Writing Poetry

Poetry is what gets lost in translation.  ~Robert Frost

The Doug MacGregor/Joe Pacheco video Stranger in My Eye, from Art/Poems is available for viewing on the web.

Read two of Lorraine Vail's poems here.

Read GCWA Member's Poetry

Read the winning entries from The 2011 GCWA Writers Contest.

Poetry Contests, Conferences, etc.

Prole Laureate competition 2012 for poets is now open. Deadline March 1, 2012.

Writer's Network of South Florida is holding its 14th annual writing contest in four categories: Short Story, Short Play, Poetry, and Young Adult. [see flyer] Deadline March 15, 2012.

The Southern Poetry Anthology is puttig together a multi-volume anthology of southern poetry. Florida and Gulf Coast volumes are still in the future.

Writing Contests from writers-editors.com.

New Writing Contests from freelancewriting.com - poetry, essays, fiction.

The winners of Prole's Poetry Contest are now posted online.

Shaw Guide to Florida Writers Conferences

Poet's Sites

• Bardball (reviving the art of baseball doggerel)
• Favorite Poem Project
• Make a Living as a Poet (book)
• More tips
• North Port Poetry Workshop has created a new blogspot.
• Poets.org
• Poetry Daily
• Poems Out Loud
• Poetry Writing Tips
• Poetry Magic
• Prole: Poetry and Prose (UK)
• Public Poetry
• RhymeZone.com - Type a word and find rhymes, synonyms, definitions, and more.
• The Chaos by G. Nolst Trenite 1870-1946 - Looking for words that rhyme? Here is an old (fun) poetic play on words.
• Your Daily Poem
• Writers Digest Blog: Poetic Asides with Robert Lee Brewer