POETRY AND POETICS
Websites
go to bibliography listingAustin Poetry Society. The Austin Poetry Society is a chapter of the Poetry Society of Texas and an affiliate of the Academy of American Poets. APS members engage in outreach to the community and meet informally to hone their poetic skills. An eclectic array of speakers address the society at mothly meetings, and the society offers monthly and annual competitions. Membership is open to all, and visitors are welcome to sit in on meetings. http://austinpoetrysociety.org/
Bowery Poetry Club. Poetry on the streets, especially spoken word performance, plus information on writers, an artwall, magazine, etc. http://www.bowerypoetry.com/
Forrest Fest. This is the only poetry and arts festival on the plains of West Texas Caprock. Join us each spring for food, fun, cameraderie and good poetry.http://www.forrestfest.com/
Haiku Hut: All things Haiku, incluidng a forum, links, publications, examples. www.haikuhut.com/
Inspiritry. Web site of award-winning poet, author, storyteller and inspirational speaker Anne McCrady. Let Inspiritry bring you back to the joys of openhearted living! Whether you are looking for a keynote speaker, motivational program, writing seminar, conference facilitator, worship leader or storytelling performance, Anne McCrady and Inspiritry can meet your needs! http://inspiritry.com/
Integral Journeys for Pilgrims, Poets, Fools, and Saints - Poet and educator, Reggie Marra's website, a source of integrally informed human development and poetry-writing programs. http://www.integraljourneys.com/
Lucidity & The Lucidity Ozark Poetry Retreat. This is a national
journal of verse that features understandable poetry. The Lucidity Ozark Poetry
Retreat convenes at Eureka Springs, Arkansas, during April each year. Poets from
across the country attend this yearly event in the Ozark mountains each spring
which features lectures, workshops, read-arounds, possible publication in
Lucidity, a contest with cash awards, and banquet. http://lucidity.poetryinarts
Nuyorican Poet’s Café. One of the best sites for information on poetry and slams, theater, hiphop and more related to the spoken word. http://www.nuyorican.org/
Poem Hunger: Imagine a site where you can hunt down poetry, quotes and all things related, and also where you can discuss what you find on forums, and you've imagined Poem Hunger. www.poemhunter.com
Poetic Diversity: On-line zine and many other resources. www.poeticdiversity.org
Poetry Archive. The Poetry Archive has 3740 copyright-free, classical poems by 144 authors such as Emily Dickinson, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Robert Frost, and more. www.emule.com/poetry/
Poetry in the Arts. (PITA) is a literary nonprofit corporation committed to service to the literary and education communities. PITA maintains a Poet & Writer Resources Web site with extensive, freely accessible meta indexes of publishers, literary competitions, workshops and learning resources among many others. Unsolicited submissions of poetry, prose, art and music for its online journals, Ardent!, andpoetry and essays on the arts by teens to MoonCrossed 33/33 are also sought. "http://poetryinarts.org/"
Poetry Chaikhana: Receive a spiritual poem a day through your email plus an excellent commentary by Ivan Granger (keeper of the site) on each daily poem as a source of spiritual practice. This site draws from all religious and spiritual directions. www.poetry-chaikhana.com
Poetry-Poetry. An innovative audio site where you can hear poems read by the poets who wrote them, hosted by Charles Rossiter. Site also features events, resources, extensive archive. http://www.poetrypoetry.com/
Poetry Society of America.The premier poetry association with lots of links to conferences, workshops, publications and much, much more. http://www.poetrysociety.org
Poiesis: This magazine focuses on cutting edge expressive arts research and practice.www.egspress.com/catalogue/_poiesis
River of Words: This organization connects kids to their watersheds and imagination through poetry and art. It features a gallery, resources for kids and educators, a press, a store and various ways to get involves. www.riverofwords.org
SASE. An organization that focuses on the spoken word and writing for youth, and helps writers and artists support themselves. Lots of good information on working with teens and poetry slams. http://www.saseonline.org
Teaching Poetry: Great site for all kinds of poetry teaching tools and exercises for all ages.www.teachingpoetry.org
Bibliography (scroll down to anthologies)
go to website listingGaston Bachelard, The Poetics of Space
– The Poetics of Reverie.
