North Hall Library: Reading Lists: Poetry Journals & Chapbooks

Poetry Chapbooks

McGowan, Kevin. No Passengers
Carnahan, Sue. Auto Repair
Townsend, Alison. And Still the Music
Allred, Joanne Harris. Whetstone
Brehm, John. The Way Water Moves
Reed, Clela Dyess. Bloodline
Gordon, Myles. Recite Every Day
Sornberger, Judith. Wal-Mart Orchid
Agner, Mary Alexandra. The Scientific Method
Broderick, Richard. Rain Dance
Tomasko, Jeanie. Tricks of Light
Stalls, Alex. Li Po Comes to America
Talbot, Katrin. St. Cecilia's Daze
Dillhunt, CX. Things I've Never Told Anyone
Welter, Matt. Our Sainted Lady Esther
Funk, Allison. From the Sketchbooks of Vanessa Bell
Whitney, J.D. What Grandmother Says
Sornberger, Judith. Bones of Light
Townsend, Alison. What the Body Knows
Trombatore, Joseph. Screaming at Adam
Aitches, Marian. Fishing for Light
Moore, Trey. We Forget We Are Water
Balingit, Joann. Forage

Poetry Books in the Library

Collections of poems that are not by a single author: browse PN 6101 - PN 6110.

Poems by a specific author: Search the library collection by author.

Browsing for poems when you aren't sure what author you are interested: Search the library collection by title for "poems" or "poetry". This will give you plenty to choose from.

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Other Poetry Resources

American Verse Project
The project is assembling a full text archive of volumes of American poetry prior to 1920. Search the database or browse the texts individually to find the full text of thousands of poems.
New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics
Provides a comprehensive reference for those interested in the history of poetry or in any aspect of the technique or criticism of poetry. Provides surveys of national poetries; descriptions of poetic forms and genres; detailed explanations of the devices of prosody and rhetoric; and overviews of all major schools of poetry ancient and modern, Western and Eastern.
Poetry Archive
Features streaming audio recordings of English-language poets reading their own work.
Poetry Foundation
A useful source of poems, criticism, literary news, and biographies from the foundation that publishes the magazine Poetry.
Poetry Translation Center
Website of "a small organisation dedicated to translating contemporary poetry from Africa, Asia and Latin America." All poems can be viewed in the original, in English, or in a literal translation.
Verse
Thousands of free searchable poems by hundreds of authors.