The Birth of Oldpoetry.com 2002
...........a group who all believed in the dream and stone by stone, poet by poet, they laid the foundations. They were like early man when he first emerged from the jungle and gazed up at the moon, thinking one day I shall stand up there and touch the stars.
One day, a long time ago Kevin turned to Gecko to share his dream of what his vision could be, "Go forth," he said, "Find volunteers who love classical poetry, and make this dream come true."
Soon, there was a group who all believed in the dream and stone by stone, poet by poet, they laid the foundations. They were like early man when he first emerged from the jungle and gazed up at the moon, thinking one day I shall stand up there and touch the stars.'
Today we have reached that point, we have an amazing collection of poets and poetry, not just those who wrote in English, but poets and poetry from every corner of the Earth. The team who have made this dream come true have been many, they have spent hours searching the internet, the schools, the libraries and every source available for any scrap of information available to add to the site. Many have been lost to the real world but always someone has come along to take their place in creating the best poetry reference site on the internet.
And like mankind, we can stand on the moon but those stars still lie far from reach. Though with this new, clearer vision, we can see more clearly the stars, and each day we see new ones being born and whole constellations previously undiscovered, lie in our sights. Just as each day, with the world opening up and more information becomes available on each cultures poetic greats and new poets pass into the realms of old poets. We can see our dream is still far from completion, but the spirit which has driven us all still drives today.
Soon, there was a group who all believed in the dream and stone by stone, poet by poet, they laid the foundations. They were like early man when he first emerged from the jungle and gazed up at the moon, thinking one day I shall stand up there and touch the stars.'
Today we have reached that point, we have an amazing collection of poets and poetry, not just those who wrote in English, but poets and poetry from every corner of the Earth. The team who have made this dream come true have been many, they have spent hours searching the internet, the schools, the libraries and every source available for any scrap of information available to add to the site. Many have been lost to the real world but always someone has come along to take their place in creating the best poetry reference site on the internet.
And like mankind, we can stand on the moon but those stars still lie far from reach. Though with this new, clearer vision, we can see more clearly the stars, and each day we see new ones being born and whole constellations previously undiscovered, lie in our sights. Just as each day, with the world opening up and more information becomes available on each cultures poetic greats and new poets pass into the realms of old poets. We can see our dream is still far from completion, but the spirit which has driven us all still drives today.
Written by Andrew Hide
- Last seen on Jun 1 10:58 AM. Member since September 5, 2003.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY A. N. OTHER Not much is known abou70 lines, 2 comments, March 18
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You did not hear the scratching quill,
but just the words which linger still35 lines, 34 comments, January 5, 2005. In Other
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Come with me a little while, and wander around the world,15 lines, 60 comments, November 24, 2004. In Hope
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- Column: Anzac Day - 93 Years & Remembering at allpoetry
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Oldpoetry is a free site run by volunteers who enjoy poetry for people who also enjoy poetry.
We want to pass on our love of poetry and give a single point of reference for the many fine poets from all over the world who have contributed to the d - Column: So You want To Become A Mod! at allpoetry
Oldpoetry is basically a site with poems by OLD poets. Those that are out of copyright and hard to find. We do have a few by authors after 1950 but not many and only those with a solid reputation and generous copyright holders.
We are here primarily f
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judyjudyjudy on May 18Thanks for being so committed to this cause. It is important.
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Old Poetry on November 10, 2006That sounds perfect to me. Please fell free to do just that but remember, because of copyright, the poets cannot be living ones. They are free to post their own work on Allpoetry.
If you or any of your friends wish to place suggestions and links here they will ALL be considered and action taken.
Jim
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Old Poetry on November 10, 2006Thanks for taking the trouble to let us know your thoughts Madhumita.
Actually we have 96 categories to choose amongst although they are not all shown on the opening page.
If you select any of the obvious categories and click the link you will see on the right hand side of the new page another link to search ALL categories click on that and you should have no problems. If there are still some categories (like odes) then let me know.
We will be trying to cross link poems into these categories but with nearly 60,000 poems it will take some time
Meanwhile if you enjoy oldpoetry why not join this group
allpoetry.com/group/6894
and you can add your thoughts straight into the bosses ear .
Jim
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Madhumita on November 9, 2006Well, I'd like more categories should be there. Such as few types of poem classified together...like Odes in one, and so on...