Robin Behn and Chase Twinchell, The Practice Of Poetry.
Jack Collon and Sheryl Noethe, Poetry Everywhere: Teaching Poetry Writing in School and In The Community.
Kathleen Frazer, Translating the Unspeakable: Poetry and the Innovative Necessity.
Tell Gallagher, A Concert of Tenses
Natalie Goldberg, Top of My Lungs: Paintings and Poetry: How Poetry Saved My Life.
Edward Hirsch, How To Read A Poem and Fall In Love With Poetry.
- The Demon and the Angel: Searching for the Source of Artistic Inspiration.
Jane Hirshfield, Nine Gates: Entering The Mind Of Poetry.
John Hollander, Rhyme’s Reason.
Kenneth Koch, Wishes, Lies and Dreams: Teaching Children to Write Poetry.
- Rose, Where Did You Get That Red? Teaching Great Poetry to Children.
- I Never Told Anybody: Teaching Poetry Writing in a Nursing Home.
Dave Morice, How To Make Poetry Comics.
Alicia Ostriker, Stealing the Language.
- Writing Like a Woman
Ron Padgett, Handbook of Poetic Forms
Ezra Pound, The ABC’s of Reading.
Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters To A Young Poet.
T. Romano, Writing With Passion: Life Stories, Multiple Genres.
William Stafford, Writing The Australia Crawl
– You Must Revise Your Life.
Wallace Stevens, The Necessary Angel.
Anthologies:
Sisters of the Earth, ed. by Lorraine Anderson.
June Jordan’s Poetry for the People, ed. by Lauren Muller and the Blueprint Collective.
Unsettling America: An Anthology of Contemporary Multicultural Poetry, ed. by M.M. Gillan and J. Gillan.
Forgotten Language: Contemporary Poets and Nature, ed. by Christopher Merrill.
Letters to America: Contemporary American Poetry on Race, ed. by J. Daniels.
The Cancer Poetry Project: Poems by Cancer Patients and Those Who Love Them, ed. by Karin B. Miller.
The Before Columbus Foundation Poetry Anthology, ed. by J.J. Phillips, Ishmael Reed, Gundats Strads, and Shawn Wong.
Aloud: Voices from the Nuyorican Café, ed. by Miguel Algarin and Bob Holman.
Outsiders: Poems About Rebels, Exiles and Renegades, ed. by Laure-Anne Bosselaar.
Against Forgetting: Twentieth Century Poetry of Witness, ed. by Carolyn Forche.
Ain’tI A Woman: Classic Poetry From Around the World, ed. by Illona Linthwaite.
The Same Sky: A Collection of Poems From Around the World.
Technicians of the Sacred: A Range of Poeties From African, America, Asia, Europe and Oceania, ed. by Jerome Rothenberg.
Gay and Lesbian Poetry in Our Time: An Anthology, ed. by Carl Morse and Joan Larkin.
Movements in Chicano Poetry: Against Myths, Against Margins, ed. by Rafael Perez-Torres.
Twentieth Century Latin American Poetry: A Bilingual Anthology, ed. by Stephen Tapscott.
Quiet Fire: A Historical Anthology of Asian American Poetry, ed. by Juliana Chang.
Chinese-American Poetry: An Anthology, ed. by L. Ling-Chi Wang and H. Yiheng Zhao.
The Garden Thrives: Twentieth Century African-American Poetry, ed. by Clarence Major
Trouble the Waters: 250 Years of African-American Poetry, ed. by Jerry W. Ward.
The Jazz Poetry Anthology, ed. by Sascha Feinstein and Yusef Komunyahaa.
Songs From The Turtle’s Back: Native American Poetry, ed. by Joseph Bruchac.
Shaking the Pumpkin: Traditional Poetry of the Indian North Americas, ed. by Jerome Rothenberg.