The Poetry Archive

The Poetry Archive is an ambitious project whose aim is to collect, catalogue and make freely available recordings of poets reading their own work. Its scope is largely American and English poetry but this is due to what recordings are available. The program hopes to include more global representatives as time goes on though the archive does limit the scope to English‐language poetry.

The Poetry Archive is well organized and easy to navigate. It is possible to search poem titles, author names or even themes while also providing a glossary of poetic terms and concepts. This encourages browsing and exploration,...