- British Poetry 1780-1910 - http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/britpo.html
A hypertext archive of scholarly editions from the Electronic Text Center, University of Virginia.
- Poetry Through the Ages - http://www.geocities.com/net_skater1
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.
- Poetry - http://www.raingod.com/angus/Poetry/index.html
Collection of assorted poems indexed by author, title, first line and keywords.
- Internet Poetry Archive - http://metalab.unc.edu/dykki/poetry/
Collection of poems by six contemporary poets: Czeslaw Milosz, Seamus Heaney, Philip Levine, Robert Pinsky, Margaret Walker and Yusef Komunyakaa.
- Poetry.com.au - http://www.poetry.com.au/
Archive of classic poetry, including original poetic works by independent writers. Includes links to related resources.
- Poetry - http://www.geocities.com/johbeil/poetry_index.html
A collection of poetry by Djuna Barnes, Robert Steiner, Peter Schjeldahl, Patrick Carrothers, James Inskeep and others.
- World Wide School: Literature-Poetry - http://www.worldwideschool.org/library/catalogs/bysubject-lit-poetry.html
Collection of rare and popular works including "Ballad of Reading Gaol", by Oscar Wilde and "The Hunting of the Snark" by Lewis Carroll.
- The Poetry Searcher - http://www.glaced.digitalspace.net
Searchable database of poems from antiquity to the nineteenth century. Good for English translations of non-English poems.
- The Poetry Place - http://www.theofficenet.com/~jack/arts/
Personal archive of poems from poets including Wilfred Owen, Rudyard Kipling and Emily Dickinson. Includes pictures and artwork.
- Poem of the Week - http://www.potw.org
Archive of past offerings indexed by poet, first line, title and occasion. Includes submission guidelines and related links.
- Random Poems - http://www.geocities.com/Athens/2464/randindx.html
Extensive personal selection of public domain poems by poets including Ben Jonson, John Keats and John Milton.
- LionHeart - http://lionheart.chadwyck.co.uk/
Searchable collection of love poems spanning four centuries of literature. Also indexed by poet name.
- Chesil's Favorite Poetry - http://www.photoaspects.com/chesil/
An archive of classic poetry including Byron, Shelley, Keats, Tennyson and Coleridge. Includes brief biographies and personal commentary.
- Poems - http://www.ras.ucalgary.ca/~gibson/poems/
Personal and eclectic online collection of poems by many well-known authors and songwriters.
- eMule.com: Poetry Archives - http://www.emule.com/poetry/
Educational resource dedicated to researching poetry. Includes an online archive of poetry by numerous recognized poets.
- Poetic Miscellany - http://www.angelfire.com/co3/poeticmiscellany/
Includes selections by Shakespeare, Keats and Tennyson in addition to a personal poetry archive and related links.
- Rhythm and Pain - http://members.tripod.com/%7ERaincloud771/poetry.htm
Archive of poetry and lyrics by a variety of poets and songwriters including Leonard Cohen, Aldous Huxley, Jack Kerouac and Bob Dylan.
- Bartleby.com - http://www.bartleby.com/verse/
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".
- A Small Collection of Poetry - http://www.pmms.cam.ac.uk/~gjm11/poems/
Poetry by famous British and American poets including Wendy Cope, Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Oscar Wilde.
- Bibliomania Poetry Archive - http://www.bibliomania.com/0/2/frameset.html
An archive of public domain poetry texts including the works of Blake, Rupert Brooke and Oscar Wilde. Requires JavaScript.
- Representative Poetry On-line - http://www.library.utoronto.ca/utel/rp/intro.html
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.
- Digital Poets Society - http://users.compaqnet.be/cn127848/main.htm
Large searchable collection of classic poetry including Blake, Eliot, Shakespeare and Wilde. Includes related links.
- Categorized Poetry by Pros - http://littlecalamity.tripod.com/Poetry.html
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.
- Dream Wine - http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~lavie/dreamwine/
Ongoing anthology with traditional and translated works from poets such as William Carlos Williams and A.A. Milne.
- The Poem Tree - http://www.poemtree.com/
Traditional and contemporary metered poetry, with critical essays and links.
- Womenpoets - http://www.geocities.com/womenpoets
Biographies and selected works of thirty women poets from various countries.
- The Wondering Minstrels - http://www.cs.rice.edu/~ssiyer/minstrels
Archive of the mailing list offering works by numerous poets. Includes personal commentary, critical analysis and biographical information.
- Plagiarist.com Poetry Archive - http://www.plagiarist.com/poetry/
Personal collection of favourite works by poets including Leonard Cohen, T.S. Eliot and Allen Ginsberg.
- The Compendium - http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~richie/poetry/html/
Personal collection of classic and contemporary poems, indexed by both author and title.
- A Small Anthology of Poems - http://unix.cc.wmich.edu/~cooneys/poems/index.html
Wide variety of poems that are annotated and/or introduced with commentary and author biographical information.
- Poetry 180 - http://www.loc.gov/poetry/180/
A poem a day provided by the Library of Congress, one for each of the 180 days of a typical American high school year.
- The Scratch Pad - http://www.mercantilestreet.com/archive.htm
Small archive of poems and lines from both established and emerging authors.
- Poems on Poems - http://mbhs.bergtraum.k12.ny.us/cybereng/poetry/
Small collection of poems written about poems or about writing poetry.
- Poetry Archive - http://www.poetry-archive.com/
Directory-structured database of famous poetry, both written in English and translated.
- Anthology of Poetry - http://www.web-books.com/Classics/Poetry/Anthology/contents.htm
Contains about 650 poems by 117 great poets.
- Snap Dragon Poetry Corner - http://www.snap-dragon.com/poetry.htm
A collection of poems (all on one page). Also includes a selection of "Bad Poems".
- David P Brown - Favorite Poetry - http://www.davidpbrown.co.uk/index-poetry.html
Personal collection of favorite poetry and passages from poets such as Robert Frost, William Shakespeare and Edward Lear; includes related links.
- Beautiful Words - http://www.beautifulwords.com
Small personal collection of favourite poetry and selected other texts.
- Canadian Poetry Archive - http://www.collectionscanada.ca/canvers/index-e.html
Selected poems from over 100 early Canadian poets in both English and French.
- American Verse Project - http://www.hti.umich.edu/a/amverse/
Organization for the acquisition, creation and maintenance of electronic texts. Includes a bibliography and a mission statement.
- Poetry In Translation - http://www.tonykline.co.uk/
An electronic archive of browsable and downloadable English translations of major European and Chinese Classical poets. Also offers original works by A.S. Kline.
- Poetry X ยป Poems - http://poetry.poetryx.com
Large poetry archive featuring classic and contemporary poems along with commentary and analysis.
- Classic Poetry Treasure Chest - http://jollyroger.com/classicalpoetry
Search thousands of poems by title, first line, or poet. Full texts, extracts, and forums.
- Our Favorite Poems - http://www.kyphilom.com/www/poems.html
Eclectic personal selection of public domain texts of poems from a wide range of authors.
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