More Resources & Links to Good Poems

There’s a good chance you’re already well aware of what Poets & Writers has to offer. Just in case you are not, they have a fairly comprehensive database of literary magazines and contests as well as information about residencies and conferences. – Poets & Writers | Contests, MFA Programs, Agents & Grants for Writers (pw.org)

If you haven’t already checked it out, you can sign up for Duotrope’s basic newsletter for free. Otherwise there’s a small monthly fee. —

https://duotrope.com/

I have not personally found a great deal of use from The Submission Grinder, however, it’s a free version that has some of the same info that Duotrope offers – The Submission Grinder (diabolicalplots.com)

NewPages is worth checking out occasionally, especially if it’s new to you. –

https://www.newpages.com/

CRWROPPS is a list of writing opportunities hosted by poet Allison Joseph –

https://creativewritersopps.blogspot.com/

Trish Hopkinson is another response for places to submit, prompts, and other literary community info —

https://trishhopkinson.com/

Becky Tuch’s ‘Lit Mag News Roundup’ substack newsletter is terrific —

Cliff Garstang creates an annual list of literary magazine rankings based on his own methodology – https://cliffordgarstang.com/2022-literary-magazine-ranking-poetry/

Robert Lee Brewer has written for Writer’s Digest for a long time now. The Poem-a-Day prompts are a good way to encourage generative writing. – https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry

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Recommended Poems:

https://poets.org/poem/shooting-rats-bibb-county-dump

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/48485/the-people-of-the-other-village

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/154185/going-there

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/57760/coffee-break

https://poets.org/poem/short-order-cook

https://writersalmanac.publicradio.org/index.php%3Fdate=2009%252F08%252F27.html

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/50977/lines-for-winter

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/51092/what-kind-of-times-are-these

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/53388/winter-stars-56d232a1c9b93

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/49913/iowa-city-early-april

https://www.rattle.com/more-than-this-by-david-kirby/

https://poems.com/poem/the-metamorphosis-of-the-plants/

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/48423/the-mower-56d229a740294

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/55604/family-stories

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/51075/empire

https://allpoetry.com/Funeral-Blues

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/40725/the-pieces-that-fall-to-earth

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/91260/the-gods-among-us

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/101675/dont-bother-the-earth-spirit-who-lives-here

https://poets.org/poem/rats

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/57590/the-birthday-of-the-world

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/58449/philip-seymour-hoffman

https://poets.org/poem/lifted

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/48246/rabbits-and-fire

https://writersalmanac.publicradio.org/index.php%3Fdate=2007%252F03%252F29.html

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/42581/movement-song

https://poets.org/poem/irish-airman-foresees-his-death

https://poets.org/poem/ghost-1

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/57860/the-death-of-the-ball-turret-gunner

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/56076/the-cranes-texas-january

https://poets.org/poem/i-cannot-be-quiet-hour

https://poets.org/poem/ghost-elephants

https://poets.org/poem/landscape

https://poets.org/poem/saudade-0

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/57103/samurai-song

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46457/in-the-desert-56d2265793693

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/39190/happiness-56d21cb4b54e9

https://poets.org/poem/things

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43257/chaplinesque

https://poets.org/poem/tradition

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/90280/dawn-of-man

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/42950/fork

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43132/all-this-and-more

https://poets.org/poem/sunset

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/52084/a-small-moment

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/54052/black-silk-56d233f5af71d

https://poets.org/poem/opportunity-costs

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/57095/try-to-praise-the-mutilated-world-56d23a3f28187

https://poets.org/poem/ode-country-music

https://www.writersalmanac.org/index.html%3Fp=7484.html

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/56711/this-inwardness-this-ice

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/58530/berryman

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/48945/no-children-no-pets

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/58079/there-is-a-gold-light-in-certain-old-paintings

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/52494/the-heart-of-a-woman

https://poets.org/poem/around-us

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/56576/not-horses

https://www.rattle.com/tattoo-by-todd-davis/

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/53822/the-present-56d2337c09918

https://wordsfortheyear.com/2018/02/09/shackletons-decision-by-faith-shearin/

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/52857/aaa-vacation-guide

https://wordsfortheyear.com/2016/08/16/how-to-listen-by-major-jackson/

https://writersalmanac.publicradio.org/index.php%3Fdate=2012%252F12%252F04.html

https://www.doe.mass.edu/mcas/pdf/2013/259294.pdf

https://poets.org/poem/why-i-am-not-painter

https://poets.org/poem/two

https://writersalmanac.publicradio.org/index.php%3Fdate=2011%252F01%252F23.html

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/56192/the-vacation-56d238779b2aa

https://writersalmanac.publicradio.org/index.php%3Fdate=2008%252F04%252F30.html

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43094/how-it-is-56d221c76812c