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PROSODY, VERSIFICATION, FORM, & POETIC CONSTRAINT . . .
Basics of Meter: An Introduction
Charles Harman's "Scandroid" Scanning Program
Online Prosody Quiz
Timothy Steele on Iambic Meter
George Saintsbury's classic History of English Prosody: the entire text!
Alberto Rios' Versification site
H. Kirby-Smith's Prosody Pages
Mezzo Camin: Online Journal of Formal Poetry by Women
Annotated Checklist of English Versification
Formalista Poetry Listserv
The Nude Formalism by Charles Bernstein and Susan Bee
Versification: A Journal
" Writing Under Constraint" in Electronic Book Review
OTHER POETICALLY USEFUL LINKS
A Word a Day
Antonym Finder and Synonym Thesaurus
BBC Get Writing Site
Many resources, especially for beginning writers
Chiasmus.com:
"Dedicated to making chiasmus a household word"
Lost in Translation Translation Generator
Lost Quotation Service from the Poetry Library
Online Rhyming Dictionary
Rhetoric Primer
Includes tropes and schemes
Shakespearean Insult Generator
Thou bawdy bat-fowling giglet!
POETRY CENTERS
Academy of American Poets
Numerous poems and poets, classic and contemporary, and features on movie poems, poems for themes and occasions, much more
Bowery Poetry Club
New York's center of performed poetry
Electronic Poetry Center at UC Buffalo
Online center for exploratory and innovative poets and poetics
Poetry Daily
Online or emailed daily poems and information
Poetry Foundation
Blogs, bestseller lists, and lots to explore
Poetry Society (UK)
Poetry Society of America
Poets House
The Poetry School (London)
Verse Daily
Emailed daily poems and information
WOM-PO: Women's Poetry Listserv Website
Foremothers corner, Old Girls Network, tips and lists, and more
POETRY RESOURCES
Dee Rimbaud's AA Independent Press Guide
Huge
Choriamb: Poetry News and Review, edited by Tanya Allen
Early Women Writers
Fairy Tale Review
Famous Poets and Poems.com
Favorite Poems Project
U.S. citizens choose and read their favorite poems
Graham's Poetry Library
Huge number of links to poets, essays, resources
Grolier Poetry Bookshop
Cambridge, MA
The Guardian (UK): Poetry Journalism
Here Comes Everybody: Interviews with Contemporary Poets
Literary Magazine Guide
Descriptions of hundreds of journals
Maine Literature Daily: Calendar of Literary Events
Modern American Poetry
Definitive resource on 20th century poetry, edited by Cary Nelson
Penn Sound: Audio Archive
Archived and contemporary readings, especially strong in exploratory poetry
Poetry Out Loud: National Recitation Project
National poetry recitation contest for students
Poets and Writers Directory of Writers
To contact a contemporary writer
Regional Poetry Calendars
Listings of poetry events in any area
POETRY BLOGS, JOURNALS, SHOWS, & PUBLICATIONS
Cahiers de Corey Blog
Def Poetry Jam
Emily Lloyd's PoesyGalore blog
From the Fishouse: Audio Archive of Emerging Poets
Fulcrum
Gulf of Maine Bookstore blog
How(ever): Journal of Innovative Writing by Women
Jacket
Jeffrey Side's Blog
Kritya: A Journal of Poetry, edited by Rati Saxena
Limetree: Kasey Silem Mohammed's Poetry Blog
Moon Pie Press blog
A Maine small press
National Poetry Review, edited by C.P. Sage
Palm Press
Silliman's Blog
Skanky Possum
Reginald Shepherd Blog
Tad Richards/The Old Mole
Third Factory/Steve Evans
Ubuweb
SELECTED WICCAN LINKS
Reclaiming Tradition of Witchcraft Homepage
Pretty Witches.com
A Witch by Any Other Name (Wicca vs. Witchcraft) by Mike Nichols
M. Macha Nightmare's Broomstick Chronicles blog
Wiccan Life website
Urban By Nature: A Pagan in the City, a Portland pagan blog
PERSONAL MISCELLANY OF COOL, INTERESTING & INSPIRING LINKS
Betterworld Travel Club
A green Alternative to AAA that does not lobby for more and more highways!
Choose to Be Happy.com
Freewill Astrology
Global Love Day (May 1)
Go Gratitude
Interactive Sky Chart
Enter a zip code to see what is happening in the sky
Internet Sacred Texts Archive
Live Streaming Video of Animals at Watering Hole in Botswana
The Noise Pollution Clearinghouse
Sea Pearls Natural, ReusableTampon Alternative
Wise Women Center for Herbal Medicine/Susun Weed
SOME INTERESTING FAMILY LINKS
Sierra Club Cool Cities Environmental Campaign (organized by my husband, Glen Brand)
Henry Leroy Finch, scholar of religion and philosophy (my father)
Julie Finch, activist, actress and dancer (my sister)
Margaret Rockwell Finch, poet and doll artist (my mother)
Roy Finch, director and screenwriter (my brother)
Jessie Wallace Hughan, founder, War Resisters League (my great-aunt): brief biography
Pamphlet on Jessie Wallace Hughan published by A.J. Muste Institute
Jessie Wallace Hughan: Three Antiwar Poems: "The Gunsmith and the Armor Trust" "Father William," and "The Challenge of Mars"
Rainer Judd, actress, director, producer, and artist (my niece)
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