In San Francisco you'll want to take a look at The Poetry Flash.
Also in Los Angeles is the Zen Cafe which hosts an excellent reading. You can get info on this reading by visiting their magazine at POETIX.
Austin Texas hosts an annual fesitival which attracts poets from all over the globe, including yours truly. Just click on the Austin International Poetry Festival.
If you like my work then you most certainly will love the work of fellow poet and Hong Kong resident Raslo Layton Rock Poet.
If you're travelling to Los Angeles check out Next Magazine for up to date reading information.
In Canada the Canada Council holds the purse strings.
Also in Canada swiftly.com houses a number of literary and artistic efforts.
A poet's walk Stroll of Poets featuring an interesting group out of Edmonton, Alberta
The University of Victoria has several writing links and a decent creative writing department to go with them.
Find out about Canada's most lucrative writing contest.
Cariboo College, in Kamloops British Columbia, has a very interesting Earle Birney site.
When I was a young whipper-snapper in the Kootenays John Lent was encouraging young people to write. I am delighted to provide a link to this very good writer.
Canadian Literature has been promoting Canadian poetry for a long time. For that reason alone they deserve to be linked.
I discovered Paul Lima's Page while surfing. His poetry is clear and his stories remind me of my youth, so take a look.
Treeline is a quarterly, electronically published magazine dedicated to promoting Canadian Literature and Arts.
The Canadian Poet Registry claims to be a "who's who" of Canadian Poetry, but I know hundreds who aren't listed there.
The Canadian Dream Gallery claims to showcase some of Canada's most promising young poets, but a hard drive crash has left their selection rather thin.
Cariboo College in Kamloops has several pages dedicated to the works of Canadian writers and artists. Among them is a page dedicated to Earle Birney (listed above) and to Michael Ondaatje. Beware, these page auto-load plug ins.
Pottersfield offers a listing of Canadian Writers' Organizations and Publishing Houses.
A poets paradise Museum of American Poetics - Poetry Links
Where many a poet can be found Poets, Poetry, Poetry Resources and Poetry Links
Poets and Writers, a U.S. information collective.
Geocities also has serveral poetry links, many of which are very exciting.
Feel like going whole hog, visit the Poetry Super Highway.
A new Canadian poetry site Writers in electronic residence at Macleans.
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A poets museum Museum of American Poetics
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