Poetry, Poetics, Life: Favorite Links
How to Subscribe to WOM-PO (Discussion of Women's Poetry listserv)
PROSODY, VERSIFICATION, FORM, & POETIC CONSTRAINT
Good Interactive Poetry Scansion Site at U. of Virginia
Basics of Meter: An Introduction
Charles Harman's "Scandroid" Scanning Program
Timothy Steele on Iambic Meter
George Saintsbury's classic History of English Prosody: the entire text!
Metrical issue of Salt magazine (edited by Annie Finch)
Alberto Rios' Versification site
H. Kirby-Smith's Prosody Pages
Mezzo Camin: Online Journal of Formal Poetry by Women
Annotated Checklist of English Versification
Formalista Poetry Listserv for Women Poets Working in Form
The Nude Formalism by Charles Bernstein and Susan Bee
" Writing Under Constraint" in Electronic Book Review
OTHER POETICALLY USEFUL LINKS
Antonym Finder and Synonym Thesaurus
Includes tropes and schemes
Shakespearean Insult Generator
Thou bawdy bat-fowling giglet!
Lost Quotation Service from the Poetry Library
Many resources, especially for beginning writers
"Dedicated to making chiasmus a household word"
Lost in Translation Translation Generator
FAVORITE ESSAYS
POETRY CENTERS
Numerous poems and poets, classic and contemporary, and features on movie poems, poems for themes and occasions, much more
Bowery Poetry Club
New York's center of performed poetry
Electronic Poetry Center at UC Buffalo
Online center for exploratory and innovative poets and poetics
Online or emailed daily poems and information
Blogs, bestseller lists, and lots to explore
Emailed daily poems and information
WOM-PO: Women's Poetry Listserv Website
Foremothers corner, Old Girls Network, tips and lists, and more
POETRY RESOURCES
"The Listening Booth" at Woodberry Poetry Library
Recordings of readings by Rukeyser, Bishop, and more
Poetry Audio Links
Remarkably comprehensive site for listening, downloads
Handy texts of poems
Oldest poetry-only bookstore, with online ordering
U.S. citizens choose and read their favorite poems
Large number of links to poets, essays, resources
The Guardian (UK): Poetry Journalism
Encouraging
Here Comes Everybody: Interviews with Contemporary Poets
Addictive
Descriptions of hundreds of journals
Dee Rimbaud's AA Independent Press Guide
Huge
Choriamb: Poetry News and Review, edited by Tanya Allen
Refreshing and original
Maine Literature Daily: Calendar of Literary Events
Great service for Mainers
Definitive resource on 20th century poetry, edited by Cary Nelson
Archived and contemporary readings, especially strong in exploratory poetry
Poetry Out Loud: National Recitation Project
National poetry recitation contest for students
Poets and Writers Directory of Writers
To contact a contemporary writer
Listings of poetry events in any area
Alchemy Works: The Raw Materials of Magic
Plants. . .
A green Alternative to AAA that does not lobby for more and more highways!
Enter a zip code to see what is happening in the sky
Live Streaming Video of Animals at Watering Hole in Botswana
M. Macha Nightmare's Broomstick Chronicles blog
The Noise Pollution Clearinghouse
Reclaiming Tradition of Witchcraft Homepage
Sea Pearls Natural, ReusableTampon Alternative
Works great and not available in U.S.
Shamanic Origins of Christmas, Wiccan Life website
Wise Women Center for Herbal Medicine/Susun Weed
Check out the Newsletters and Forum
A Witch by Any Other Name (Wicca vs. Witchcraft) by Mike Nichols
Detailed discussion of witchcraft terminology
Central site
POETRY BLOGS, JOURNALS, SHOWS, & PUBLICATIONS
Emily Lloyd's PoesyGalore blog
From the Fishouse: Audio Archive of Emerging Poets
How(ever): Journal of Innovative Writing by Women
Kritya: A Journal of Poetry, edited by Rati Saxena
Limetree: Kasey Silem Mohammed's Poetry Blog
A Maine small press
National Poetry Review, edited by C.P. Sage
CLAN LINKS
Margaret Rockwell Finch, poet and doll artist (my mother)
Henry Leroy Finch, activist, scholar of religion and philosophy (my father):
HLF interviewed on documentary about founding of Pacifica radio
Jessie Wallace Hughan, founder, War Resisters League (my great-aunt):
brief biography
Pamphlet on Jessie Wallace Hughan published by A.J. Muste Institute
Jessie Wallace Hughan: Three Antiwar Poems: "The Gunsmith and the Armor Trust" "Father William," and "The Challenge of Mars"
Roy Finch, director and screenwriter (my brother)
Rainer Judd, actress, director, producer, and artist (my niece)
Julie Finch, actress and dancer (my sister)
Charlie Finch, writer (my cousin)
Charlie Finch, writer (my cousin)