Poetry Site to Explore

Friday, November 13, 2009—Gosh, there are so many places to turn to for poetry. Hard for me to keep up with who’s got what where. I feel a bit the same with regard to social media, though did take the plunge this week and joined Twitter. (Tipping the hat to our Poetry Friday host this week, Greg Pincus, and his helpful advice and encouragement on using social media over at The Happy Accident. Note: This week’s Poetry Friday is at his other blog GottaBook.)

In any event, one of the first items I noticed in joining Twitter was a pointer to PoetrySpeaks, a site that I am eager to explore. I’ve been walking around this year thinking about the intersection of poetry and new media and the different ways of sharing poetry … well, this site appears to be right along those lines. Now, unfortunately, I’ve missed the past few Poetry Fridays (boo), so perhaps I’ve also missed discussion on the new PoetrySpeaks site. If so, I’ll try to catch up. If not, I’m curious if others have been exploring or posting to this site (created by Sourcebooks, publisher of Poetry Speaks, Poetry Speaks to Children, and Hip Hop Speaks to Children)?

I’m certainly intrigued by the line on the home page: “PoetrySpeaks allows you to experience poetry in a host of interesting ways.” You can check out great poets reading their own work. You can post your own poetry recording to the site. Also a section devoted to spoken word … Anyway, looks like lots here to dig into. (And, see, this is what I find tough about all this new media … trying to keep up with everything and digest what it is you come across.)

Anyway, any related notes, please share. And if you know of sites similar to PoetrySpeaks, please let me know. (The Favorite Poem Project is one that comes to mind, though somewhat of a different intention.)

Cheers to all on Poetry Friday. Happy rhythm. Happy rhyme.