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Poetry websites

January 18, 2006
We have listed a brief selection of the most interesting international poetry websites below. Each description also mentions the language(s) in which the site is available.
Directories
English PEN World Atlas
Online resource (poetry, fiction, forums, blogs) for writers and publishers in the Middle East to reach a Western audience interested in literature in translation.
Language: English

The Poetry Kit
Internationally orientated poetry resource.
Language: English

The Poetry Portal
Directory of world-wide poetry online.
Language: English

The Poetry Resource
Extensive and well-structured selection of poetry links.
Language: English

Web Del Sol
Online resource and organisation promoting the literary arts.
Language: English

Online Anthologies and Archives
Archive of the Now
The Archive of the Now is an electronic and print collection of poetry, with recordings of over 100 poets based in the UK, including many specially commissioned recordings unavailable anywhere else.
Language: English

Babel Web Anthology
A multidimensional-multilingual web anthology, which is displaying parallely the original and the translated works.
Language: English

Bartleby
Poetry anthologies and thousands of canonical poems in English.
Language: English

CanLit poets
Online archive of Canadian poets.
Language: English

Chinese Poetry
Classical Chinese poems in English translation.
Language: English (some poems in Chinese)


Lithuanian Poetry
Lithuanian poetry in English translation.
Language: English


Best New Zealand Poems
Annual publication of 25 poems by as many leading contemporary New Zealand poets, with biographical notes and related links.
Language: English

New Zealand Electronic Poetry Centre
Electronic gateway to poetry resources in New Zealand and the Pacific region.
Language: English, with some poems in Maori


Turkish Poetry
Turkish poetry in translation.
Language: Turkish, English (a limited amount of poems is available in French, Spanish, German, Dutch, Italian and Finnish)

From the Ends to the Beginning
A bilingual anthology of Russian verse from the 18th century to the contemporary scene, also offering audio recordings by Akhmatova, Mandelstam, Pasternak and others.
Language: English

UniVerse
Online archive, interactive forum, and celebration of international poetry encouraging universal dialogue, compassion and peace.
Language: English

iPoetry
Online archive of Dutch poets.
Language: Dutch

Online Magazines
For a list of online magazines, click here

The Little Magazines Project
A bibliographic research project enabling anyone interested in poetry to find information about UK poetry magazines.
Language: English

InDigest Magazine
An online literary magazine focused on creating a dialogue about and between the arts.
Language: English

Audio Material
The Cortland Review
Online literary magazine in RealAudio.
Language: English

Lyrikline
Poems read by the authors themselves.
Language: German, English, French

Ubu
Recordings of classic poems as well as ethnopoetics: translated poetry from remote regions such as Siberia, Greenland or Tibet.
Language: English

Slam Poetry
The Austin Poetry Slam
Slam site connected to the Austin International Poetry Festival.
Language: English

Livepoets.com
Audio- and video-material and many links to American spoken word sites.
Language: English

Poetry Slam, Inc.
Main organization for spoken word in the USA.
Language: English

E-poetry
Electronic Literature Organisation
Organisation promoting the writing, publishing and reading of literature in electronic media.
Language: English

The Electronic Poetry Centre
Resources in electronic poetry and poetics.
Language: English

The e-poets network
Poetry, performance and new media.
Language: English

Telepoetics
Specialising in the production, promotion and distribution of poetry and performance arts projects via the internet.
Language: English

NetPoetic
A site exploring digital poetry and electronic literature.
Language: English

jason.nelson’s.digital.poetry.interfaces
An online collection of digital poetry.
Language: English

Various
Arts & Letters Daily
Daily updated report of news, reviews and essays, presenting a forum for ideas, criticism and debate.
Language: English

MobyLives.com
Witty weblog with daily news and commentary about books and writers.
Language: English

Today in Literature
Entertaining stories about the great moments, people and events in literary history.
Language: English

Poetry Daily
An anthology of contemporary poetry which features a new poem each day, as well as news from the poetry world.
Language: English
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