Electronic Text Archives

A Compendium of Poetry
Features : a : resource : with : information : about : authors : and : their : poetry : with : a : random : selection.
http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~richie/poetry/html/

A Small Anthology of Poems
Wide : variety : of : poems : that : are : annotated : and/or : introduced : with : commentary : and : author : biographical : information.
http://unix.cc.wmich.edu/~cooneys/poems/index.html

A Small Collection of Poetry
Poetry : by : famous : British : and : American : poets : including : Wendy : Cope, : Samuel : Taylor : Coleridge : and : Oscar : Wilde.
http://www.pmms.cam.ac.uk/~gjm11/poems/

American Verse Project
Organization : for : the : acquisition, : creation : and : maintenance : of : electronic : texts. : Includes : a : bibliography : and : a : mission : statement.
http://www.hti.umich.edu/a/amverse/

Anthology of Poetry
Contains : about : 650 : poems : by : 117 : great : poets.
http://www.web-books.com/Classics/Poetry/Anthology/contents.htm

Bartleby.com
American : and : English : works : between : 1250 : and : 1920. : Offers : numerous : anthologies : including : "The : Oxford : Book : of : English : Verse", : the : "Yale : Book : of : American : Verse" : and : "Modern : American : and : British : Poetry".
http://www.bartleby.com/verse/

Beautiful Words
Small : personal : collection : of : favourite : poetry : and : selected : other : texts.
http://www.beautifulwords.com

Bibliomania Poetry Archive
An : archive : of : public : domain : poetry : texts : including : the : works : of : Blake, : Rupert : Brooke : and : Oscar : Wilde. : Requires : JavaScript.
http://www.bibliomania.com/0/2/frameset.html

Billie Dee's Electronic Poetry Anthology
Collection : of : primarily : 20th-century : works : with : photos, : biographical : notes : and : links.
http://www.geocities.com/billiedee2000/anthology.html

British Poetry 1780-1910
A : hypertext : archive : of : scholarly : editions : from : the : : Electronic : Text : Center, : University : of : Virginia.
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/britpo.html

British Poetry 1780-1910
A : hypertext : archive : of : scholarly : editions: : : Electronic : Text : Center, : University : of : Virginia.
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/britpo.html

Canadian Poetry Archive
Selected : poems : from : over : 100 : early : Canadian : poets : in : both : English : and : French.
http://www.collectionscanada.ca/canvers/index-e.html

Categorized Poetry by Pros
Collection : of : mostly : humorous : but : sometimes : sentimental : poetry : by : authors : such : as : Housman, : Herrick, : Cope, : and : Chesterton, : sorted : by : categories : such : as : Advice, : Animals, : Death, : and : War.
http://littlecalamity.tripod.com/Poetry.html

Chesil's Favorite Poetry
An : archive : of : classic : poetry : including : Byron, : Shelley, : Keats, : Tennyson : and : Coleridge. : Includes : brief : biographies : and : personal : commentary.
http://www.photoaspects.com/chesil/

Classic Poetry Treasure Chest
Search : thousands : of : poems : by : title, : first : line, : or : poet. : : Full : texts, : extracts, : and : forums.
http://jollyroger.com/classicalpoetry

CMU Poetry Index of Canonical Verse
Searchable : archive : of : online : texts : from : a : wide : range : of : recognized : poets, : both : historical : and : contemporary.
http://eserver.org/poetry/

Contemporary American Poetry Archive
Archive : of : out-of-print : collections : of : contemporary : American : poetry, : indexed : alphabetically : by : poet : name.
http://capa.conncoll.edu/

David P Brown - Favorite Poetry
Personal : collection : of : favorite : poetry : and : passages : from : poets : such : as : Robert : Frost, : William : Shakespeare : and : Edward : Lear; : includes : related : links.
http://www.davidpbrown.co.uk/index-poetry.html

Digital Poets Society
Large : searchable : collection : of : classic : poetry : including : Blake, : Eliot, : Shakespeare : and : Wilde. : Includes : related : links.
http://users.compaqnet.be/cn127848/main.htm

Dream Wine
Ongoing : anthology : with : traditional : and : translated : works : from : poets : such : as : William : Carlos : Williams : and : A.A. : Milne.
http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~lavie/dreamwine/

eMule.com: Poetry Archives
Educational : resource : dedicated : to : researching : poetry. : Includes : an : online : archive : of : poetry : by : numerous : recognized : poets.
http://www.emule.com/poetry/

EveryPoet.com - Archive of World Poetry
Classic : poetry : from : around : the : world. : Mostly : British : and : American.
http://www.everypoet.com/archive/

HTI American Verse Project
A : collaborative : project : between : the : University : of : Michigan : Humanities : Text : Initiative : (HTI) : and : the : University : of : Michigan : Press.
http://www.hti.umich.edu/a/amverse/

Internet Poetry Archive
Collection : of : poems : by : six : contemporary : poets: : Czeslaw : Milosz, : Seamus : Heaney, : Philip : Levine, : Robert : Pinsky, : Margaret : Walker : and : Yusef : Komunyakaa.
http://www.ibiblio.org/dykki/poetry/

LionHeart
Searchable : collection : of : love : poems : spanning : four : centuries : of : literature. : Also : indexed : by : poet : name.
http://lionheart.chadwyck.co.uk/

Our Favorite Poems
Eclectic : personal : selection : of : public : domain : texts : of : poems : from : a : wide : range : of : authors.
http://www.kyphilom.com/www/poems.html

