About PoetrySpeaks.com

PoetrySpeaks.com was created by Sourcebooks, Inc., the publishers of three New York Times bestsellers, Poetry Speaks, Poetry Speaks to Children, and Hip Hop Speaks to Children. We have transformed and continue to transform the way people think about poetry. Each day we ask ourselves how we can create new ways for readers to engage more deeply and enthusiastically with poetry.

Experience

We have created a new online poetry community at PoetrySpeaks.com, one where poets and lovers of spoken word can gather to experience poetry in exciting new ways. The goal and purpose behind PoetrySpeaks.com is to create a space where poetry can be discovered and rediscovered.

Essentially, we want:

• To create a site where readers/lovers of poetry and those new to poetry, in short anyone with the least possible interest in poetry, can connect with a poem that touches, moves, and inspires them.
• To make that poetry visceral/immediate so that they keep coming back to explore, discover, and find new poems and therefore new poets.
• To create a site for poets where they can perform, share, and sell their poems and interact with readers, fans, and other poets.
• But most of all, to create a site where poets and poetry (of all varieties) can be discovered and where the value of poetry can be enhanced in our everyday culture.

Visitors are welcome to gather as a community at PoetrySpeaks.com to enjoy and support the works of their favorite poets, mingle and muse with others while sharing poetry of their very own, discover new upcoming artists, and collect pieces of their favorite poetry.

For poets, PoetrySpeaks.com is a marketing site. It is a way to have their poetry read, discovered, rediscovered, and, in the end, bought. You can download and/or purchase all of the poetry on PoetrySpeaks.com and carry your favorite poetry with you wherever you go.

Explore what PoetrySpeaks.com has waiting for you! PoetrySpeaks.com features classic and traditional poetry under PS•Voices, slam and spoken word poetry under SpokenWord, and a section for you to upload your very own poetry for others to experience under YourMic. At PoetrySpeaks.com, we are your online stage for poetry.

Discover poetry from slam founder Marc Smith, collect audio poetry performances from four-time national poetry slam champion Patricia Smith, or enjoy video poetry interpretations created by poetry enthusiasts like you.

PoetrySpeaks.com continues to evolve and grow in order to create and maintain a revenue stream for poets and publishers of poetry, to enhance our offerings to our poetry community, and to give poetry lovers an outlet to share their poetry with the world.