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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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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.
Poet and Poem 2009 Series
U.S. Poet Laureate Kay Ryan and 30 other noted poets will be featured in the 2009 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.
The Poetry of Barack Obama
When President-elect Barack Obama was a 19-year-old student at Occidental College, he published two poems in the college's literary magazine. Read these poems online as part of the Library of Congress' "Presidents as Poets" Web guide.
Poetry 180
Poem 042 - "The Poetry of Bad Weather"
A poem by Debora Greger from the Library's Poetry 180 project.
Poem 041 - "In the Well"
A poem by Andrew Hudgins from the Library's Poetry 180 project.
Poem 040 - "Driving to Town Late to Mail a Letter"
A poem by Robert Bly from the Library's Poetry 180 project.
Poem 039 - "Snow"
A poem by David Berman from the Library's Poetry 180 project.
Poem 038 - "Cartoon Physics, part 1"
A poem by Nick Flynn from the Library's Poetry 180 project.
Poem 037 - "She Didn't Mean to Do It"
A poem by Daisy Fried from the Library's Poetry 180 project.
Fiction & Poetry
Stephen King: "Premium Harmony"
Stephen King Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:00:00 -0000
They’ve been married for ten years and for a long time everything was O.K.—swell—but now they argue. Now they argue quite a lot. It’s really all the same argument. It has circularity. It is, Ray thinks, like a dog track. When they . . .
Katie Ford: "November Philosophers"
Katie Ford Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:00:00 -0000
Nothing is nothing, although he would call me that, She was nothing. Those were his words, but his hand was lifting cigarettes in chains and bridges of ash-light. He said he didn’t want his body to last. It wasn’t a year I could argue against . . .
Glyn Maxwell: "Southeast of Eden"
Glyn Maxwell Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:00:00 -0000
Together they took the least space they could. Entered each other deeply, to be less, to throw one shadow only, to be still for all the world while moving for each other. —So space, so barely dented, might not bruise and cry, and time come running. To this end . . .
Spencer Reece: "My Great-Grandmother’s Bible"
Spencer Reece Mon, 26 Oct 2009 04:00:00 -0000
Faux-leather bound and thick as an onion, it flakes— an heirloom from Iowa my dead often read. I open the black flap to speak the “spake”s and quickly lose track of who wed, who bred. She taped our family register as it tore, her hand . . .
Nina Zivancevic: "Letter to Tsvetaeva"
Nina Zivancevic Mon, 26 Oct 2009 04:00:00 -0000
Ah, now our time has come, Marina. You visit me at night while I sit alone with a glass of wine in hand —you who do not need a key— for you the most secret door of my room is always open: abandoned by our mothers, we both . . .
Javier Marías: "While the Women Are Sleeping"
Javier Marías Mon, 26 Oct 2009 04:00:00 -0000
For three weeks, I saw them every day, and now I don’t know what has become of them. I’ll probably never see them again—at least, not her. Summer conversations, and even confidences, rarely lead anywhere. I nearly always saw them at the beach, where . . .
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.
Meta Description: [ darwin
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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