JUST WRITE POETRY

A free collection of contemporary poetry & resources.

• compiled by Melissa Goodrich

REFERENCE

"Poetry is inherently disruptive. Poems slow us down, resist easy paraphrase. They ask us to embrace ambiguity, to accept uncertainty.That's a feature, not a bug; it's inherent in the art form."—Amorak Huey & W. Todd Kaneko

• POETS.ORG - Glossary

• Poetry Foundation - Glossary

GETTING STARTED

"The trouble began when I decided to be dangerously ambitious. Which is to say, I decided to write a poem."—Ocean Vuong

• Surrendering

• On Becoming a Pop Star, I Mean, a Poet

• Nurturing the Omnivore

• How to Read a Poem

• Using the work of others as a writing prompt: Ada Limon's Miracle Fish

ARS POETICA: Poems About Poetry

“left hand, right hand
like an open eye, an eye closed:one hand flat against the trapdoor,
the other hand knocking, knocking.”—Aracelis Girmay

• What is Poetry?

• What is Poetry For?

• WORDS (RadioLab)

• Uppity, Eileen Myles

• Consider the Hands that Write this Letter, Aracelis Girmay

• Introduction to Poetry, Billy Collins

• Ars Poetica, Archibald MacLeish

• What is Poetry? Nuthin’ to Explain, Wanda Coleman

• How To Eat a Poem, Eve Merriam

• Ars Poetica, Aracelis Girmay

AUBADES

"Will there ever be a morning? Is there such a thing as day..."—Emily Dickinson

• Aubade with To-Do List, Melissa Goodrich

• Aubade with Burning City, Ocean Vuong

• Aubade with Attention to Pathos, Emily Skaja

• Appalachian Aubade, Traci Brimhall

• Back Porch Aubade, Anna Ross

• Aubade with Broken Neck, Traci Brimhall

• Aubade Ending with the Death of a Mosquito, Tarfia Faizullah

• Epithalamion Aubade, Rebecca Morgan Frank

• Aubade with Bread for the Sparrows, Oliver de la Paz

• Aubade, Donika Kelly

• Aubade, Chloe Martinez

• Aubade, Philip Larkin

• Morning Song, Sylvia Plath

THE POETIC LINE

"Every line of a poem must be a poem."—Ralph Waldo Emerson

• Hundreds of Eyes