The site presents poetry from many countries in their original languages and in English translation.

[1] It also features audio and video recordings of the poets reading their own work.

Poets featured in the archives include John Ashbery, Elizabeth Bishop, Yves Bonnefoy, Joseph Brodsky, Kwame Dawes, Allen Ginsberg, Seamus Heaney, Judith Herzberg, Hiromi Ito, Lali Tsipi Michaeli, Dunya Mikhail, Pablo Neruda, Vikram Seth, Galsan Tschinag, Uljana Wolf and Mario Petrucci.

Radio Netherlands recorded the programming of Poetry International from its inception in 1970.

Otherwise, the poets are published on the website because they have been invited as performers for the annual Poetry International Festival.