Research Tools

Poems can inspire you or make you laugh and they can also bring a tear to your eye. April is National Poetry Month, and these pages will lead you to poems for all seasons and all ages.

Columbia Granger's Index to Poetry Surf through 210,000 plus poems to find the perfect words - from love poems to nonsense verse. It also includes a poetry dictionary and biographies of noted poets. (Use your KCPL card number to log in)

Favorite Poem Project Americans read their favorite poems and talk about the significance of the poem in their lives. Poet laureate Pinsky's project has created printed anthologies and this fascinating poetry project. A powerful project

Lunch Poems 2008-2009 Listen or watch online poetry readings and discussions with contemporary poets at the Berkeley Lunch Poems programs. Poets include Robin Blaser of the Berkeley Renaissance in the 1940s; award winning African American poet, Tracy K. Smith; European poet Tomaz Salamun and others.

Poetry Slam Inc What is a slam? " Simply put, poetry slam is the competitive art of performance poetry. It puts a dual emphasis on writing and performance, encouraging poets to focus on what they're saying and how they're saying it." Poetry Slams emerged in the 1980s as a way to make poetry readings a lively event and to bring new writers to the world of poetry. Poetry Slam Inc has guidelines for hosting a poetry event

Poetry Daily With over a thousand poetry collections published every year, how do you find new poets to read? Poetry Daily steps up and shares a new poem every day. They pull from books, journals and more to share a wide array of English language poetry. Users can also search through previous poems as well.

Oxford Book of English Verse 1250-1900 Wander through the pages of this classic collection of poetry. Users can select poetry by time period, author name or title. You can also search for specific poems.

Poetry Society of America Since the 1930s, the Society has encouraged poets through its poetry competitions and work to keep poetry in the public eye.

Poets.org From the Academy of American Poets comes Poets.org, users can listen to poetry readings online, find poems for a wedding, sign up to be emailed poems, learn how to improve the poems you write and so much more!

Poetry-Portal The Portal is a resource for poetry writers with links to educational resources, competitions and a wide variety of tools and links for the poet.

West Virginia Writers Inc. Poets may wish to participate in various writers group around the state and programs run by West Virginia Writers

Magnet Poetry for Kids The creators of the magnetic poetry sets have an online refrigerator that kids can create poetry. (Fun for adults too.)

Giggle Poetry Kids can read funny poems about school, family, animals and more. Users can also learn to write their own poems.