~ Early Web Links ~

This site presents a single poem by Lev Manovich, the renowned new media theorist, formatted as its own dedicated web domain. The poem's title is the domain name itself, making the URL and the artwork one unified piece of net poetry.

Myra Schneider is a British poet, writing tutor, and author whose personal site showcases her published collections, pamphlets, and acclaimed books including 'Writing My Way Through Cancer' and 'Writing Your Self.' Visitors can explore her poetry publications, anthologies, upcoming readings, and creative writing courses, as well as sample her richly allusive verse.

GlitterCat is a whimsical personal corner of the web run by chocochipcookiequeen, drenched in Halloween aesthetics, rainbow imagery, and festive glitter-pop energy year-round. The site showcases original poetry and glitterprose with titles like 'Anomaly' and 'Atmospheric Optical Phenomena,' alongside a secret blog full of cryptic, candied verses.

Mudlark is a long-running electronic journal of poetry and poetics, publishing original poems, flash pieces, recordings, and essays by a wide range of contemporary poets since 1995. Edited by William Slaughter and hosted at the University of North Florida, the archive spans decades of issues and includes audio recordings of poets reading their own work.

Badly Drawn Ben is a charmingly chaotic personal site from a self-deprecating British creator who combines absurdist humor, original poems, and deliberately terrible drawings into something genuinely funny. The site features interactive gags, audio effects, a webring, and a section called Wonderwall alongside a collection of pointless poems.

Poets' Corner is a vast collaborative poetry archive containing over 7,400 works by 800 poets, maintained by a distributed team of editors across the United States since 1994. Visitors can browse by author, subject, or use a search tool to explore classical and traditional poetry, with digital portrait paintings of featured poets adding a visual dimension to the collection.

Alex Dreppec is a prolific German poet and author who invented the Science Slam format in 2004 and has published poetry on five continents. His English-language page showcases his bilingual poetry books, international magazine publications, prize wins including the Wilhelm Busch Prize, and samples of his witty, alliterative verse.

The Kelly Writers House at the University of Pennsylvania is a vibrant literary arts center hosting readings, workshops, podcasts, and multimedia projects centered on contemporary poetry and writing. Home to programs like PoemTalk, PennSound, and ModPo, it serves students, alumni, and the broader literary community from its Philadelphia campus.

Auriea Harvey's site presents a haunting, minimalist piece of prose poetry that evokes texture, transformation, and the unknowable through vivid sensory imagery. The spare formatting and cryptic text give it the feel of a digital art object as much as a written work.

Ain't Got No Press is a small poetry publisher run by Los Angeles poet and humorist Rick Lupert, specializing in uniquely themed anthologies including Jewish liturgical poetry collections like 'A Poet's Siddur' and ekphrastic verse. The site showcases their published books, features virtual publication party recordings, and accepts submissions from poets worldwide.