LibGuides: English Language and Literature: Poetry

Selected Anthologies and Books

The Book of Songs
The oldest collection of poetry in world literature.
Orlando Furioso
About unrequited love for a pagan princess and the jealous rage that ensues when she elopes.
Poetry
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Casting Off
Claribel Alegria is universally recognized as the major living poet of El Salvador. Casting Off extends the themes Alegria explored in Sorrow: the loss of a loved one, solitude, and reflections on the past.
American Hybrid
Essential reading for those who care about the present moment--and the future--of American verse.

Databases

Digital/Online Collections

The First World War Poetry Digital Archive
From Oxford University; highly-valued primary sources
Academy of American Poets
With audio links
Voices from Ireland
Podcasts of interviews with contemporary Irish poets
Beat Movement: Poetry and Broadsides
A distinguished collection of Beat poetry from Utah State University
Fir-Flower Tablets
Chinese poetry, translated; from the University of Pennsylvania