Plagiarist.com Poetry Archive
Personal : collection : of : favourite : works : by : poets : including : Leonard : Cohen, : T.S. : Eliot : and : Allen : Ginsberg.
http://www.plagiarist.com/poetry/

Poem of the Week
Archive : of : past : offerings : indexed : by : poet, : first : line, : title : and : occasion. : Includes : submission : guidelines : and : related : links.
http://www.potw.org

Poems
Personal : and : eclectic : online : collection : of : poems : by : many : well-known : authors : and : songwriters.
http://www.ras.ucalgary.ca/~gibson/poems/

Poems
Includes : three : short : poems : by : Hardy.
http://www.ras.ucalgary.ca/~gibson/poems/

Poems, Short Stories, Quotes
A : small : collection : of : poems, : short : stories, : and : quotes.
http://www.metalvortex.com/poems/index.htm

Poetic Miscellany
Includes : selections : by : Shakespeare, : Keats : and : Tennyson : in : addition : to : a : personal : poetry : archive : and : related : links.
http://www.angelfire.com/co3/poeticmiscellany/

Poetry
Collection : of : assorted : poems : indexed : by : author, : title, : first : line : and : keywords.
http://www.raingod.com/angus/Poetry/index.html

Poetry
A : collection : of : poetry : by : Djuna : Barnes, : Robert : Steiner, : Peter : Schjeldahl, : Patrick : Carrothers, : James : Inskeep : and : others.
http://www.geocities.com/johbeil/poetry_index.html

Poetry 180
A : poem : a : day : provided : by : the : Library : of : Congress, : one : for : each : of : the : 180 : days : of : a : typical : American : high : school : year.
http://www.loc.gov/poetry/180/

Poetry and Music of the War Between the States
Archive : of : American : Civil : War : poetry : from : both : sides : of : the : conflict. : : Also : includes : an : archive : of : music : from : the : era.
http://users.erols.com/kfraser/index.html

Poetry Archive
Directory-structured : database : of : famous : poetry, : both : written : in : English : and : translated.
http://www.poetry-archive.com/

Poetry In Translation
An : electronic : archive : of : browsable : and : downloadable : English : translations : of : major : European : and : Chinese : Classical : poets. : : Also : offers : original : works : by : A.S. : Kline.
http://www.tonykline.co.uk/

Poetry Through the Ages
Collection : of : well : known : poems : categorized : by : subject: : love, : religion, : myth : and : fantasy, : nature, : children, : philosophy, : love : of : country, : war. : : Section : for : submission : of : personal : poems : to : be : included : on : site.
http://www.geocities.com/net_skater1/

Poetry X » Poems
Large : poetry : archive : featuring : classic : and : contemporary : poems : along : with : commentary : and : analysis.
http://poetry.poetryx.com

Poetry.com.au
Archive : of : classic : poetry, : including : original : poetic : works : by : independent : writers. : Includes : links : to : related : resources.
http://www.poetry.com.au/

Random Poems
Extensive : personal : selection : of : public : domain : poems : by : poets : including : Ben : Jonson, : John : Keats : and : John : Milton.
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/2464/randindx.html

Representative Poetry Online
An : on-line : anthology : covering : the : entire : history : of : English : poetry. : : A : teaching : resource : hosted : by : the : University : of : Toronto.
http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/display/index.cfm

Representative Poetry Online
Collection : of : poetry, : edited : by : members : of : the : Department : of : English : at : the : University : of : Toronto : from : 1912 : to : the : present. : Indexed : by : poet, : title : and : first : line.
http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/display/index.cfm

Rhythm and Pain
Archive : of : poetry : and : lyrics : by : a : variety : of : poets : and : songwriters : including : Leonard : Cohen, : Aldous : Huxley, : Jack : Kerouac : and : Bob : Dylan.
http://members.tripod.com/%7ERaincloud771/poetry.htm

Snap Dragon Poetry Corner
A : collection : of : poems : (all : on : one : page). : Also : includes : a : selection : of : "Bad : Poems".
http://www.snap-dragon.com/poetry.htm

The Compendium
Personal : collection : of : classic : and : contemporary : poems, : indexed : by : both : author : and : title.
http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~richie/poetry/html/

The Poem Tree
Traditional : and : contemporary : metered : poetry, : with : critical : essays : and : links.
http://www.poemtree.com/

The Poetry Place
Personal : archive : of : poems : from : poets : including : Wilfred : Owen, : Rudyard : Kipling : and : Emily : Dickinson. : Includes : pictures : and : artwork.
http://www.theofficenet.com/~jack/arts/

The Poetry Searcher
Searchable : database : of : poems : from : antiquity : to : the : nineteenth : century. : : Good : for : English : translations : of : non-English : poems.
http://www.glaced.digitalspace.net

The Scratch Pad
Small : archive : of : poems : and : lines : from : both : established : and : emerging : authors.
http://www.mercantilestreet.com/archive.htm

The Wondering Minstrels
Archive : of : the : mailing : list : offering : works : by : numerous : poets. : Includes : personal : commentary, : critical : analysis : and : biographical : information.
http://www.cs.rice.edu/~ssiyer/minstrels

Womenpoets
Biographies : and : selected : works : of : thirty : women : poets : from : various : countries.
http://www.geocities.com/womenpoets/

World Wide School: Literature-Poetry
Collection : of : rare : and : popular : works : including : "Ballad : of : Reading : Gaol", : by : Oscar : Wilde : and : "The : Hunting : of : the : Snark" : by : Lewis : Carroll.
http://www.worldwideschool.org/library/catalogs/bysubject-lit-poetry.html