Recommended Websites

• Poetry Foundation.org

  http://www.poetryfoundation.org/

  Search Poetry Tool by poet, category, occasion, title, and more. 

  "Committed to a vigorous presence for poetry in our culture."

   
• Bartleby.com

   http://www.bartleby.com/verse/ 

    "One of the largest free collections of verse on the web."

• Library of Congress Poetry 180 - How to Read a Poem

  http://www.loc.gov/poetry/180/p180-howtoread.html 

  How to read a poem aloud.

• Library of Congress Poetry 180 - Poem a day for American high schools

   http://www.loc.gov/poetry/180/067.html 

   

• Favorite Poem Project

   http://www.favoritepoem.org/A collection of 50 short video documentaries of Americans reading and speaking about poems they love.

   

   

• Librarian's Internet Index--Arts and Humanities>Literature and Books>Poetry

   http://lii.org/

   Websites recommended by librarians.

Library Catalog and Internet Search Terms

 

• Poetry-[name of country]   Example:  Poetry—United States,  Poetry—India  etc.

• Poetry-[time period]   Example:  Poetry—18th century

• Type of poetry    Example:  Limericks, love poetry, parodies, political poetry, religious poetry, epic, free verse, haiku, humorous poetry

• Poetry-Collections

• Name of poet    Example:  Rumi, Basho, Shakespeare, etc.

Reference Sources in Print

• The New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics   REF 808.1 P935e
• Greenwood Encyclopedia of American Poets and Poetry     REF 811.009 G856g
• Contemporary Poets    REF 821.9109 C767
• Grangers Index to Poetry  REF 808.81 G765i
• Poetry Handbook:  a Dictionary of Terms  REF 808.1 D489p
• Thematic Guide to American Poetry REF 811.09 B837t

Search the stacks

• 811 American poetry
• 821 English poetry
• 831 German poetry
• 841 French poetry
• 851 Italian poetry
• 861 Spanish poetry
• 871 Latin poetry
• 881 Classical Greek poetry
• 891-899 Asian, African, Native American poetry

 Periodicals

• Poetry
• Poets & Writers