LibGuides: Literature: Reading Poetry

Contemporary Poetry Collections

Some of new additions to the Library.

Poets.org
American Academy of Poets' mission "is to support American poets at all stages of their careers and to foster the appreciation of contemporary poetry."
storySouth
storySouth’s most important mission is to showcase the best fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry that writers from the new south have to offer. Special emphasis is given to finding and promoting the works of promising new writers.
The Poetry Foundation
The Poetry Foundation, publisher of Poetry magazine, is an independent literary organization committed to a vigorous presence for poetry in our culture. It exists to discover and celebrate the best poetry and to place it before the largest possible audience.

Poetry for Students
Call Number: Main: 2nd Floor Reference - PN1101 .P64

Poetry for Students offers rich analysis, context and criticism on the most frequently studied poems from various cultures and time periods. It is available in print and online in the Literature Resource Center (Gale) database.

Literature Resource Center
(Gale) Current and comprehensive literary criticism, biographies, and full-text articles and reference titles on authors from every age and literary discipline. Includes Twayne's Authors and Scribner's Writers Series which have in-depth articles on the lives and works of over 1,000 authors from around the world. How do I use this?
One Literature
One Literature includes everything in LION plus 150,000+ additional primary sources, 20,000 eBooks, and expanded resources on modern and diverse authors. Primary and critical text database for literary research at all levels. (Provided by LSTA funds administered by the AR State Library)