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Mission: The Poetry Foundation, publisher of Poetry magazine, exists to discover and celebrate the best poetry and to place it before the largest possible audience.
 

Poetry Magazine: Founded in Chicago by Harriet Monroe in 1912, Poetry established its reputation early by publishing the first important poems of T. S. Eliot, Ezra Pound, Marianne Moore, Wallace Stevens, H. D., William Carlos Williams, Carl Sandburg, and other now-classic authors. In succeeding decades it has presented—often for the first time—works by virtually every major contemporary poet. With its spirited criticism, imaginative features, and eclectic mix of poets, the magazine has, by common consensus, “reclaimed its place at the center of American poetry.”
 

poetryfoundation.org: poetryfoundation.org is a comprehensive online resource for poetry featuring an archive of more than 8,000 poems by more than 650 classic and contemporary poets. The site also includes the poetry blog "Harriet,"  a poetry bestseller list, leading journalists writing on poetry and poets, poetry videos and podcasts, and the monthly contents of Poetry magazine.
 

Poetry Out Loud: Created in partnership with the NEA, Poetry Out Loud is a national high school recitation contest designed to return great poetry to the classroom. The program annually awards $100,000 in scholarship prizes.
 

Children's Poet Laureate: The Children's Poet Laureate program aims to raise awareness that children have a natural receptivity to poetry and are its most appreciative audience, especially when poems are written specifically for them. Mary Ann Hoberman is currently serving as the nation’s second Children’s Poet Laureate.
 

Poetry Everywhere: An innovative effort to introduce new audiences to a wide selection of great contemporary and classic poetry, the Poetry Everywhere films feature poets reading their own work, animated interpretations of much-loved poems, and celebrities reading personal favorites.
 

Chicago Poetry Tour: The Chicago Poetry Tour is a multimedia tour of poetry written in and about Chicago. The tour features the voices of a range of Chicago poets and personalities past and present, and a variety of neighborhoods and City landmarks, through archival and contemporary recordings of poets and scholars, local musicians, and historic photos. The tour can be experienced online in its entirety and for free at www.poetryfoundation.org.

 

Essential American Poets: The Essential American Poets podcast series features seminal recordings of major American Poets reading from their work, as selected by former Poet Laureate Donald Hall.
 

American Life in Poetry: American Life in Poetry provides newspapers and online publications with a free weekly column featuring contemporary American poems selected and introduced by former U.S. Poet Laureate Ted Kooser.
 

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