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African

Ahmed Sékou Touré, Annette M'Baye d'Erneville, Bernard B. Dadié, David Diop (1927-1960), Francis Bebey, Gerald Felix Tchicaya U Tam'si, Jean-Baptiste Tati-Loutard, Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo, Léopold Sédhar Senghor, Paulin Joachim

Basque

The Gate of Basque Poetry

Catalan

Ausiàs March (1397-1459), Carles Riba (1893-1959), Clementina Arderiu (1889 - 1976), Francesc Parcerisas (*1944), Joan Maragall (1860-1911), Jordi de Sant Jordi (1395?-1424), Josep Carner (1884-1970), Josep Palau i Fabre (*1917), Plurilingual Anthology of Catalan Poets - English, Tomàs Garcés (1901-1993)

Chinese

300 Tang Poems, Asian Topics: Tang Poetry, Chinese Classic Poem, Chinese Poems, Chinese Poetry, Chinese Poetry Database, Chinese Poetry With English Translation, Clouds Over Fort Jade, David Hinton, Hsia Yu: Four Poems

Circassian

Nart Saga: Sosriqwe Fetches Fire, Nart Sagas Translated by Elena Kournikova - Tskhuy

East European

Albanian Literature Pages, Albanian Poems, Attila József - JATE Library Exhibition, Attila József in English Translation, Branko Cvetkoski: Heavenly Places, George Cosbuc, Halina Poswiatowska, Ivy Press Princeton, Katica Kulavkova: Time Difference, Late Echo and Sic Transit ...

French

A Sampling of French Surrealist poetry, Albert Samain's Poetry in English Translation, Aloysius Bertrand: Fantasies, Benjamin Péret: From the Hidden Storehouse, Chimeras, by Gerard de Nerval, ClassicNotes: Song of Roland, Eustache d'Amiens, Francophone African Poets in English translation, French Surrealist Poetry in English Translation by, Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes

German

Albrecht von Johansdorf, Der Kürenberger, Eugen Gomringer, Five Poems By José F.A. Oliver, Four Poems By Walle Sayer, German Expressionist Poetry, German Poems, Günter Eich in English Translation, Injektion / Injection, ein Gedicht von / a poem by, Jürgen Fuchs

Greek

Contemporary Greek Poetry, Greek Poetry of the Last Three Centuries, Modern Greek Poets

Italian

Cesare Pavese - Deola's Return, Eugenio Montale Collected Poems, Italian Poetry of the Second Half of the 20th Cen, Massimo Rossi, Modern Italian Poetry, Orlando Furioso by Ludovico Ariosto, Pier-Franco Donovan, Poems by Massimo Rossi, StoikaEstinta, Vito Riviello

Japanese

Classical Japanese Poetry, English Translations of Japan's Greatest Post, Haiku for People!, Hass on Haiku, Japanese Death Poetry and Other Forms of Japanese , Ogura Hyakunin Isshu: 100 Poems by 100 Poets, Some Haiku by the Masters, The Pillow Book - The Poems

Latin American

AnaMia Place Dedicated to Poetry and Mexico, AnaMia's Place, Barbarito, Carlos, Carilda Oliver Labra, Corda Foundation, David Rosenmann-Taub, Jaime Saenz, Odio, Eunice, Pages of Twentieth Century Mexican Poetry/, Pares cum Paribus Nº 4: Índice

Middle-Eastern

Turkish Poetry, Adonis (Ali Ahmed Said), Cahit Zarifoglu, Hebrew and Yiddish Poetry Translated by Karen Alka, Iranian Poets in English, Iranian Women Poets, Life & Poetry of Hafiz, Natan Zach, Shahnaz A'lami, The Songs of Hafiz, Transcendence, Then, Dream, Incomplete, Soul'

Portuguese

Fernando Pessoa in English, Fernando Pessoa's English Poems, Manuel Alegre

Russian

A Small Collection of Russian Poetry in English Tr, Chernobyl Poems by Lyubov Sirota, From the Ends to the Beginning, Pushkin Poetry Sampler, Renoir, Russian Poetry, Russian Poetry in English Translation

Scandinavian

All My Poems: Mikael Cedergren, Liv Lundberg, Three poems by Rolf Jacobsen, UCT Poetry Web: Vagn Steen

Spanish

Galimatias, Golden Age Sonnets, Poetry by Martín R. Raskovsky

Bulent Ozcan

http://www.bulentozcan.com/poems.htm

Samples of the poet's work in English translation, plus information on his life.

Field

http://www.oberlin.edu/~ocpress/Main/field.html

One of the most respected journals of poetry and poetics in the United States, Field emphasizes poetry in translation to some extent--the website provides information on subscriptions and a few sample poems from back-issues.

Field Translation Series

http://www.oberlin.edu/~ocpress/Main/FieldTranslationSeries.html

International contemporary poetry in English translation.

For Poetry

http://www.tcsn.net/jackie/

A literary webzine devoted to poetry, featuring established and new poets, also in translation.

From Translation to Imitation

http://www.utc.edu/~engldept/pm/ontransl.htm

An essay by Richard Jackson on poetry translation.

International Poetry in English translation

http://www.geocities.com/johbeil/transl_index.html

German, Austrian, French, Catalan, Latin American, Bulgarian and Russian poetry in English translation.

Metamorphoses: Literary Translation

http://www.smith.edu/metamorphoses/

Metmorphoses is the journal of the Five College Seminar on Literary Translation. Published in the spring and fall, the journal provides a forum for literary translation.

Paintbrush: A Journal of Poetry & Translation

http://www.paintbrush.org/

"... publishes serious translations from any language (into English), especially neglected languages." Website of the print magazine, including information on current issues (with a small selection of excerpts).

Poetry International Web

http://www.poetryinternational.org

A worldwide poetry magazine on the Internet. The PIW Archive contains thousands of poems by modern poets from all around the world, both in the original language and in English translation.

Salt River Review

http://www.poetserv.org/

The Salt River Review, an online magazine featuring poetry, fiction and creative non-fiction, also in translation.

The Drunken Boat

http://www.thedrunkenboat.com/

A quarterly webmagazine of international poetry, translations, reviews, interviews, features, publishing news, writers' resources.

Ubuweb

http://www.ubuweb.com/

Visual, concrete and sound poetry (historical, contemporary, insane).

Visiting Poets

http://www.uct.ac.za/projects/poetry/visit3.htm

Poets from various countries who have visited Cape Town with excerpts from their work in the original language and in English translation.