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Columbia Grangers World of Poetry -
http://www.kcls.org/erout/goto.cfm?f=grangers&d=97
100,000+ full-text poems, 300,000+ poem citations and excerpts.
Poets & Writers Online -
http://www.pw.org/
The online version of the Directory of American poets and fiction writers contains almost 4,000 names and addresses (including e-mail, if available) of writers and is enough to make this a unique resource. The Literary Links and Great Resources are invaluable for professional and amateur writers and help to make this not-for-profit site one of the premier gatherings of literary information on the Web. Also includes online conferences, literary programs and articles on writing and publishing.
Representative Poetry On-line: Version 2.07 -
http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/display/index.cfm
A historical anthology of English poetry, from the early medieval period to the beginning of the twentieth century, which includes about 1650 poems by more than 260 authors. Works are indexed by poet, first line, title, date, and keyword, with a section on criticism rounding out the collection.
Rhyming dictionary -
http://www.rhymezone.com/
Finds matches to your word and leads to dictionary definitions and thesaurus look-ups. Still no match on orange.
Sonnet Central -
http://www.sonnets.org/
Created as a labor of love, for poetry lovers, this extensive collection of English language sonnets can be approached from different points: an alphabetical list of authors, by time period for sonnets from Great Britain, and by geographical area for everywhere else. Also a timeline of writers, pictures, essays about the sonnet form, criticism, a bibliography, and a listening room with RealAudio recordings. Most sonnets use modernized language. Searchable.
Storytellers: Native American Authors Online -
http://www.hanksville.org/storytellers/
The purpose of this site is to "make the writing of modern Native American authors, particularly the poets, both more visible and more widely available." The site includes pages on or links to more than 40 authors. There is also a calendar of appearances by the authors, links to reviews of their works, a section on traditional storytelling, a page of links to the online works of early 20th century Native American authors, and another of links to related sites.
