Projects
- Tag a book of poetry on Amazon
- Talk to teachers about using poetry for student research projects
- 52 Haiku: Zen meditation, drawing and haiku for every week of the year
- The Essay Project: a review of poetry essays
- Access assistance:
Book Recommendations for Poets
- 50 Contemporary Poets, The Creative Process edited by Alberta T. Turner
- The Triggering Town by Richard Hugo
- The Poetry Lesson by Andrei Codrescu
- Best Words, Best Order by Stephen Dobyns
- Feeling as a Foreign Language by Alice Fulton
- Poetic Meter and Poetic Form by Paul Fussel
- Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke
- Literary Theory, A Very Short Introduction by Jonathan Culler
- Nine Gates, Entering the Mind of Poetry by Jane Hirshfield
- Proofs & Theories by Louis Gluck
- American Originality by Louis Gluck
- Literature in the Digital Age by Adam Hammond
- The Language of New Media by Lev Manovich (Advanced)
- 5 Books About Writing in Forms
- 3 Anthologies of International Poetry
- 7 Anthologies of Protest and Resistance Poetry
Book Recommendations for All writers
- Thinking in Writing by Donald McQuade and Robert Atwan
- The Forest for the Trees by Betsy Lerner
- Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott
- Subtext by Charles Baxter
- Writing Down the Bones by Natalie Goldberg
- Points of View Edited by James Moffett and Kenneth R. McElheny
- The Writing Life by Annie Dillard
- The Writer’s Journey by Christopher Vogler
- The Paris Review Interviews, Vol 1-4 and Women Writers at Work
Ongoing Survey Projects
Top 10 Lists for Poets
- Top 10 Things to Do When Participating in an Open Poetry Reading
- Top 10 Ways Kids Today Can Use Poetry: Halloween Edition
- Top 10 Poetry Forms So Oft Annoying
- Top 10 Reasons Why Poets are Bad Party Guests
- The Top 15 Joys of Physical Books With Which eBooks Cannot Compete
- 10 Benefits of Taking Poetry Classes
- 10 Lessons for Poets as Found in Modern Times
- 14 Pop Songs That Read as Crafty Poems
- 10 Things You Can Sell To Poets That They Might Possibly Buy
- 10 Ways to Be a Better Poetry Reader
- 10 Productive Poetry Workshop Practices
- 10 Things That Aren’t Writing but Will Help Your Poetry
Magazines and Journals
- One Story
- American Poetry Review
- Rattle
- Writer’s Digest
Groups and Organizations to Join
- The American Writer’s Museum
- The Academy of American Poets
- The Poetry Society of America
- The Science Fiction Poetry Association
- The Scottish Poetry Library
(great, innovative organization even if you’re not Scottish!) - Your local or state poetry society
- Start your own poetry reading group!