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Via Negativa is Dave Bonta's long-running poetry blog, active since 2003, featuring original erasure poems derived from Samuel Pepys' diary alongside contributions from poet Luisa A. Igloria. The site is a rich archive of daily poetry practice, collaborative verse exchanges, and poetry in response to visual art and nature photography.

Running since August 1996, PotW.org is a long-running weekly poetry anthology offering a free subscription service and a searchable archive of past poems organized by poet, title, first line, and occasion. Each week features a carefully chosen poem with contextual notes, as seen in this week's selection from Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore.

Amethyst Journey is MJM's personal creative site built around poetry and prose, described as an exploration into the human mind and heart with a focus on women's perspectives. Visitors can browse original writing, a gallery of favorite poets and artists, book recommendations, editorials on women's topics, and a community message board.

PennSound is a massive archive of poetry audio recordings hosted by the University of Pennsylvania, featuring hundreds of poets reading their own work in MP3 format. From Susan Howe to Jerome Rothenberg, the collection spans decades of contemporary and avant-garde poetry, making it an invaluable resource for anyone interested in hearing poets in their own voices.

A unique collection exploring the intersection of mathematics and poetry, where numbers, equations, and mathematical concepts become the subject and structure of verse. This niche site by educator David Pleacher offers a creative bridge between two seemingly unrelated disciplines, making it a fascinating stop for math enthusiasts and poetry lovers alike.

A bilingual resource dedicated to helping English speakers appreciate Italian poetry, offering poems recited aloud alongside side-by-side Italian and English text with vocabulary context and language guides. The collection spans centuries of Italian verse, from Boccaccio and Tasso to 20th-century poets like Ungaretti and Quasimodo, making this a genuinely useful bridge between languages and literary traditions.

Daisysite is a charming personal neocities page built by a self-described poet who shares curated poem selections from writers like Kaveh Akbar, Maggie Smith, and Sam Sax alongside their own creative work and handmade jewelry. The site is still under construction but already offers a warm, literary atmosphere with a poem randomizer, shrines, and a guestbook for visitors.

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.

Kate Stange has assembled a small but thoughtful anthology of poems that explore the intersection of mathematics and poetry, featuring works by poets like JoAnne Growney alongside reflections on symmetry, pattern, and the shared elegance of math and verse. Visitors will find poems on topics ranging from Euclidean geometry to Pi, united by the idea that mathematics and artistic expression spring from the same human instinct for pattern.

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.