Poetry Blogs
Here’s a highly selective, utterly personal collection of links to bloggers blogging about poetry. Well, at least a lot of the time about poetry. . . . All certified to contain poetic nutrients on a regular basis.
Ars Poetica--poems about poetry, updated daily.
Anny Ballardini: Narcissusworks--a cornucopia
Sandra Beasley--”Chicks Dig Poetry”
The Best American Poetry--David Lehman, general editor, with correspondents
Norbert Blei--Poetry Dispatch & Other Notes From the Underground
Edward Byrne--great & growing collection of book reviews here, poems of the week, & more
Rachel Dacus--Rocket Kids
Al Filreis--check out his other sites & links, too: a goldmine
Annie Finch--American Witch
James Finnegan: Ursprach--a model of concision
The Gladdest Thing--”A poem a day, more or less”
Brent Goodman--Lots of good Goodman poems; links to music, too
The Great American Pinup--”a place for poetics”
Bob Grumman-- Mathemaku, long division in poetry, highly contested opinions & more
Paul Guest--Almost I rushed from home to tell you this
Paul Hoover--thoughts about the art
Joan Houlihan--”investigations of and opinions on contemporary poetry”
Joseph Hutchison--The Perpetual Bird
Laura Jensen--Spice Drawer Mouse
Halvard Johnson--Entropy & Me: “concerned with poetry, music, and various other matters”
Harriet-- multi-author blog from the Poetry Foundation. Rotating contributors.
Bill Knott--the one & only. Archives recently deleted in toto, but you can still read a big anthology of Knott’s poetry online here.
Laurable’s Poetry Weblog--links to many audio files
Diane Lockward--Notes on Poetry, Poets, Books
Rachel Loden--Word Strumpet: Scenes from a life ruined by poetry
Carolina Maine--Poet Verse
Ron Mohring--Supple Amounts
S. Allen Moore--Orange Alley
The Olives of Oblivion--Great Books from Great Poets--”a consortium of reviewers... all posts anonymous”
Jeff Newberry--Muse of Fire
Danielle Pafunda--Iron Caisson
Peter Pereira--The Virtual World
The Plumbline School--various contributors, managed by Henry Gould
Tad Richards--not just poetry, but any man who loves both John Prine & Sonny Rollins is A-OK with me
Joshua Robbins--Little Epic Against Oblivion
E. M. Selinger--Say Something Wonderful: “about teaching, poetry, and teaching poetry”
Reginald Shepherd (1963-2008)--substantial and very thoughtful; no new entries, obviously, but the archives are well worth it.
Martha Silano--Blue Positive
Ron Silliman--when does this man sleep?
Ron Slate--thoughtful reviews, reflections, & more
Barry Spacks--Poetry Matters
Heidi Lynn Staples --Mildred’s Umbrella
Structure & Surprise: Engaging Poetic Turns (edited by Michael Theune)
Sturgeon’s Law by Steven Schroeder: “theoretically a poetry blog”
This Morning--daily sampler of online poems from Cold Front magazine
Matthew Thorburn--Now Then
Loren Webster--In a Dark Time. Great riches here
Karen J. Weyant--The Scrapper Poet
C. Dale Young--Avoiding the Muse
