~ Early Web Links ~

The Antigone Poems is the official site for a poetry collection by Marie Slaight, featuring art by Terrence Tasker, inspired by the ancient Sophocles tragedy. Described as 'surreal and wild... terrifyingly brilliant,' the book promises an expedition into brutal lyricism drawn from classical Greek drama.

The Fine-Arts Bluesband & Poetry Press has been publishing a monthly featured poem since 1995, creating an extraordinary archive of over three decades of original poetry. Each month brings a new selection with evocative imagery and haiku-like brevity, and the archive is navigable by year all the way back to the mid-nineties.

Poetry Super Highway's link directory is a comprehensive curated collection of poetry and writing resources on the web, organized for poets and readers alike. Maintained as part of the broader Poetry Super Highway community, it connects visitors to hundreds of poetry sites, writing tools, and literary resources alongside submission opportunities and contests.

Bea Sheftel shares original poetry from her ebook 'Beauty in the Weeds,' with verses covering themes of faith, loss, nature, and family life. The site also offers writing and marketing resources for poets and links to purchase her collected works through PayPal.

The Electronic Poetry Center at the University of Pennsylvania is a rich digital archive dedicated to contemporary and avant-garde poetry, featuring author pages, digital library resources, and links to PennSound audio recordings. Visitors will find tributes to major figures like Jerome Rothenberg, Lyn Hejinian, and Marjorie Perloff alongside PDFs of rare poetic works and research bibliographies.

Lioxly's cozy personal site features original poems, a dedicated Poemtober section, and a collection of quotes alongside a gallery of images. The non-binary creator has built a charming old-web style space complete with webrings, a guestbook, and playful personality quizzes.

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.

Cloudbursting is a personal creative site by Toa featuring original free-verse poetry with an intimate, atmospheric quality, ranging from meditations on cloud-watching to richly sensory domestic imagery. Alongside the poems, visitors will find a small zine, a photo library, trinkets, and a guestbook, making it a cozy corner of the web with a distinct voice.

David Griffin Brown's personal creative corner features his original poetry, a short story, and a play, with new poems added as recently as August 1999. The site is a genuine expression of one person's literary output, participating in a Poetry Webring and inviting visitors to explore his written work alongside personal photos and links.

Mike Keith's ingenious constrained poem uses all 100 Scrabble tiles to construct each tercet, a remarkable feat of wordplay that bridges mathematical recreation and literary art. The poem pays homage to Georges Perec's structurally complex novel 'Life A User's Manual,' layering clever constraints within constraints in a visually striking tile-based presentation.