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Poet Ferlinghetti Chased Subs in WWII
San Francisco Chronicle article recounts the wartime experiences of famous Beat poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti and his conversion to pacifist principles after viewing the devastation at Nagasaki
Poems About War (Academy of American Poets)
Brief overview of modern poets’ approach to the subject of war and its atrocities, with links to classic and contemporary authors
Online Poetry Classroom - The Literature of War
Introduces high school students to poetry through the theme of war. Harvey Starbuck of Olathe High School (Colorado) describes his course in detail and provides links to poems, lesson plans, teaching strategies and a webliography
Military Writers Society of America
Association of writers and artists who honor the military through their creative works
Military Experience and the Arts
This organization’s mission is to bridge the gap between military and civilian cultures through creative expression and scholarship
Marine Corps Heritage Foundation (The)
The Marine Corps Heritage Foundation sponsors several free awards for books of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction by veterans and/or about Marine Corps history and life
Kseniya Simonova’s Sand Paintings
This unique and moving 8-minute video shows young Ukrainian artist Kseniya Simonova creating a sand painting that narrates the devastating impact of the Nazi invasion
Korean War Stories
Vivid personal anecdotes and poems based on the experiences of US veterans in the 143rd Field Artillery during the Korean War
John Amen: “Walking Unsure of Myself: Election Day, 2004”
Hallucinatory meditation on the political culture of wartime America, by John Amen, editor of the bimonthly journal The Pedestal Magazine
Ingrid Wendt: “The Unknown Good in Our Enemies”
This essay honoring the poet William Stafford reflects on how literature can foster mutual understanding and empathy in order to break the cycle of violence
Huffington Post: Beyond the Battlefield
This 10-part series from online newspaper The Huffington Post features real-life stories of the physical and emotional challenges, victories and setbacks that catastrophically wounded soldiers encounter after returning home
First World War Poetry Digital Archive
This British website features work by the major poets of WWI, plus contextual resources, online tutorials, podcasts, lesson plans, and more
Dream Voices: Siegfried Sassoon, Memory and War
Online slideshow of the World War I poet’s correspondence, drawings, and poems from the front, selected from the Cambridge University Library exhibit of his personal papers (open through December 23, 2010)
Curly-Headed Pussycat
Israeli poet Elisha Porat tells the story of two writers, one an angry young war veteran who hopes poetry will ease his traumatic memories, the other an sanguine older man who learns his own lesson about the fragility of youth and beauty
Consequence Magazine
Consequence is a Massachusetts-based literary magazine, published annually, focusing on the culture of war in America
COMBAT Magazine
The Literary Expression of Battlefield Touchstones
British War Poetry in the Age of Romanticism, 1793-1815
By Betty T. Bennett
Bob Newman: “An Irish Lament”
Reflections on the conflict in Northern Ireland
The Poetry Kit
Links to poetry resources around the English-speaking world
Poets Who Blog
Resource and link exchange site for poet bloggers worldwide
If We Must Eat Escargot With Plastic Sporks
If we must eat escargot with plastic sporks In starred restaurants, where boys snort at our fare While round us they use ruby knives and forks To scrape Bazooka bubblegum from their chairs If we eat snails oh let us nobly munch So that ten-cents-a-spork be not in vain We…
Poet’s Paradise: A Collection of Helpful Resources
Amsterdam Printing, a maker of personalized pens and similar products, maintains this link directory of literary organizations and reference sites for students and teachers of writing
NewPages
News, information and guides to independent bookstores, independent publishers, literary periodicals, alternative periodicals, independent record labels, alternative newsweeklies and more
Claire Mongeau
I am a high school student at a parochial school in Rochester, NY. Besides writing poems, I enjoy running, theater, music, and traveling. I have won several local awards including a library poetry contest and the Susan B. Anthony public speaking contest and essay contest. I have also been published…
Irish Writers Online
Bio-bibliographic database of over 500 classic and contemporary Irish writers, plus an impressive variety of links to authors’ websites, booksellers, publishers, and other literary resources
Electronic Poetry Center
Links to dozens of small presses and literary journals that publish poetry, plus selected poets’ webpages and historic documents, with a particular interest in experimental, postmodern and “language poetry”
Youth Speaks
A leading youth poetry and spoken word program
Tips for a Good Poetry Reading
This post from award-winning poet Diane Lockward’s blog offers sound advice for poets, hosts, and audience members
The Poetic Voice
Poetry podcast from educational publisher Houghton Mifflin features contemporary poets such as Donald Hall, Alan Shapiro and Natasha Trethewey reading and discussing their work
The Pedestal Magazine
Online journal of poetry, fiction, reviews, and artwork, edited by poet and songwriter John Amen
The Moth: True Stories Told Live
The Moth is a NYC-based literary organization and performance space dedicated to the art and craft of storytelling
The Drum
Published 10 times a year, The Drum is an online literary journal that features short fiction, essays, novel excerpts, and interviews, exclusively in audio form
Taylor Mali
Poetry slam champion and teachers’ advocate Taylor Mali is also a driving force behind the award-winning Urbana Poetry Slam team, which performs every Tuesday night at the famed Bowery Poetry Club in New York City
Slam News Service
Keep track of upcoming poetry slams and bouts across the US and the world
Six Video Poems at Poets & Writers
Multimedia presentations of poems by Anne Carson, Thylias Moss, and Aaron Fagan add new dimensions to the spoken word through interpretive dance, music, and graphics
Quiddity: International Literary Journal & Public-Radio Program
Quiddity is a literary journal published by Springfield College-Benedictine University in Illinois
Poetryvlog.com
Video archive of contemporary poets reading their own work features a new short video every week
Poetry.LA
Online video showcase of over 150 poets reading their work at various venues in Southern California
Poetry Series on the PBS NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
PBS and the Poetry Foundation collaborated on this series of broadcasts featuring short-form profiles on living American poets and long-form segments on current debates in poetry
Poetry Out Loud: National Recitation Project
This joint venture of the Poetry Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts awards over $100,000 in scholarships annually to high school students for memorizing and performing classic poems
Periodically Speaking
Presented at the New York Public Library and co-sponsored by the Council of Literary Magazines and Presses, this reading series showcases poets and prose writers from influential literary magazines, introduced by their editors
PD Info: Royalty Free Music
This archive of sound clips in various genres, from the website of the Public Domain Information Project, can help you enhance podcasts or other audiovisual recordings of your creative writing
Online School of Poetry
New venture seeks to bridge the worlds of literary academia and slam poetry
National Jukebox
This project at the Library of Congress makes historic recordings of popular and classical music and spoken-word performances available online
MotionPoems
MotionPoems features short, evocative, professionally produced videos that dramatize the poems being read on the soundtrack
Massachusetts Poetry Festival
This annual celebration of Massachusetts poets and small presses is held every October
Lizard Lounge Poetry Jam
This Cambridge, Mass. nightclub offers a poetry slam open mike followed by featured readers and jazz band every Sunday evening
Live Hope Love
Kwame Dawes, the University of South Carolina’s poet-in-residence, launched this multimedia site to chronicle the experiences of HIV patients and caregivers in Jamaica
Karla K. Morton
This Texas-based poet’s book/CD combo, ‘Wee Cowrin’ Timorous Beastie’, is a 17th-century Scottish epic story, written in rhyme, and set to an original musical score by the Juno award-winning Canadian composer, Howard Baer
Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Blog
This blog from the sponsor of the renowned Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival features video clips of readings by major contemporary poets (see the “Poetry Fridays” sidebar link), plus news about other cultural programs that the Dodge Foundation sponsors in New Jersey and beyond
