LibGuides: Poetry: Websites

Poet Biographies & General Information

Library of Congress Poetry & Literature Program
The Library of Congress promotes poetry and literature year-round through online and in-person programs, honors and prizes, and poetry ambassadors.
Poetry Foundation: Poets
You can search biographies of individual poets and also browse poets geographically, by school/period or by time period
Poetry Society of America
America's oldest poetry organization seeks to build a larger and more diverse audience for the advancement, enjoyment, and understanding of poetry.
Poets.org - Poets
Search more than 3,000 biographies of contemporary and classic poets. Browse all poets, filter the list by state and schools & movements, or search by name.
ThoughtCo Poetry
Collections of classic and contemporary poems, biographies of popular poets, and tutorials on how to write poetry yourself.

Poetry Archive
The Poetry Archive is the world's premier online collection of recordings of poets reading their work. LISTEN!
Poetry Daily
An anthology of contemporary poetry that brings you one new poem a day from new books, magazines, and journals.
Poetry Foundation: Explore Poems
Find a poem by subject, occasion, holiday, school/period, poet's region, poet's birthdate, or poetic terms.
Poetry Out Loud
An online anthology of over 900 contemporary poems.
Poets' Corner
An anthology of around 7,000 works by about 800 historical poets, including some of the best known works in the English language and many obscure and forgotten works that are well worth reading.
Poets.org - Poems
Search an extensive curated collection of over 10,000 poems by occasion, theme, and form.
Verse Daily
Republishing one new poem a day from fine literary magazines and books.

PennSound: Authors
PennSound is an ongoing project from the University of Pennsylvania, providing access to recorded readings from dozens of poets, both contemporary and historical.
Poetry Out Loud: Tips on Reciting
Poetry Out Loud is a national poetry recitation competition. Here are their tips on reciting, or performing, poetry.
Resources for your rhymes: Sites for slam/spoken word/performance poetry
Links to tools for writing, recording, and refining spoken word poetry.

Figure of Hitomaru, God of Poetry, 18th century. Stoneware. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.