Arts Literature Poetry Electronic Text Archives

45 sites in Electronic Text Archives

Bartleby.com Save
American and English works between 1250 and 1920. Offers numerous anthologies including "The Oxford Book of English Verse", the "Yale Book of American Verse" and "Modern American and British Poetry".
http://www.bartleby.com/verse/

A Small Anthology of Poems Save
Wide variety of poems that are annotated and/or introduced with commentary and author biographical information.
http://unix.cc.wmich.edu/~cooneys/poe...

American Verse Project Save
Organization for the acquisition, creation and maintenance of electronic texts. Includes a bibliography and a mission statement.
http://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/amverse/

Anthology of Poetry Save
Contains about 650 poems by 117 great poets.
http://www.web-books.com/Classics/Poe...

Beautiful Words Save
Small personal collection of favourite poetry and selected other texts.
http://www.beautifulwords.com

Bibliomania Poetry Archive Save
An archive of public domain poetry texts including the works of Blake, Rupert Brooke and Oscar Wilde. Requires JavaScript.
http://www.bibliomania.com/0/2/frames...

Billie Dee's Electronic Poetry Anthology Save
Collection of primarily 20th-century works with photos, biographical notes and links.
http://www.geocities.com/billiedee200...

British Poetry 1780-1910 Save
A hypertext archive of scholarly editions from the Electronic Text Center, University of Virginia.
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/britpo....

CMU Poetry Index of Canonical Verse Save
Searchable archive of online texts from a wide range of recognized poets, both historical and contemporary.
http://eserver.org/poetry/

Canadian Poetry Archive Save
Selected poems from over 100 early Canadian poets in both English and French.
http://www.collectionscanada.ca/canve...

Categorized Poetry by Pros Save
Collection of mostly humorous but sometimes sentimental poetry by authors such as Housman, Herrick, Cope, and Chesterton, sorted by categories such as Advice, Animals, Death, and War.
http://littlecalamity.tripod.com/Poet...

Chesil's Favorite Poetry Save
An archive of classic poetry including Byron, Shelley, Keats, Tennyson and Coleridge. Includes brief biographies and personal commentary.
http://www.photoaspects.com/chesil/

Classic Poetry Treasure Chest Save
Search thousands of poems by title, first line, or poet. Full texts, extracts, and forums.
http://jollyroger.com/classicalpoetry

Contemporary American Poetry Archive Save
Archive of out-of-print collections of contemporary American poetry, indexed alphabetically by poet name.
http://capa.conncoll.edu/

Digital Poets Society Save
Large searchable collection of classic poetry including Blake, Eliot, Shakespeare and Wilde. Includes related links.
http://users.compaqnet.be/cn127848/ma...

Dream Wine Save
Ongoing anthology with traditional and translated works from poets such as William Carlos Williams and A.A. Milne.
http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~lav...

EveryPoet.com - Archive of World Poetry Save
Classic poetry from around the world. Mostly British and American.
http://www.everypoet.com/archive/

Internet Poetry Archive Save
Collection of poems by six contemporary poets: Czeslaw Milosz, Seamus Heaney, Philip Levine, Robert Pinsky, Margaret Walker and Yusef Komunyakaa.
http://www.ibiblio.org/dykki/poetry/

LionHeart Save
Searchable collection of love poems spanning four centuries of literature. Also indexed by poet name.
http://lionheart.chadwyck.co.uk/

Our Favorite Poems Save
Eclectic personal selection of public domain texts of poems from a wide range of authors.
http://www.kyphilom.com/www/poems.html

Plagiarist.com Poetry Archive Save
Personal collection of favourite works by poets including Leonard Cohen, T.S. Eliot and Allen Ginsberg.
http://www.plagiarist.com/poetry/

Poem of the Week Save
Archive of past offerings indexed by poet, first line, title and occasion. Includes submission guidelines and related links.
http://www.potw.org

Poems Save
Personal and eclectic online collection of poems by many well-known authors and songwriters.
http://www.ras.ucalgary.ca/~gibson/po...

Poems, Short Stories, Quotes Save
A small collection of poems, short stories, and quotes.
http://www.metalvortex.com/poems/inde...

Poetic Miscellany Save
Includes selections by Shakespeare, Keats and Tennyson in addition to a personal poetry archive and related links.
http://www.angelfire.com/co3/poeticmi...

Poetry Save
Collection of assorted poems indexed by author, title, first line and keywords.
http://www.raingod.com/angus/Poetry/i...

Poetry Save
A collection of poetry by Djuna Barnes, Robert Steiner, Peter Schjeldahl, Patrick Carrothers, James Inskeep and others.
http://www.geocities.com/johbeil/poet...

Poetry 180 Save
A poem a day provided by the Library of Congress, one for each of the 180 days of a typical American high school year.
http://www.loc.gov/poetry/180/

Poetry Archive Save
Directory-structured database of famous poetry, both written in English and translated.
http://www.poetry-archive.com/

Poetry In Translation Save
An electronic archive of browsable and downloadable English translations of major European and Chinese Classical poets. Also offers original works by A.S. Kline.
http://www.tonykline.co.uk/

Poetry Through the Ages Save
Collection of well known poems categorized by subject: love, religion, myth and fantasy, nature, children, philosophy, love of country, war. Section for submission of personal poems to be included on site.
http://www.geocities.com/net_skater1/

Poetry X » Poems Save
Large poetry archive featuring classic and contemporary poems along with commentary and analysis.
http://poetry.poetryx.com

Poetry.com.au Save
Archive of classic poetry, including original poetic works by independent writers. Includes links to related resources.
http://www.poetry.com.au/

Random Poems Save
Extensive personal selection of public domain poems by poets including Ben Jonson, John Keats and John Milton.
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/2464/...

Representative Poetry Online Save
Collection of poetry, edited by members of the Department of English at the University of Toronto from 1912 to the present. Indexed by poet, title and first line.
http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/displa...

Rhythm and Pain Save
Archive of poetry and lyrics by a variety of poets and songwriters including Leonard Cohen, Aldous Huxley, Jack Kerouac and Bob Dylan.
http://members.tripod.com/~Raincloud7...

Snap Dragon Poetry Corner Save
A collection of poems (all on one page). Also includes a selection of "Bad Poems".
http://www.snap-dragon.com/poetry.htm

The Compendium Save
Personal collection of classic and contemporary poems, indexed by both author and title.
http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~richie/po...

The Poem Tree Save
Traditional and contemporary metered poetry, with critical essays and links.
http://www.poemtree.com/

The Poetry Place Save
Personal archive of poems from poets including Wilfred Owen, Rudyard Kipling and Emily Dickinson. Includes pictures and artwork.
http://www.theofficenet.com/~jack/arts/

The Poetry Searcher Save
Searchable database of poems from antiquity to the nineteenth century. Good for English translations of non-English poems.
http://www.glaced.digitalspace.net

The Wondering Minstrels Save
Archive of the mailing list offering works by numerous poets. Includes personal commentary, critical analysis and biographical information.
http://www.cs.rice.edu/~ssiyer/minstrels

Womenpoets Save
Biographies and selected works of thirty women poets from various countries.
http://www.geocities.com/womenpoets/

World Wide School: Literature-Poetry Save
Collection of rare and popular works including "Ballad of Reading Gaol", by Oscar Wilde and "The Hunting of the Snark" by Lewis Carroll.
http://www.worldwideschool.org/librar...

eMule.com: Poetry Archives Save
Educational resource dedicated to researching poetry. Includes an online archive of poetry by numerous recognized poets.
http://www.emule.com/poetry/