Poetry New Zealand (international journal of poetry and poetics)

Poetry New Zealand, published twice a year and edited since 1993 by Alistair Paterson,  is new Zealand’s oldest and most distinguished poetry magazine.  Excerpts from the current issues and archive of older issues going back to Issue 22 are available in this online version of the magazine.

Each online version of a Poetry New Zealand issue generally includes a short essay (editorial) and 2 or 3 high quality poems, by well-known and lesser known poets with some of the contributors outside of New Zealand.  Subscriptions to the print version are available for purchase online.

Lithuanian Poetry (Translated into English)

Lithuania has a rich history of poetry, literature and folk songs.   This Lithuanian Poetry Site provides English Translations  of several generation of both celebrated Lithuanian poets and lesser known artists.

Besides the wonderful, diverse and often awe-inspiring poems, one can read an informative essay by Kornelijus Platelison on Modern Lithuanian Poetry.
Check out poets like Jurgis Baltrušaitis (1873–1944), the first Lithuanian symbolist or the more t raditional Antanas Strazdas (1760–1833).

List of Poets currently on this Lithuanian Poetry Site:

Neringa Abrutytė
Jonas Aistis
Eugenijus Ališanka
Arnas Ališauskas
Leonardas Andriekus
Vyt Bakaitis
Alis Balbierius
Onė Baliukonytė
Algimantas Baltakis
Jurgis Baltrušaitis
Antanas Baranauskas
Albinas Bernotas
Kazys Binkis
Jurgis Blekaitis
Vytautas Bložė
Vitalija Bogutaitė
Kazys Boruta
Kazys Bradūnas
Bernardas Brazdžionis
Vladas Braziūnas
Alfonsas Bukontas
Marius Burokas
Gražina Cieškaitė
Daiva Čepauskaitė
Valdas Daškevičius
Janina Degutytė
Kristijonas Donelaitis
Antanas Drilinga
Sigitas Geda
Liudas Gira
Gintaras Grajauskas
Kotryna Grigaitytė
Almis Grybauskas
Mary Gurekas
Kazys Inčiūra
Liudvikas Jakimavičius
Doris Jankus-Duke
Benediktas Janušauskas
Demie Jonaitis
Antanas A. Jonynas
Eglė Juodvalkė
Jonas Juškaitis
Donaldas Kajokas
Laurynas Katkus
Giedrė Kazlauskaitė
Julius Keleras
Edmondas Kelmickas
Juozas Kėkštas
Faustas Kirša
Ina Kontvainytė
Linvydas Krivickas
Kostas Kubilinskas
Vincas Kudirka
Mindaugas Kvietkauskas
Leonas Lėtas
Juozas Macevičius
Bronius Mackevičius
Algimantas Mackus
Vytautas Mačernis
Maironis
Alfonsas Maldonis
Justinas Marcinkevičius
Tautvyda Marcinkevičiūtė
Aidas Marčėnas
Marcelijus Martinaitis
Eugenijus Matuzevičius
Jonas Mekas
Eduardas Mieželaitis
Algimantas Mikuta
Nijolė Miliauskaitė
Antanas Miškinis
Henrikas Nagys
Kęstutis Navakas
Salomėja Neris
Alfonsas Nyka-Niliūnas
Marijus Pakštas
Sigitas Parulskis
Gintaras Patackas
Edita Petrauskaitė
Kornelijus Platelis
Kęstutis Pocius
Birutė Pukelevičiūtė
Vincas Mykolaitis-Putinas
Henrikas Radauskas
Kęstutis Rastenis
Vacys Reimeris
Vytautas Rudokas
Shirley Ruksznis Young
Danguolė Sadūnaitė
Vytautas Skripka
Darius Victor Sniečkus
Zita Sodeika
Balys Sruoga
Laima Sruoginis
Simonas Stanevičius
Rimvydas Stankevičius
Marija Stankus-Saulaitis
Antanas Strazdas
Jonas Strielkūnas
Liūnė Sutema
Ričardas Šileika
Vladas Šimkus
Lidija Šimkutė
Darius Šimonis
Paulius Širvys
Antanas Škėma
Vladas Šlaitas
Alvydas Šlepikas
Julija Švabaitė
Juozas Tysliava
Pranas Vaičaitis
Judita Vaičiūnaitė
Artūras Valionis
Antanas Venclova
Tomas Venclova
Antanas Vienažindys
Jonas Zdanys
Algirdas Žolynas
Albinas Žukauskas

the poem tree

The Poem Tree, administered and edited by Caleb Murdock,  contains a wealth of metered poetry from Shakespeare up to the present. Although there are many examples of free-form verse in the site’s collection, the primary focus is on more formal poetry.

As Mr. Murdock points out, metered poetry is making a comeback.  One only has to browse the wealth of poetry blogs out there to find many fine examples of active, creative poets that are adhering to past forms

Set aside time to browse the  essays  particularly Murdock’s  “Is It Poetry or Prose?” and “A Look at Scansion Methods”

The Poem Tree also accepts submissions of  previously published poetry submissions (even if only published in a small journal or on a website.)   Both quality and use of meter appear to be an important part of the selection process: those poems posted on the site are worth exploring!