Other Poetry Resources
OVERVIEW
Poetry-related resources also can be found at other areas of the Library's
site. This section of the guide brings together the remaining poetry materials
scattered
throughout the Library's web site.
Other Poetry Resources
Barack the Bard
An article
from the Wise
Guide.
A Bard in the White House
An article
from the Wise
Guide.
Casey Might have Struck Out, but Thayer Hit a Home Run
Performing Arts blog post about Ernest Thayer's poem "Casey at the Bat."
Digital Interlibrary Loan
When the Library of Congress receives interlibrary loan requests for small
items too fragile to circulate, it scans the items and makes those in the
public domain
available online. Two works of poetry currently online through this process
are:
The angel of the Covenant : a poem complete in three books /
Hamilton, S. (Sarah Jane) Roseburg, Or. : Review Publishing Company, 1886.
63, [3] p. ; 18 cm.
[ PDF ] - [ Catalog
record ]
A condensed history of the United States of America in rhyme./
Howe, Major Frederick. Crystal Lake, Ill., The author, 1882. 79 p. 18 cm.
[ PDF ] - [ Catalog
record ]
Former LC Poetry
specialist David Kresh discusses "Langston Hughes and His Poetry"
Langston Hughes’ Drafts of “Ballad of Booker T.”: Exploring the Creative Process
Teaching with the Library of Congress blog post on ideas for examining different drafts of "Ballad of Booker T."
Learn about
the Dakota Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Medora
A selection
from
the Local Legacies Project.
Less is More for this Poet
An article on Kay Ryan from the Wise Guide
Letter Lost and Found
An article on Robert Burns
from the Wise
Guide.
Lost Titles, Forgotten Rhymes: Finding Poems
Part of a guide intended to help readers identify a literary work when they know only its plot or subject, or other textual information such as a character's name, a line of poetry, or a unique word or phrase.
Lyrical Legacy
Lyrical Legacy helps teachers explore eighteen American songs and poems
from the digital collections of the Library of Congress. Each song and poem
is represented by an original primary source document, along with historical
background information and, in many cases, sound recordings and alternate
versions.
The National Jukebox
The National Jukebox makes historical sound recordings available to the public free of charge. It currently includes more than 10,000 recordings made by the Victor Talking Machine Company between 1901 and 1925. A number of these recordings are poetry recitations, such as De Wolf Hopper's reading of "Casey at the Bat"Taylor Holmes's readings of "Gunga Din" and "The Shooting of Dan McGrew," and William Sterling Battis's reading of "Paul Revere's Ride."
The "Parallel
Lives" of
Lincoln and Whitman
An article
from the Wise
Guide.
Poetry Across the Atlantic
An article
from the Wise
Guide.
Prints and Photographs Online
Catalog
Find images of
poets, poems, books of poetry, and architectural structures
of poetic significance.
"A Pulitzer Prize-Winning Poet"
An article from the Wise Guide.
Read,
listen to, and learn more about Walt Whitman's poem "I Hear
America Singing"
'The Rhythmical Creation of Beauty'
An article
from the Wise
Guide.
RSS Feeds - Poetry
Three poetry RSS feeds are currently available on the Library's Web site:
Poetry News
The latest poetry news from the Poetry & Literature Center and updates on new poetry resources available on the Library's Web site.
Poetry 180
Read a poem each weekday of the school year from the Library's Poetry 180 project. First poem of the next school year will be sent September 4, 2007.
Poetry Events
Notifications of upcoming poetry readings, presentations, symposia, guidelines and other poetry activities at the Library of Congress.
The South
Asian Literary Recordings Project
Launched in April 2000, to record the voices of South Asian authors for the
Library of Congress' Archive of Recorded World Literature, the project has
captured the readings of prominent South Asian poets, novelists, and playwrights.
Surrealistically Speaking Simic
An article on Charles Simic from the Wise Guide
Thomas Jefferson Was a Poet, and We Didn't Even Know It
An article from the Wise Guide.
View
selected poems included by Lewis Carroll in his scrapbook
From the Lewis
Carroll Scrapbook Collection.
Virtual Tour - Poetry Gallery
View poetry-related items highlighted in a virtual tour of the Library's Jefferson Building.
Visions of Poets
An article from the Wise Guide.
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