Notre Dame High School Library - Web Sites - Poetry
Use this custom search engine to search all of the links below.
Bartleby Verse
http://www.bartleby.com/verse/
Search poetry anthologies from the late 1800s to the early 1900s.
Poetry Foundation
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/
Extensive site includes issues of Poetry magazine. Browse for poems by items such as subject, school/period, poetic term, poem type, etc. Also contains good biographical sketches about many poets.
Poets’ Corner
http://www.theotherpages.org/poems/
Search for poems by title, author, subject, first line, etc.
The Poetry Archive
http://www.poetryarchive.org/
Search for poems by theme, title or poet. Listen to well-known poets read their works. Also has a glossary of poetic terms.
PoemHunter.com
http://poemhunter.com/
Poems from well-known poets (and from members of the site). Search by theme. Listen to audio. Biographical sketches included. Can download ebooks (.pdfs) for well-known poets.
University of Michigan Humanities Text Initiative American Verse Project
http://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/amverse/
American poetry before 1920.
poets.org from The Academy of American Poets
http://www.poets.org/index.cfm
Representative Poetry Online - from the University of Toronto Libraries
http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/
Search for poets by name, date, time period, movement, nationality or awards/honors. Search for poems by title, date, form, rhyme or collection.
Poetry 180 - from the Library of Congress
http://www.loc.gov/poetry/180
Modern American Poetry (MAPS)
http://modernamericanpoetry.org
Search modern and contemporary poetry by title, poet, publication year, poetic form, or school of poetry. Can also conduct a fulltext search. Includes literary criticism.
Favorite Poem Project - Boston University, the Poetry Society of America and the Library of Congress
http://www.favoritepoem.org
The New Yorker Books and Fiction – The New Yorker
http://www.newyorker.com/books
Contemporary poetry as published in The New Yorker.
Poetry Daily – The Daily Poetry Association
http://poems.com/
Contemporary poetry from books, magazines or journals currently in print.
Poetry Out Loud
http://www.poetryoutloud.org
Homepage of the National Recitation Contest. Read and listen to poems, find biographical information on poets, and get tips on recitation.
Ours Poetica - in association with The Poetry Foundation
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCv4-yypZ7srAlzk_MQCRaLQ
People read their favorite poems.
PicLits.com
http://www.piclits.com
Create your own poetry by using provided photos and words as inspiration.
RhymeBrain
http://rhymebrain.com
Rhyming dictionary.
RhymeZone
Enter a word and find rhymes and near rhymes, descriptive words, synonyms and more.
https://www.rhymezone.com/
Bartleby Verse
http://www.bartleby.com/verse/
Search poetry anthologies from the late 1800s to the early 1900s.
Poetry Foundation
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/
Extensive site includes issues of Poetry magazine. Browse for poems by items such as subject, school/period, poetic term, poem type, etc. Also contains good biographical sketches about many poets.
Poets’ Corner
http://www.theotherpages.org/poems/
Search for poems by title, author, subject, first line, etc.
The Poetry Archive
http://www.poetryarchive.org/
Search for poems by theme, title or poet. Listen to well-known poets read their works. Also has a glossary of poetic terms.
PoemHunter.com
http://poemhunter.com/
Poems from well-known poets (and from members of the site). Search by theme. Listen to audio. Biographical sketches included. Can download ebooks (.pdfs) for well-known poets.
University of Michigan Humanities Text Initiative American Verse Project
http://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/amverse/
American poetry before 1920.
poets.org from The Academy of American Poets
http://www.poets.org/index.cfm
Representative Poetry Online - from the University of Toronto Libraries
http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/
Search for poets by name, date, time period, movement, nationality or awards/honors. Search for poems by title, date, form, rhyme or collection.
Poetry 180 - from the Library of Congress
http://www.loc.gov/poetry/180
Modern American Poetry (MAPS)
http://modernamericanpoetry.org
Search modern and contemporary poetry by title, poet, publication year, poetic form, or school of poetry. Can also conduct a fulltext search. Includes literary criticism.
Favorite Poem Project - Boston University, the Poetry Society of America and the Library of Congress
http://www.favoritepoem.org
The New Yorker Books and Fiction – The New Yorker
http://www.newyorker.com/books
Contemporary poetry as published in The New Yorker.
Poetry Daily – The Daily Poetry Association
http://poems.com/
Contemporary poetry from books, magazines or journals currently in print.
Poetry Out Loud
http://www.poetryoutloud.org
Homepage of the National Recitation Contest. Read and listen to poems, find biographical information on poets, and get tips on recitation.
Ours Poetica - in association with The Poetry Foundation
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCv4-yypZ7srAlzk_MQCRaLQ
People read their favorite poems.
PicLits.com
http://www.piclits.com
Create your own poetry by using provided photos and words as inspiration.
RhymeBrain
http://rhymebrain.com
Rhyming dictionary.
RhymeZone
Enter a word and find rhymes and near rhymes, descriptive words, synonyms and more.
https://www.rhymezone.com/