How do I make archive pages and such?

I'm not really sure how to ask this or explain myself. My site is not live yet as I'm trying to figure things out so I'll show you another site of what I want to do.

http://mrmom.amaonline.com/Inspirational.htm

I don't necessarily want the grid or anything but I want to have links to another page on my site for just one article or poem. I want it to look organized instead of alot of poems on one page like you see in some places.

Thanks in advance for your help.