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"Poetry is the most direct and simple means of expressing oneself in words: the most primitive nations have poetry, but only quite well developed civilizations can produce good prose. So don’t think of poetry as a perverse and unnatural way of distorting ordinary prose statements: prose is a much less natural way of speaking than poetry is. If you listen to small children, and to the amount of chanting and singsong in their speech, you’ll see what I mean."
-- Northrop Frye (1912–1991), Canadian critic
- Sacramento Poetry Center
- Local Sacramento center devoted to poetry. Has a number of good poetry links.
- Poets and Writers
- A site devoted to poets and writers with interviews about writing poetry.
- Poetry 180
- A poem a day, focused on the High School level.
- Shel Silverstein
- A fun, active site for kids and adults featuring the work of the poet.
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