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From The Poetry Foundation, audio recordings of classic and contemporary poems read by poets and actors, posted every day.

A new book of semi-autobiographical poems about growing up Black in Portland by Ren¨¦e Watson.

Listen to poems being read aloud by authors and actors.? There is also an app available.

Enjoy listening to one poem and a short commentary on this powerful and touching twice-weekly podcast.

Explore a poem and a moment of reflection every weekday.

Keenan Scott II’s passion for words, stories and superheroes fueled his journey to becoming a celebrated playwright, producer, director and actor.

Acclaimed American poet and activist Nikki Giovanni passed away in December 2024. Watch her tell stories and read her poetry.

From PBS, this video series explores the diversity of America poetry. Each episode is a fully immersive experience in hearing, reading, and interpreting a single American poem.

From the Poetry Society, watch film-poem versions of winners of the National Poetry Competition, recordings of poets reading their work to camera or even a poetry animation.

No matter how you define it, one thing is clear: slam poetry draws a crowd. ?This program spotlights movers and shakers in the slam community as they compete in a National Poetry Slam in Portland, Oregon.

A thought-provoking mix of poetry, creative manifesto and criticism.

This innovative introduction to writing poetry is designed for students of creative writing and budding poets alike.? It challenges the reader’s sense of what is possible in a poem.

An anthology of Latino Poetry.

This guide to poetry traces the wonders of the written word and shows how to enjoy poetry and how it is relevant to everyday life.

Combining writing, reading, and oral language skills, this book will provide teachers with a wealth of engaging lessons to bring the power of poetry into their classrooms.

A collection of poems by Japanese-Americans held in an internment camp during World War II. Individually, the poems reflect the thoughts and feelings the authors experienced while being detained; collectively, they reflect the resilience and resistance of a community denied freedom.

Explodes narrow definitions of African American poetry by examining experimental poems often excluded from previous scholarship.

Features various ways to get engaged with poetry.

Founded by former the United States Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky, this site features videos of Americans reading their favorite poems.

The Oregon Poetic Voices Project (OPV) is a comprehensive digital archive of poetry readings from Oregon authors.

Poem-a-Day is a digital poetry series featuring over 200 new, previously unpublished poems by today’s talented poets each year. On weekdays, poems are accompanied by exclusive commentary by the poets.

Browse poems and poetry at this site.

Check out the Poetry in Parks project.

Written by a PCC Librarian, this guide includes how to search for poetry materials available through the library, suggested websites, finding poetry in scholarly journals, a poem of the day, and a short video by Rite Dove, former Poet Laureate, on the purposes of poetry.