Poetry Resources

Michelle Bailat-Jones suggests these links for students and teachers of poetry.

https://poets.org/poem-a-day
https://www.poetryfoundation.org

Poets to study
One of the best ways to find your own voice in poetry is by reading as many diverse poets as you can possibly find. Here is a list of a few of the poets I love – I hope their work will inspire you but also send you off to find other poets whose work you enjoy:

Jan Zwicky https://www.poetrycanada.org/digital-library-archive/jan-zwicky
Louise Glück https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/louise-gluck
Carl Phillips https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/carl-phillips
Jane Hirshfield https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/jane-hirshfield
Anne Carson https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/anne-carson
Naomi Shihab Nye https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/naomi-shihab-nye
Ross Gay https://www.rossgay.net/about
Danez Smith : http://www.danezsmithpoet.com/bio-encore

Books on writing poetry:

Mary Oliver’s A Poetry Handbook
Stephanie Burt, The Poem Is You: 60 Contemporary American Poems and How to Read Them
Jane Hirshfield, Nine Gates, Entering the Mind of Poetry