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POETRYTEACHERS.COM
http://www.poetryteachers.com/index.html A terrific site for teachers of
poetry. Sections: Poetry Fun,
Poetry Class, Poetry Teacher, Poetry
Contests, Giggle Poetry (see above), E-poem, and Fiction Teachers.
An outstanding site. Excellent 2.
THE ATLANTIC POETRY PAGES
http://www.theatlantic.com/unbound/poetry/ The
poetry section for the online version of The Atlantic magazine.
Includes poems, criticism, interviews, audio files, a large number of
previous articles and more. Excellent 3. BIBLIOMANIA Free online full-texts with over 2,000 titles. Click on Poetry for the Poetry section. The Teacher’s section includes Study Guides for many of the works. Excellent 4.
BOB’S BYWAY – A POETIC DIVERSION
– A GLOSSARY OF POETIC TERMS
http://www.poeticbyway.com/glossary.html A huge word reference.
Sections: Phonetic Pronunciations, Cross-References, Broad Range of
Definitions, Numerous Examples, Hyperlinked Keywords & Cross-References, A
Wealth of Poetic Quotations, Writer’s Guidelines and more.
Excellent 5. THE
COMPLETE WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE ONLINE
http://www.ipl.org/reading/shakespeare/shakespeare.html The complete works of William Shakespeare online. The links here take you to the full text of the 1914 Edition of the Oxford Shakespeare. Includes links to Criticisms and much more. Excellent 6. FAVORITE
POEM PROJECT Established by Robert Pinsky, the 39th Poet Laureate of the United States, the favorite poem project videotapes people, famous and not, reading their favorite poems. The resulting videos are available online. Sections: The Project, The Videos, The Classroom (including classroom lessons and projects), The Book, Get Involved and Your Favorites. Excellent 7.
FIND A POEM A huge searchable database of poetry,
poems, poets and more. Sections:
Anthologies, Children’s Poems, Epic, Famous Poets A-Z, Haiku, Modern Poets
A-Z, Nature, Odes, Poetry Forums, Poetry Publishing, Rhymes, Sonnets, Sorrow,
Uncategorized, War, Wit & Humour, and Your Poems A-Z.
Excellent 8. FORMS
OF POETRY FOR CHILDREN
http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/poeform.htm A gateway to a large number of resources on poetry for children. Includes links to lesson plans for teaching poetry to children and teaching them how to write poetry. Sections: Mother Goose Rhymes, Poems Set to Music, Limericks, Free Verse, Haiku, Cinquains, Concrete Poetry, Ballads, Couplets, Other Forms-as Diamante, and Writing Poetry. Excellent 9. GIGGLE
POETRY- FUNNY POETRY FOR CHILDREN
http://www.gigglepoetry.com/index.cfm A terrific, fun site on poetry for children. Sections: Read’em, Rate’em; Favorite Poems; School Poems; Poetry Contests; Poetry Class (how to write a funny poem); Poetry Teachers (classroom ideas); Fiction Teachers and more. Excellent 10. MODERN
AMERICAN POETRY
http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/index.htm The online component of Modern American Poetry with 161 companion sites on well-known poets such as Marianne Moore, Amiri Baraka, John Berryman, Marilyn Chin, ee cummings, and many more. Excellent 11.
THE NATURAL LANGUAGE PLAYGROUND
http://bobo.link.cs.cmu.edu/dougb/playground.html A group of online interactive
language tools. This site from
Carnegie Mellon University pulls together language tools from around the web as
well as its own. Includes: The Link
Grammar Parser, AutoComma, Lexical FreeNet, The Semantic Rhyming Dictionary,
QuickLM Compiler, Hypertext Webster (dictionary), WordBot, WWW Webster
Dictionary, and a Reverse Dictionary. Excellent 12. PASSIONS
IN POETRY An online source for poems. Section: Love Poems, Friendship Poems, Sad Poems, Poems on Life, Poetry Buffet, Classical Poetry and Greeting Cards. Has a large section on the classical poets. Includes several forums including one for Teen Poets. Excellent 13.
THE POETRY ARCHIVES A huge database of over 4,000
“classical” poems. Sections:
What’s New, Poet List, Random Poem, Top Poems, Top Authors (i.e. William
Blake, Emily Dickinson, etc.), Forums and more.
Excellent 14.
