Poetry Resources

Here’s a list of things that have helped me with poetry (as opposed to more general Writing-Resources or Publishing-Resources.

Websites

  • The Poetry Foundation has huge amounts of poems to read for free (they will also send you a poem a day if you want them to, and they also have an app that generates a random poem.)

Books

Podcasts

  • The Lunar Poetry Podcast has fascinating interviews with established poets and is a treasure trove of advice.
  • Dead Darlings Podcast features interviews with poets and book reviews.
  • Helen Shepherd has a brilliant podcast called Health Beat Poets focusing on the intersection of health and poetry
  • Vs is an unusual interview series with predominantly American poets.

Videos

  • Josie Alford’s youtube channel has lots of clear advice for writing poetry
  • Apples and Snakes Youtube has bitesize conversations with poets with good advice