The intention of the Poets' Encyclopedia is to provide an indefinitely expanding encyclopedic resource on contemporary human poetics; particularly that of independent and small press poets born after 1935. The website is divided into sections. Each artist featured here has a page with a short factual biography, bibliography, and in some cases a brief sampling of their work. Likewise, periodicals, publishers, and historical events also have pages featuring similar information. Also on each page are the reviews, essays, and/ or impressions of the featured poet that have been submitted by our contributors. Inspired by the free online encyclopedia wikipedia.org, the information on Poets' Encyclopedia is provided in part by contributors all over the world. These people provide us with relevant biographic and bibliographic information, reviews, essays, poetry, and links. Anyone who wishes to contribute an article or correct one we’ve posted here is encouraged to do so. Submissions are reviewed before they are posted. The Poets' Encyclopedia will not post any material that is irrelevant, racist, sexist, libelous, or poorly written.