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Role: Designer & Developer

Launched in April 2009—in celebration of National Poetry Month—Poems Out Loud is a place for poetry. Inspired by former poet laureate Robert Pinsky’s volume Essential Pleasures: A New Anthology of Poems to Read Aloud, the site features columns and recorded readings by well-known and award-winning poets as well as general poetry news and ephemera.

The editors of Poems Out Loud approached me to design and develop the site. After a thorough exploration of the content—which included essays, poems, recorded readings, author photos, and more—I produced a design that uses elegant typography and a warm color palette to communicate the sophisticated but approachable conversation about poetry that occurs therein.

Once the design was complete, I implemented the site into Expression Engine, providing the editors with a powerful tool for managing and publishing content. The site has become a popular resource for poetry readers and writers alike.