From the Academy of American Poets - online resources for poetry including reading guides, reading lists, and poem-a-day e-mail. Click the logo for details.

 

Charles Simic - Poet Laureate of the United States
From the Library of Congress website:
"Simic was appointed the fifteenth Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry in 2007. About the appointment, Librarian of Congress James H. Billington said, "The range of Charles Simic's imagination is evident in his stunning and unusual imagery. He handles language with the skill of a master craftsman, yet his poems are easily accessible, often meditative and surprising. He has given us a rich body of highly organized poetry with shades of darkness and flashes of ironic humor."
"I am especially touched and honored to be selected because I am an immigrant boy who didn't speak English until I was 15," responded Simic after being named Poet Laureate.
Visit Poets.Org to read a selection of poetry by Charles Simic.
 

Poetry in Motion® was inaugurated by the Poetry Society of America  in New York in 1992 and has since expanded the program to numerous cities from coast to coast. The program, which places poems in buses and subways, currently reaches over 10 million Americans daily. 

Bartleby.com contains full-text collections of poetry by all of your favorite poets and authors, from Emily Dickinson and  Robert  Frost to William Butler Yeats.   

The Favorite Poem Project was founded by Robert Pinsky, the 39th Poet Laureate of the United States,  shortly after the Library of Congress appointed him to the post in 1997. Since its launch, the Favorite Poem Project has been dedicated to celebrating, documenting and promoting poetry's role in Americans' lives.

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