Contains audio-recorded readings of former Consultants in Poetry and other renowned writers read from their work at the Library of Congress. The Archive dates back to 1943 and contains nearly two thousand recordings of poets and prose writers participating in literary events at the Library’s Capitol Hill campus as well as sessions at the Library’s Recording Laboratory. The more than 900 recordings featured here represent a sample of this collection.
Indexes poetry in published anthologies. Contains full text of anthologized poems in the public domain, poetry excerpts from copyrighted works, and citations providing poem title, author, publisher, subject(s), and a list of anthologies in which the selected poem appears. 15,000 authors are represented with references to 558 separate anthologies (1992 release). Also contains audio readings of canonical works, and allows side-by-side comparison of texts.
A full-text collection of poetry, drama, and prose with complementary references sources. In addition to full texts of canonical works and secondary critical works, It also includes audio and video archives of poets reading their works and the works of others. From the ProQuest One Literature front page, scroll down to Audio and video collections and click on Poets On Screen. Use the search box to find specific poets or poems.
PennSound is an ongoing project based at the University of Pennyslvania committed to producing new audio recordings and preserving existing audio archives. Launched January 1, 2005, it is a Web-based archive for noncommercial distribution of the largest collection of poetry sound files on the Internet. Most poets included are contemporary or modern.
Established in 2003 upon receipt of a major gift from philanthropist Ruth Lilly, the Poetry Foundation evolved from the Modern Poetry Association, which was founded in 1941 to support the publication of Poetry magazine The gift from Ruth Lilly allowed the Poetry Foundation to expand and enhance the presence of poetry in the United States and established an endowment that will fund Poetry in perpetuity. The website features poems, commentary, poem guides, audio.video and more.
Produced by the Academy of American poets, this site features recordings of poets, mostly contemporary and modern. Includes several recordings of W.H. Auden, Robert Frost, and A.R. Ammons reading their own work, as well as contemporary readings of poems by Dickinson, Hopkins, Keats, and Whitman.
Produced in partnership with Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, this database provides a virtual encyclopedia of the world's musical and aural traditions. Contains recordings of the works of Frost, Dickinson, Whitman and others.
There are many recordings of poetry on YouTube, some read by the poet, some by others, some with accompanying animations, graphics, etc. Enter a poet's name in the search box (e.g, "w h auden") to see what's there. .