POETRY.COM – THE INTERNATIONAL
LIBRARY OF POETRY This site boasts over 4.6 million
poets! Sections include: Poem of
the Day, Poetry Contests, 100 Greatest Poems Ever Written, 100 Greatest Love
Poems Ever Written, Need Help Rhyming?, Online Poetry Bash, Poetic Techniques,
September 11th Dedication Poems, Listen to Poems with Audio,
Anthology Series, Our World of Poetry and much more. Outstanding. Excellent 15.
POETRY EXPRESS – 15 POEMS YOU CAN
WRITE NOW A terrific poetry writing site which
provides 15 poetry writing activities to get you started.
Follow the guidelines for each activity to develop your own work.
Sections: Make, Share, Revise, Publish, E-muse.
The e-muse lets you fill in the blanks with types of words (i.e. color,
noun, adjective, and forms a poem from them).
An outstanding site to get students started. Excellent 16. POETRY
PORTAL – AN INTERNET GUIDE TO POETRY RESOURCES – START HERE! A huge site on poetry. A great resource to get started or assistance in writing poetry. Sections include: Poetry Online, Poetry Events, Poetry Courses, Styles & Themes, Poets in Focus, Poetry Publishing, Beginner’s Section, Advanced Section, E-Zine Listings, Resources & Help Center, Inspirational Poetry Online, Poetry Online Community, Diversity of Poetry and much more. An outstanding site. Excellent 17.
THE POETRY ZONE
http://www.poetryzone.ndirect.co.uk/index2.htm A gallery of student submitted poems.
The Teacher Zone includes several activities for teaching poetry.
Sections: Your Poems, Teacher Zone, Poets Talk (interviews), Top 10
Poetry Books, Reviews, Poetry Gallery, Competitions, Poetry Challenge and more.
Excellent 18.
POETRY WRITING WITH JACK PERLUTSKY,
KARLA KUSKIN, AND JEAN MARZOLLO
http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/poetry/index.htm Scholastic’s poetry writing site
for teachers. “The
Poetry Writing project features three authors whose works expose students to
various characteristics of poetry, such as powerful description, rhythm, and
rhyming. Each of the writers offers models of his or her work as well as
suggestions for students. Students are introduced to warm-up exercises, and
other tips to help them create, revise, and share their work. An ongoing journal
component is included in the Teacher's Guide to provide students with a personal
portfolio they can use to organize, information, notes, and their own poems in
process.” The Teacher’s Guide provides lesson planning information.
Excellent 19. THE
RAP REALM
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/listenandwrite/home.htm A BBC site encouraging children to write poetry. The Rap Realm features Beattie B who leads kids into writing raps, The World of Wonderwords features The Saurus who helps students find the right words, The Simile Satellite which helps kids write simile poems and a Showcase for submissions. Includes lots of lesson plans for teachers. Excellent 20.
RHYMEZONE – RHYMING DICTIONARY AND
THESAURUS A rhyming, word tool.
Put in any word to find a rhyme, synonym, definition and more.
Other sections: Shakespeare, Quizzes, Quotations, Famous Documents,
Mother Goose and more. A huge site. Outstanding. Excellent 21. ROBERT
MUNSCH The official site for author Robert Munsch. Sections: The Books, What’s New, Biography, Poems, Photos of Robert, Kids Art, Something Special, Class Pictures, Mail Robert, Unpublished Stories, Storytime with Robert Munsch (audio clips of Robert Munsch reading his stories), and Class Visits. Lots of the poems are about students who have written him. A fun site. Excellent 22.
SHADOW POETRY
http://www.shadowpoetry.com/index.html online poetry site for poets.
Sections: Poetry, Creative Works, Writers Block (all kinds of
assistance), Publications, FAQ, MesAnother sage Board, Email Groups, Poetry
Places and more. Excellent 23. WELCOME
TO THE POETRY CORNER
http://www.angelfire.com/md/byme/pocket/poetry1.html Over 100 free, funny poems for children. A fun site. Excellent 24. A site on well-known humorous poet
Edward Lear. Sections: About Edward
Lear, Edward Lear’s Nonsense Works, Edward Lear’s Art, The Limerick Before
Edward Lear, Essays on Lear and the Limerick, and Nonsense Links.
