Poet a Day Blog

Poetry Planet Blog is an unsual project put together by the League of Canadian Poets as a tribute to Canada for National Poetry Month 2009. The League has compiled the work of 60 Canadian poets from across Canada and posted them under the city and province from which the poet hails. The result is a stunning variety of poetry in all styles, well worth bookmarking for return trips. Especially read Because Her Heart by poet Claudia Coutu Radmore, listed under Carleton Place, ON, then dance around through the posts and get your fill of the world of Canadian poetry in 2009.

These guys dropped by here a while back and I’ve been meaning to get back to their site and give it a look see for… oh, a couple of months? I finally made it, and I’m glad that I did. Don’t let the minimalist theme fool you. It just lets you focus on the important part of the site - the poems and the poets. Young American Poets is a poetry blog that accepts and publishes submissions from other poets on a regular basis. Daniel Bennett, Julian Bailey, David Weinglas and (editor-at-large), Kevin Bacon are responsible for housekeeping at Young American Poets, and they do a decent job of it, posting about 6 poems or short stories a month. If you were born before July 20, 1969, you’re welcome to read all the poetry you want there. If you’re a poet who was born after that magic date, you qualify as a young poet and can submit poetry for consideration.