Library of Congress
Loc: Experiencing War: Leroy v. Quintana
Interview with poet Leroy Quintana about his years serving in the military, especially about his service in Vietnam.
University of Illinois
University of Illinois: Modern American Poetry: Robert Frost (1874 1963)
Critical analysis of numerous Frost poems by foremost literary critics like William Pritchard. This is a great resource for students learning how to analyze Frost's poetry.
University of Illinois
University of Illinois: Modern American Poetry: Mark Strand
A site about Mark Strand and his poetry, but without the texts of any of his works. Includes biographies, critiques of his works, essays by Strand, and interviews with him.
University of Illinois
University of Illinois: Modern American Poetry: Marianne Moore
You can rely on this site for biographical and critical views of Marianne Moore (1887-1972 CE) and her work. It includes criticism of a number of poems, a photo gallery, an exhibit and a biography.
University of Illinois
University of Illinois: Modern American Poetry: Edna St. Vincent Millay
This outstanding resource offers literary criticism, biographical information, full text of poems, and historical context for Edna St. Vincent Millay's (1892-1950 CE) work.
Poetry Foundation
Poetry Foundation: Elizabeth Bishop (1911 1979)
Read a biography of Elizabeth Bishop, an important poet of the twentieth century.
Poetry Foundation
Poetry Foundation: Lucille Clifton (1936 2010)
Biographical information on the life and works of poet Lucille Clifton.
Poetry Foundation
Poetry Foundation: Robert Lowell (1917 1977)
An informative site on American poet, Robert Lowell, complete with biography, list of works, bibliography, links to text of poems, audio podcasts, and articles on his life and works.
Other
Maine Historical Society: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
This website offers much information about Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Click on the topics to learn about his life, works, lesson plans, and related links.
Other
Letter of the Law on William Stafford
Adam Cornell, from Lewis and Clark College, writes an essay on Stafford. In this essay, you can read Stafford's poems "Lost Little Orphans" and "The Summer We Didn't Die."
Other
I Hear America Singing: Whitman and the Music of His Time
This I Hear America Singing site describes Whitman's views on music, the influence it had on his work, and a discussion of music in Whitman's time.
University of Toronto (Canada)
University of Toronto: Poetry of Marianne Moore
This site, from the "Representative Poetry Online" project at the University of Toronto, provides links to the texts of five of Moore's poems, a brief discussion of her life and works, and a bibliography of works about Moore and her poetry.
Bartleby
Bartleby.com: E Text/i Hear America Singing
This site provides the online text for "I Hear America Singing" by Walt Whitman.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: "The Song of Hiawatha" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
This is the full text of the 1855 epic poem The Song of Hiawatha by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The poem in trochaic tetrameter relates the fictional adventures of an Ojibwe warrior named Hiawatha and the tragedy of his love for...
Other
Ploughshares: Mark Strand
This resource provides links to many articles by or about Mark Strand and his poetry. It includes the texts of some of his poems.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Spirit of Nationalism: Phillis Wheatley
Phillis Wheatley, an African-American slave, is featured for her neoclassical poetry of pre-nineteenth century America. Click on "Phillis Wheatley Activities" for more resources.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Gothic Undercurrents: Emily Dickinson
Video on the life and works of poet Emily Dickinson highlighting her literary contributions which often challenged many of the common beliefs among her peers. Click on "Emily Dickinson Activities" for related materials. Part of a...
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Rhythms in Poetry: T. S. Eliot
Nobel Prize winner, T. S. Eliot is presented in this brief biography highlighting his life and literary contributions to modernist poetry. See "T. S. Eliot Activities" for related artifacts and activities.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Rhythms in Poetry: Ezra Pound
Poet and mentor Ezra Pound is the focus of this brief biography highlighting his works and energy for new artistic movements of the early twentieth century. Click on "Ezra Pound Activities" for related materials.
Academy of American Poets
Poets.org: Robert Lowell
A biographical site on poet Robert Lowell from the Academy of American Poets. With a list of his poems, prose, anthologies and dramas. Includes links to a collection of poems, including the Skunk Hour and The Public Garden, available in...
Other
The Poetry of John Haines
This introduction to a new collection of John Haines' poetry by poet and critic Dana Gioia surveys Haines' work and includes the poem, "The Flight."
Poetry Foundation
Poetry Foundation: Anne Bradstreet (1612 1672)
This resource presents a detailed biography of Anne Bradstreet, an important early American poet. Includes links to the full text of many of her poems and an audio of the poem "To My Dear and Loving Husband".
Poetry Foundation
Poetry Foundation: Phillip Levine (1928 2015)
Biography of contemporary American poet Phillip Levine, with personal and career history, as well as text of original poems, articles about the author, and several audio and video clips of his poetry.
ibiblio
Ibiblio: E Book: Poems by Emily Dickinson
This is an e-text of the first published selection of the poems of Emily Dickinson (1830?1886) originally appeared in 1890, edited by Mabel Loomis Todd and Thomas Wentworth Higginson. The text contains 115 poems and can be searched by...