Poetry at Clermont

The archive of recorded poetry and literature

This section covers the basics of how to write about poetry. Including why it is done, what you should know, and what you can write about.

This resource is enhanced by a PowerPoint file

A brief rundown on the basic concepts of pattern and variation and how they can be used when writing poems.

Americans saying poems they love

The UC Clermont student run literary journal

The Haiku Society of America is a not-for-profit organization founded in 1968 by Harold G. Henderson and Leroy Kanterman to promote the writing and appreciation of haiku poetry in English. Membership is open to all readers, writers, translators, and students of haiku.

The Academy of American Poets was founded in 1934 to support American poets at all stages of their careers and to foster the appreciation of contemporary poetry.

The Poetry Foundation, publisher of Poetry magazine, is an independent literary organization committed to a vigorous presence for poetry in our culture. It exists to discover and celebrate the best poetry and to place it before the largest possible audience.