The Poetry Foundation, established in 2003, was created through a fund provided by Ruth Lilly. Since its creation, the Foundation has grown by leaps and bounds, and one of their best public outreach efforts is this website. With a well-thought out visual design, their homepage is a great starting point for learning more about the world of poetry. Sections on the homepage include “Publishing”,...

It's never too late to learn Old English poetry, and this site is just the place to delve into this fascinating subject. Created by Murray McGillivray at the University of Calgary, the site presents a wide range of Old English poems and poetic lines in a very simplified and easy to use fashion. The purpose of this project is "to make useable and reliable texts of Old English poems available in...

Founded in 1912, The Poetry Review from the United Kingdom's Poetry Society is one of the world's great poetry journals. From this page of the Society's website, readers will find links to an astounding assortment of poems and poem-related resources that have made their way into past issues. While not every poem is available to read online, the two or three readable poems from each of a dozen back...