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- For the American journal, see Poetry (magazine).
Poetry is an art form in which language is used for its aesthetic qualities in addition to or instead of its ostensible meaning. Poetry has a long history, and early attempts to define poetry, such as Aristotle's Poetics, focused on the various uses of speech in rhetoric, drama, song and comedy.Aristotle's Poetics, Heath (ed) (1997), further discussed below. Later attempts focused on the deliberate use of features such as repetition and rhyme and the emphasis on aesthetics to distinguish poetry from prose.See, for example, Kant's Critique of Judgment, discussed below. Contemporary poets, such as Dylan Thomas, often identify poetry not as a literary genre within a set of genres, but as a fundamental creative act using language.Dylan Thomas, Quite Early One Morning, discussed below.
Poetry often uses condensed forms and conventions to reinforce or expand the meaning of the underlying words or to invoke emotional or sensual experiences in the reader, as well as using devices such as assonance, alliteration and rhythm to achieve musical or incantatory effects. Poetry's use of ambiguity, symbolism, irony and other stylistic elements of poetic diction often leaves a poem open to multiple interpretations.
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"Poet and Poem" Radio Series for 2010
Seventeen noted writers will be featured in the 2010 season of "The Poet and the Poem from the Library of Congress." The radio series is available to all public radio stations via the Public Radio Satellite System's ContentDepot, starting Jan. 13, 2010.
Webcast of Community College Poetry Project Launch
A webcast of Poet Laureate Kay Ryan's reading to open the literary season, during which she announced a national poetry project that embraces community colleges through an online poetry page" "Poetry for the Mind's Joy" and a poetry-writing contest.
Robert Frost: Online Resources
This guide compiles links to resources on Robert Frost throughout the Library of Congress Web site, as well as selected links to external Web sites that include features on his life or selections of his work. For resources on other U.S. poets laureate and consultants in poetry, see http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/poetslaureate/.
2009 Witter Bynner Fellows
Poet Laureate Kay Ryan has chosen two gifted voices in poetry, Christina Davis and Mary Szybist, for the 2009 Witter Bynner Fellowships, and will introduce the poets on Feb. 26 at the Library of Congress.
Abraham Lincoln and Poetry
This Library of Congress Web guide provides an overview of Abraham Lincoln as a reader, writer, recipient, and subject of poetry.
Gwendolyn Brooks: Online Resources
This guide compiles links to resources on former Consultant in Poetry Gwendolyn Brooks throughout the Library of Congress Web site and elsewhere on the Web.
Poetry 180
Poem 052 - "Love Poem With Toast"
A poem by Miller Williams from the Library's Poetry 180 Project.
Poem 051 - "A Primer of the Daily Round"
A poem by Howard Nemerov from the Library's Poetry 180 project.
Poem 050 - "Otherwise"
A poem by Jane Kenyon from the Library's Poetry 180 project.
Poem 049 - "Painting a Room"
A poem by Katia Kapovich from the Library's Poetry 180 project.
Poem 048 - "Thanks For Remembering Us"
A poem by Dana Gioia from the Library's Poetry 180 project.
Poem 047 - "Fault"
A poem by Ron Koertge from the Library's Poetry 180 project.
Fiction & Poetry
Sarah Arvio: "Wood"
Sarah Arvio Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:00:00 -0000
The last thing I ever wanted was to write again about grief did you think I would your grief this time not mine oh good grief enough is enough in my life that is enough was enough I had all those grievances all those griefs all engraved into the wood . . .
Philip Schultz: "The Big Sleep"
Philip Schultz Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:00:00 -0000
The only thing that consoles us for our miseries isdiversion, and yet it is the greatest of our miseries.—Pascal. On Turner Classic Movies Philip Marlowe is grimacing at the slinky beauty of the woman who will become the wife of the actor playing him. The man playing me . . .
Don DeLillo: "Midnight in Dostoevsky"
Don DeLillo Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:00:00 -0000
We were two sombre boys hunched in our coats, grim winter settling in. The college was at the edge of a small town way upstate, barely a town, maybe a hamlet, we said, or just a whistle stop, and we took walks all the time, getting out, going nowhere, low . . .
Sam Shepard: "Indianapolis (Highway 74)"
Sam Shepard Mon, 16 Nov 2009 05:00:00 -0000
I’ve been crisscrossing the country again, without much reason. Sometimes a place will just pop into my head and I’ll take off. This time, down through Normal, Illinois, from high up in white Minnesota, dead of winter, icy roads, wind blowing sideways across the empty cornfields . . .
