelights, hyperlinked keywords, phonetic pronunciation guides and numerous examples." - A bilingual English and German anthology of poems inspired by other poems and poets. - An introduction to the reading of poetry, with short introductions to several well known modern poets and audio files with discussions or readings of their works. - Archive of contemporary and user-submitted poetry with categories dedicated to love, sadness, friendship and life. - Resource offers archived features, categorized links and recommended reading. - Includes sections on poetic forms, famous poets, links to poetry related resources. - Organization presenting poems, biographies of poets, historical and thematic poetry exhibits, events calendars, discussion forums and contest information. - Article discussing the nature of the form, its history, terminology and the different traditions.
