Poetry websites to check out

Here are a few cool poetry sites you can lose a few hours in:

www.poetryfoundation.org

www.poets.org

www4.ipl.org:8080/index.php/WordPlay (great for poetry writing exercises- don't let the "teen" label fool you)

www.webdelsol.com (compilation of contemporary online journals)

Add any new ones in the "comments" area below.

Opening Blog

I am happy to start the first official blog for our Westland (MI) Poetry Group. We had our first meeting on Monday, 5/5, and though not everybody could make it, we had some spirited discussions and even wrote the first poems of this group (some "silly" as Diana said). Check future posts to view a couple.

I will be posting meeting minutes here, but the idea of the blog is more for you to do a number of things. Among them:

• Post your own poems and receive comments from other group members on them;
• Post links to websites you think are great (i'll post some as well);
• Comment on other people's poems from the group;
• Participate in group writing activities (more on this later);
• Post poems of published poets you really like;
• Recommend books that you've enjoyed or found challenging;
• and more ...

I hope you all find this useful. Outside persons may view the work here, so if you want to show friends what you're doing, they can view it at the above address. If you are a little shy about posting your work, remember that unless you're really looking for this site (and looking hard for it), it is not likely going to pop up (except on the 100th or so page, and by then the seeker will be onto something new).

Enjoy!

p.s. if you have any questions, don't hesitate to call me at the library (734.326.6123) or email me at: andy.schuck@westland.lib.mi.us