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Top 10 Poetry Sites to Follow for National Poetry Month

By Maureen Doallas 18 Comments

Top 10 Sites to Follow for National Poetry Month Duck in Golden Light

Who to follow for National Poetry Month—and maybe all year long

1 • Poetic Earth Month

If you love to sit on a pristine beach, watch a gorgeous sunset over mountains or plains, enjoy delicious food with friends, or any number of amazing things we can do on this beautiful earth, you might like the chance to “read and write the world, poetically” during Poetic Earth Month—a new public month sponsored by Tweetspeak Poetry. Watch for a 30 Days, 30 Poems challenge and a curated poem collection on all things earth and those we love in it.

2 • American Life in Poetry

An initiative of U.S. Poet Laureate Ted Kooser, ALPoetry offers weekly a free, downloadable poem with commentary. It also boasts an archive of hundreds of poems that are frequently humorous, sometimes deeply moving, and always speak to place and what is uniquely American in spirit.

3 • From the Fishouse

Emphasizing poetry as oral tradition, this site showcases poets with fewer than two published collections. What matters are not the names on the poems but the poems themselves, presented in their creators’ voices. With more than 500 audio files, the site offers users insights into how emerging poets think about and practice their craft.

4 • Modern American Poetry Site

The serious student or teacher of poetry cannot go wrong with MAPS, which comprises more than 30, 000 pages of online biographies, critical essays, syllabi, and images for more than 160 modern poets. For some poets, it’s the only source for scholarly commentary. Detailed analyses of poems and poetry-related ephemera are noteworthy.

5 • MotionPoems

Not everyone can “get” a poem by reading it. MotionPoems animates words in ways that uncover meaning through wonderfully creative use of music and graphics.

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6 • PennSound

No site does a better job than PennSound of documenting, preserving, and making easily accessible historic and contemporary sound recordings you’ll find nowhere else.

7 • Poets & Writers

We like how poets are singled out among the larger group of writers here. The trove of resources includes unparalleled databases of literary magazines, presses, agents, contests, writers’ tools, and readings and workshops. The “My P&W” community is active and supportive.

8 • Poetry Foundation

Cheeky Harriet, the foundation’s blog, makes clear that poetry doesn’t equate to the stiff and stuffy. Notable site features include a Learning Lab, children’s poetry, podcasts, video, and selections from the estimable Poetry magazine. Poems are searchable by school/period, regions, and century and can be accessed using the latest technology.

9 • Poetry International Web

Start in Afghanistan and end in Zimbabwe, but let PIW take you on your global poetry tour. You won’t need a passport to cross borders and listen to the many voices you’ll hear only in this international community. In addition to informative articles, audio/video recordings, and interviews, PIW offers thousands of poems in their original language and English translations.

10 • Words Without Borders

While this site deals with the world of literature as a whole, it also shares a wide variety of international poetry. As their stated mission notes, they seek to “open doors for readers of English around the world to the multiplicity of viewpoints, richness of experience, and literary perspective on world events offered by writers in other languages.” You’ll find new voices here that you might not find elsewhere. Explore.

Photo by PS Lee, Creative Commons, via Flickr. This is a modified reprint of a post by Maureen Doallas, author of Neruda’s Memoirs: Poems.

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Comments

  1. Maureen Doallas says

    April 5, 2013 at 8:51 pm

    I was disappointed in the list of poetry sites mentioned in this month’s Writer’s Digest. The list was so predictable! Am going to send WD some suggestions, I think.

    Thank you for the reprint!

    Reply
  2. L. L. Barkat says

    April 5, 2013 at 10:01 pm

    Online digest, or print?

    Thank *you* for the list. You know how to pick ’em. 🙂

    Reply
  3. Maureen Doallas says

    April 6, 2013 at 11:11 am

    The March/April issue is in print. I don’t see the article, 101Best Websites for Writers, online. The mag does an annual list of all the various genre sites. I do think TSP should be on it!

    Reply
  4. L.L. Barkat says

    April 6, 2013 at 11:28 am

    your mission, should you choose to accept it… 😉

    thanks for that encouragement!

    Reply
  5. Dukh Poetry says

    May 1, 2013 at 4:25 am

    thanks for this try… it helps me alot…

    Reply
  6. Benjie P says

    June 4, 2013 at 9:45 pm

    nice read

    Reply
  7. Lavonne Westbrooks, editor says

    March 14, 2016 at 6:33 pm

    Your list is comprehensive. I love all those sites. If you want to join an excellent poetry workshop, please visit poetrycircle.com. We are a workshop for everyone and we focus on poetry for publication.

    Reply
    • L. L. Barkat says

      March 14, 2016 at 7:49 pm

      We talk about your site in our book How to Write a Poem: Based on the Billy Collins Poem “Introduction to Poetry.” 🙂

      Reply
      • Lavonne says

        March 15, 2016 at 10:47 am

        Thank you!

        Reply
  8. sylva portoian says

    March 20, 2016 at 9:56 am

    If a poem has no Soul …
    it is not defined as a poem …
    Most new poem are souless…
    are phrases in vains …
    If you find soulful popoem among all
    Please…let me know …
    Sylva~MD~Poetry

    Reply
  9. Dawn says

    March 27, 2016 at 9:37 am

    Excited for April, and love this list!

    Reply
  10. John Farrell says

    April 1, 2016 at 9:49 am

    Another overlooked site:
    The myStanza Channel:

    https://www.youtube.com/user/mystanzachannel

    Reply
  11. dorin popa says

    April 3, 2016 at 12:22 pm

    You can find more info about me (my poems -English, Italian, Fr., Spanish…-, my books, my sites, my blog…) on this 7 pages(photos!) :

    https://www.facebook.com/groups/474965826007428/permalink/488027288034615/

    Reply
  12. Andrew Sparkes says

    April 5, 2016 at 1:44 am

    Perfect Timing

    Tic tic tic tic
    Tic tick-tock
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    Ticking clock

    Tic tic tic tic
    Ticking watch
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    Never stops

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    Toys for tots
    Tic tic tic tic
    Music box

    Tic tic tic tic
    Throughout the ages
    Tic tic tic tics
    Our hours sages

    Tic tic tic tic
    Starts the race
    Tic tic tic tic
    Keeps the pace

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    Marks the time
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    Metes the rhyme

    Tic tic tic tic
    Turns the gears
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    Raises fears

    Tic tic tic tic
    Rings the chime
    Tic tic tic tic
    Tows the line

    Tic tic tic tic
    Warns of harm
    Tic tic tic tic
    Sets alarm

    Tic tic tic tic
    Tells of doom
    Tic tic tic tic
    Tic… tic… BOOM!

    Andrew Sparkes Feb 6, 2016.
    Photographer Unknown.

    Reply
  13. Michael Karl (Ritchie) says

    April 6, 2016 at 7:48 pm

    There’s also THE SPACESHIP, where I’m writing one a day and adding them to the file NATIONAL POETRY MONTH. GO TO: https://mkrspaceship.wordpress.com/national-poetry-month/

    Reply
  14. Edward says

    April 22, 2016 at 5:22 pm

    there’s a compendium of people participating in #NaPoWriMo here: http://www.napowrimo.net/ (full disclosure – i’m one of them). lots of great stuff to discover!

    Reply

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