How Links Are Chosen

 
There is no one method for choosing the links included on this site.  Generally, though, I screen for quality.  There is a lot of bad poetry on the web.  That doesn't mean you have to read it. 

 

1. Preference is given to University and College publications.  However, literary journals that only publish poets associated with their institution are generally not listed, with a few exceptions (I may include them in the future on a separate page).
2. Major journals
3. Publications that have had poems nominated for Best American Poetry or the Pushcart Prize
4. Suggested links that I have screened for quality of poems.
5. Suggested links that have published well-known and well-established poets (nothing against unestablished poets - this just speaks to quality).