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The library is featuring a display on the lower level of poetry books. Check out classic poets or modern poets! Be inspired to write your own poetry.
Here are some great websites for reading, learning about, and listening to poetry!
Poets.org
A resource from the Academy of American
Poets with thousands of poems, essays, biographies, weekly features, and poems for every occasion.
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/
Find poems,
poets,
poetry news, articles, and book reviews
http://www.loc.gov/poetry/
Library of Congress
poetry resources including poems,
poetry readings,
poetry news and events, and information about U.S.
poet laureates.
http://www.poetryarchive.org/
The
Poetry Archive is an ever expanding archive of
poets reading their own work.