A guide to resources available from

the Tewksbury Public Library

concerning all things poetry

related:

Inspiration

How-to

Publishing

Connect with other poets

Poetry

Resources

April 5-7 The Boston Poetry Festival at the BPL will include readings, open mic, workshops and prizes. April 26-27 The Newburyport Literary Festival will include small group discus-sions, reading, slams and workshops. May 3-5 The Massachusetts Poetry Festi-val in Salem includes 200 poets reading and over 100 workshops, panels, and performances The Ipswich Public Library hosts the “Ipswich Poets” every Wed. evening from 6:30 to 8:00. For more infor-mation: www.ipswichpoets.org. The Newburyport Art Association hosts the “Powwow River Poets”, servicing poets from Boston to Maine. For more information: www.newburyportart.org or call 978-465-8769. Concord Poetry Corner www.concordpoetry.org Massachusetts State Poetry Society www.mastatepoetrysociety.tripod.com Powow River Poets (Newburyport) www.powowriverpoets.com Worcester County Poetry Association www.wcpa.homestead.com

Local Poetry Events/Groups

Tewksbury Public Library

300 Chandler Street

Tewksbury, MA 01876

978-6404490 ext. 207

mteref@mvlc.org

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Reference Resources

Contemporary Literary Criticism (Infotrac) is available through the li-brary’s online database. The New Oxford Book of English Verse edited by Helen Gardner (REFERENCE 821.03 New) The Norton Anthology of Poetry (REFERENCE 821.008) The Norton Anthology of Modern Poetry (REFERENCE 821.008 Nor) Novelist is available through the li-brary’s online database and supplies information about published books of poetry.

American’s Favorite Poems: The Favorite Poem Project Anthology edited by Robert

Pinksky Beautiful & Pointless: A Guide to Modern Poetry written by David Orr (808.1 Orr)

Committed to Memory: 100 Best Poems to Memo-rize edited by John Hol-lander (808.1 Com)

The Complete Idiots Guide to Writing Poetry written by Nikki Moustaki (808.1 Mou) Creating Poetry written by

John Drury (808.1 Dru) Discovery of poetry: a field guide to reading and writing poems written by Frances Mayes (808.1 May)

Fooling With Words: A Cel-ebration of Poets and Their Craft edited by Bill Moyers

(808.1 Foo) How to Read a Poem: And Fall In Love With Poetry written by Ed-ward Hirsch (808.1 Hir)

Poetry Resources

New Rhyming Dictionary and Po-ets’ Handbook written by Burges Johnson (428.1 Joh) Poems to Read: A New

Favorite Poem Project An-thology edited by Robert Pin-sky and Maggie Dietz (808.1

Poe) Poetry For Dummies written by the Poetry Center and John Timpane with Maureen Watts (808.1 Tim)

Ten Poems to Change Your Life written by Roget Housden (808.1 Hou)

M A G A Z I N E S The American Poetry Review is available through the library’s online database “Academic One File” and includes full text articles from 1989-current. Poets & Writers is available through the library’s online database “Academic One File” and includes full text articles from 2009-current. Writer’s Digest is available through the library’s online database “Academic One File” and includes full text articles from 1994-current.

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S E L EC T W E B -S I T E S

Academy of American Poets www.poets.org Giggle Poetry www.gigglepoetry.com Library of Congress www.loc.gov/poetry Mass Poetry www.masspoetry.org Poets & Writers www.pw.org Poetry Foundation www.poetryfoundation.org Poetry Society of America www.poetrysociety.org