Liz Waldner: "Sad Verso of the Sunny ____"
Liz Waldner Mon, 16 Nov 2009 05:00:00 -0000
Veldt? Sounds good to me. Like melt. Back when you could eat Velveeta and call it cheese. My grandfather’s macaroni and cheese featured a whole brick of Velveeta. I liked peeling away its beautiful silver wrapper, Velveeta Velveeta all over in blue. The expanses of time in which . . .
James Longenbach: "Exercise"
James Longenbach Mon, 16 Nov 2009 05:00:00 -0000
Because the Greeks didn’t bother much about plagiarism Poems by Anacreon, born in Teos around 500 B.C., Appear among the Anacreontea, Imitations made by poets who loved him. In a dream I saw Anacreon, who called to me. As he stumbled, drunk, he lifted a crown of flowers . . .
A Poetry-Lover's Guide to the World Wide Web - Personal collection of links to online texts and resources of traditional and imagist poetry.
Meta Description: [ 90 great poems expressing love, tenderness, despair, wistfulness, rage; 65 links to other Web poetry collections and guides. ]
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Aha! 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.
Bad Poetry - An introduction to bad poetry, though not necessarily by bad poets, with texts of various exemplary poems. As selected and annotated by Professor Seamus Cooney.
DayPoems - 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.
EnviroArts - 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.
Erin's Poetry Palace - 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.
Meta Description: [ Poetry Palace full of poetry pages--Anonymous Poetry, Children's Poetry, Classical Poetry, Favorite Poetry, and Young American Poets plus much more including an all new Favorite Author Page and the all new Edgar Allan Poe Page!! ]
Fooling with Words - Website for the PBS television special hosted by Bill Moyers includes performances and interviews with some of America's most accomplished poets.
Meta Description: [ The Web companion to FOOLING WITH WORDS WITH BILL MOYERS explores the world of poetry, featuring educational materials for teachers and students, video clips of prominent poets performing their works, an online forum, information on the television series, and much more. ]
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Forgotten Ground Regained - Webzine and poetry resource offering original poems, essays, translations and links to alliterative poems, original medieval epics and verse romances.
Glossary of Literary and Rhetorical Terms - A brief glossary of literary terms, focusing on poetic terms in particular.
Glossary of Poetic Terms - 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.
Meta Description: [ 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. ]
Inspired Poems - A bilingual English and German anthology of poems inspired by other poems and poets.
Meta Description: [ A bilingual anthology of poems inspired by other poems and poets | Eine zweisprachige Sammlung von Gedichten, die von anderen Gedichten oder Dichtern inspiriert wurden. ]
Modern Poets - University of Vermont - 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.
Passions in Poetry - Archive of contemporary and user-submitted poetry with categories dedicated to love, sadness, friendship and life.
Poem of the Day - At killdevilhill.com. Features an online chat, and users can sign up to have the selected poem automatically delivered to their mailboxes daily.
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Lecture Hall and Chatroom. Western
Canon Great Books University ]
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Poems for a Long Winter's Night - A selection of poems about winter, snow, and ice from Charles Baudelaire, Yves Bonnefoy, John Hollander, Victor Hugo, Gail Mazur, Robert Pack, and Paul Verlaine.
Poetry at BellaOnline - Resource offers archived features, categorized links and recommended reading.
Starbuck.com Classical Poetry Port - Devoted to traditional poets and poetry including Dickinson and Shakespeare. Includes online forums, commentary and links.
Meta Description: [ Classical Poetry & Poets:
Poets, Poems, Great
Books, Shakespeare, Poetry, Poets ]
Tangerine - Includes sections on poetic forms, famous poets, links to poetry related resources.
The Academy of American Poets - Organization presenting poems, biographies of poets, historical and thematic poetry exhibits, events calendars, discussion forums and contest information.
The Open Poetry Project - An open editable database of information about poetry, poets, and poems. Includes a lengthy Glossary of Poetic Terms.
Timeless Poetry - An eclectic mix of poems from the classics to postmodern. Includes some biographical information and listing of selected poetry resources online. Suitable for children, young adults and adults.
Meta Description: [ An eclectic mix of poems from the classics to postmodern, includes listing of choice Poetry Resources Online; suitable for children, young adults and adults. ]
Wikipedia: Poetry - Article discussing the nature of the form, its history, terminology and the different traditions.
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