Very Good 25. GIGGLE,
GIGGLE, SNICKER, LAUGH Author/poet Robert Pottle’s collection of funny poems for children. A fun site. Very Good 26. HAIKU
FOR PEOPLE
http://www.toyomasu.com/haiku/ A how-to site on writing haiku poetry. Includes What is Haiku?, How to Write Haiku, and several examples. Very Good 27. THE
INTERNET POETRY ARCHIVE Information on contemporary poets: Phillip Levine, Seamus Heaney, Czelaw Milosz, Robert Pinsky, Yusef komunyakaa, Margaret Walker, and Richard Wilbur. Includes some of their poems, audio clips and more. Very Good A lesson plan for grades 7-12 in
which students will learn the expressive nature of poetry by composing their own
poems. Very Good 29.
THE IRISH POETRY PAGE
http://www.spinfo.uni-koeln.de/~dm/eire.html Irish
poets and poetry. Sections: FAQ, My
Favorite Poem, Irish Poets, Irish Poems Set to Music, Library of Congress,
Poetry Links, Ireland Links. Very
Good 30. A
LITTLE POETRY – POETRY E-ZINE An online poetry e-zine. Sections: Voracious Verses, Musing Marvels, Poet Pages, Featured Faces, Luscious Links and Sizzling Sites. Very Good 31.
MOTHER GOOSE NURSERY RHYMES
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~pfa/dreamhouse/nursery/rhymes.html Introducing a new generation to
Mother Goose nursery rhymes. Sections:
Master List (Alphabetical), On Reading Nursery Rhymes with Children of Varying
Ages, Recommended Books & Resources, Mother Goose Artwork & Book Covers,
and a Mother Goose Online Coloring Book. Very Good 32. NATIONAL
POETRY MONTH The official web site for National Poetry Month 2002 sponsored by the Academy of American Poets. Sections: Find a Poet, Find a Poem, Listening Booth (audio files of works), Discussion Forums, Events/Calendars, My Notebooks and Literary Links. Very Good 33.
PAUL LAWRENCE DUNBAR
http://www.udayton.edu/~dunbar/ Paul Lawrence Dunbar was the first
African-American poet to gain prominence. This
site discusses his life and works. It
includes audio files of readings of his poems.
Very Good 34. POETRY
AND MUSIC OF THE WAR BETWEEN THE STATES
http://users.erols.com/kfraser/ A large collection of poetry and songs from the War Between the States. Sections: Confederate Poetry, Union Poetry and Music of the War. Very Good 35. POETRY
POST - A
Uni'verse'al Writing Project for K-12 Students
http://www.mecca.org/~graham/day/poetrypost/ “Poetry Post features poems created by students from around the world.
Grahamwood CLUE students in Memphis, Tennessee, USA invite virtual classmates to
create and submit poems that describe your ideas, feelings, and experiences. All
poems must be submitted
by teachers. All poems submitted must be original work by students.” Poems
have been submitted so far by students from Australia, Canada, Ireland, Israel,
Italy, the United Kingdom and the United States. Very Good 36.
The official web site for organized
poetry slams (events in which poets perform their poems – equal weight given
to writing and performance). Sections
include: Slam FAQ, National Poetry Slam, Slam Venues, Poet Gallery, Press
Archives, Multimedia (audio & video clips – currently down), and more.
NOTE: The BATTLE OF THE POETS IN BRIDGETON is listed here.
Very Good 37.
TED SCHEU – THAT POETRY GUY Funny poems for children by
children’s author and teacher Ted Scheu.
A fun site. The Teacher’s
section has ideas for inspiring children to create their own.
Very Good
http://members.tripod.com/the-english-room/poetry/30_days_of_poetry.htm 30 classroom activities on poetry.
Good 39.
1900 AMERICA – HISTORICAL VOICES
– POETIC VISIONS
http://members.tripod.com/the-english-room/poetry/30_days_of_poetry.htm A lengthy unit for grades 10-12 using
primary sources from 1900s America to create a multimedia epic poem. Good
http://www.geocities.com/Paris/LeftBank/8356/ Poems for children by C.J. Heck.
Good 41.
A CELEBRATION OF YOUNG POETS
2001-2002 – ENCOURAGING POETRY IN OUR SCHOOLS
http://www.poeticpower.com/index.htm Encouraging the study and writing of
poetry in schools. Sections: Poetic
Power, Poetry Contest, Language Arts Grants.
