The archive includes the work of living poets from around the world. The initial unit, as proposed, will feature eight poets, including Philip Levine and Nobel Prize winners Seamus Heaney and Czeslaw Milosz.
Using newest capabilities of the Internet to present sound and graphics as well as text, the archive entry for each poet
comprises audio clips of the poet reading several poems, the poet's comments on the works, a photograph of the poet and any
other graphics that would help a reader understand the poem (e.g., a map or illustration of a particular place mentioned in the
poem), texts of the poems, a critical biography of the poet prepared by a scholar familiar with the poet's work, and a short
bibliography. Poems are presented in their original languages, as well as in English translation.
