Poetry   Tags: eng, english, literary, literature, poetry, poets  

Analyzing and writing about poetry is a common component of many introductory literature courses.  Not sure wher to begin? Consult the Online Writing Center at Purdue's 

Writing About Poetry

Are you looking for poets that publisehd their works during a specific time line? Poet Seers has a handy Poets Time Line.

Check the Poets Seers home page for other useful subcategories such as female, romatic, or spiritual poets. 

The poetry collection is located on the Library's fourth floor in the call number range PN1010 through PN1525.

Contemporary poetry books may also be found in the Contemporary Poetry Room, also on the fourth floor.  A key is needed to access the room. Please visit the Learning Commons reference desk located on the first floor to check out the key. A Viking card is required.

Selected books from the collection:

Notable Poets - Salem Press Editors (Editor)

Call Number: PN1021 .N68 1998, v. 1-3 (1st floor Reference)

ISBN: 0893569674

Publication Date: 1998

This three-volume set collects biographical sketches and critical studies of 110 of the world's best-known poets from antiquity to the late twentieth century.

World Poets - Ron Padgett (Editor)

Call Number: PN1021 .W67 2000, v. 1-3 (1st floor Reference)

ISBN: 068480591X

Publication Date: 2000

Masterplots II, Poetry Series - Philip K. Jason (Editor); Tracy Irons-Georges (Editorial Coordinator); Dawn P. Dawson (Editor-In-Chief)

Call Number: PN1110.5 .M37 2002 (4th floor)

ISBN: 1587650371

Publication Date: 2002

The Hazel Collister Hutchison Contemporary Poetry Room, jointly managed by the Library and the CSU Poetry Center, houses a major collection of contemporary poetry books and journals founded on gifts from the Cleveland poet, Hazel Collister Hutchison and from the CSU Poetry Center. The collection is open to students, writers, and the community.
                                                                      

The room is used often for Poetry Center workshops and meetings, and occasionally for creative writing classes. This is the only collection of its kind in northern Ohio.  The Poetry Center is located on the fourth floor of the Michael Schwartz Library.  To access the room students, faculty and staff must check out the room key at the Learning Commons reference desk on the Library's first floor. A current Viking card is required. 

For more information call (216) 687-6997.