Must Reads
Summer Poems
A collection of poems for summer, including an anonymous medieval lyric and classics by Thomas Nashe, William Blake, Emily Dickinson, John Greenleaf Whittier, John Clare, Amy Lowell & Gerard Manley Hopkins.
A collection of poems for summer, including an anonymous medieval lyric and classics by Thomas Nashe, William Blake, Emily Dickinson, John Greenleaf Whittier, John Clare, Amy Lowell & Gerard Manley Hopkins.
Glossary of Traditional Poetic Forms
For easy reference, brief definitions of the varieties of poetic forms in glossary format: ghazal, haiku, limerick, pantoum, sestina, sonnet, terza rima, villanelle...
For easy reference, brief definitions of the varieties of poetic forms in glossary format: ghazal, haiku, limerick, pantoum, sestina, sonnet, terza rima, villanelle...
How To Give a Good Reading of Your Poems
Adapted with permission from Gary Mex Glazner’s book How To Make a Living as a Poet: Reading poetry aloud reconnects people to its original power and pleasure: its sound. Walt Whitman called this the barbaric yawp. But how does one yawp barbarically?
Adapted with permission from Gary Mex Glazner’s book How To Make a Living as a Poet: Reading poetry aloud reconnects people to its original power and pleasure: its sound. Walt Whitman called this the barbaric yawp. But how does one yawp barbarically?
How to get started submitting your poems
A simple step-by-step outline to help you manage the process of submitting your poems for publication.
A simple step-by-step outline to help you manage the process of submitting your poems for publication.
How To Put Together a Poetry Manuscript
You’ve written a number of poems, sent them out to poetry journals or read them in public, and some of your poems have been published. Now it’s time to put together a book manuscript you can submit to publishers or publication contests.
You’ve written a number of poems, sent them out to poetry journals or read them in public, and some of your poems have been published. Now it’s time to put together a book manuscript you can submit to publishers or publication contests.
Poetry Book Store
Poetry books & recordings recommended by your guides, available through Pricegrabber’s comparison search (or check our Independent Shopping page to locate the best books & CDs you can’t get online).
Poetry books & recordings recommended by your guides, available through Pricegrabber’s comparison search (or check our Independent Shopping page to locate the best books & CDs you can’t get online).
Reader Submissions: Poems
Use this form to submit a single poem to be considered for possible inclusion in one of the About Poetry online anthologies -- currently we’re reviewing poems for our Winter collection.
Use this form to submit a single poem to be considered for possible inclusion in one of the About Poetry online anthologies -- currently we’re reviewing poems for our Winter collection.
Reader Submissions: News/Open Mics
Send links to your local open mic poetry reading series or to news media stories about poets from your part of the poetry world.
Send links to your local open mic poetry reading series or to news media stories about poets from your part of the poetry world.
Email Your Guides
Do you have a question or a comment about this site? Want to recommend a link we should review for our libraries? We love letters....
Do you have a question or a comment about this site? Want to recommend a link we should review for our libraries? We love letters....