Includes a Teacher’s Corner. Good 42. CHEESENET-
CHEESE POETRY (YES, POEMS ABOUT CHEESE) Didn’t know there were so many poems and stories about cheese? Check these out for a fun lesson. Good 43. A
CHILD’S GARDEN OF VERSES – ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
http://ofcn.org/cyber.serv/resource/bookshelf/child10/garden/ The online text of A Child’s Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson. Good 44. THE
CRAZY LIMERICK MACHINE
http://www.ambleside.schoolzone.co.uk/ambleweb/year4/limerick.htm Choose different lines from the limerick machine to make up a limerick. Good
http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~ian/glossary.html A straight-forward glossary of poetic terms from accent to zeugma. Good 46. HOW
TO LOVE YOUR DOG – KIDS POETRY ABOUT THEIR DOGS
http://www.geocities.com/~kidsanddogs/poetry.html A large collection of poems written by children about their dogs. Good 47. INKI
AND TAZ’S POETRY CORNER – A THINKQUEST SITE
http://library.thinkquest.org/11883/ A student-created site on poetry defining the types of poems and with information on several famous poets. Sections: Famous Poets Page, Haiku Poetry Page, Concrete Poetry Page, Cinquain Poetry Page, Story of Poetry Page, One Sentence Poetry Page, Biopoem Poetry Page, Question Poetry Page, Freestyle Poetry Page, Glossary of Terms, and Young Poets’ Page. Good 48. KIDLIT
POETIC GALLERY
http://mgfx.com/kidlit/kids/artlit/poetry/ A website for children to submit their poetry. The majority are from elementary schools. Good 49. KIDSCRIBE! A bilingual site for kids to submit their poems and stories. Good 50. ONGOING
TALES – OLD TIME POETRY
http://www.ongoing-tales.com/SERIALS/oldtime/POETRY/ A “collection of old-time poetry for children from various out of copyright books.” A large collection of poems for children. Good 51. PAPA’S
POEMS – POEMS FOR THE CELEBRATION OF LIFE
http://aatalbert.songbird.com/PapasPoems/ A fun collection of poems for children by A.A. “Papa” Talbert. Good 52.
PERFORMANCE POETRY – AN ASKERIC
LESSON PLAN A lesson plan for grades 7-12.
“Performing a poem is the best way to move students from literal
interpretations to figurative interpretations of literature. For many students,
it is difficult to begin to think in abstract ways. Students need to learn to
open their minds in order to survive in and appreciate the world in which they
live.” Good 53.
POETRY AND THE PLANETS WEBQUEST
http://www.lausd.k12.ca.us/lausd/resources/webquest/index.htm A webquest in which teams of students
will create a presentation combining poems and the planets of the solar system.
Good A lesson plan for grades K-12 in
which students construct poetry cubes and develop ways to interpret a poem.
Adaptable for each grade level. Good 55. POETRY
DAILY Posts a different poem every day. Click on Previously on Poetry Daily for archives. Good 56. POETRY
EXCHANGE An exchange site for poets to submit their works. Arranged by submission date. Searchable. Good 57. POETRY
FOR KIDS – BY KENN NESBITT Fun and silly poems for children by poet Kenn Nesbitt. Sections: Poems, How To, Books, Links and more. Good 58. POETRY
LANE – A POETRY PAGE FOR CHILDREN AND THE YOUNG AT HEART A collection of poems for children by G.E. Farrell. Good 59.
POETRY QUEST
http://coe.west.asu.edu/students/stennille/ST3/poetrywq.htm A webquest for upper elementary
students on poetry in which they will learn about poetry and create and publish
poems of their own. Good 60.
SHAKESPEARE MAGNET POETRY
http://www.shakespeare.com/Poetry/ieindex.html “Roll
the Dice to obtain a random selection of word magnets that matches the relative
frequency with which Shakespeare uses these words in his own works.
Work
out different phrases, scramble and re-arrange to form short poems.
Good 61.
TANGERINE! POETRY SITE EXTRAORDINAIRE
– A THINKQUEST SITE
http://library.thinkquest.org/3721/ A student-created site on poetry.
Sections: Poetry (Poetry Forms, Famous Poets, Poems by Our Poets),
Favorites, and Links. Good 62.
VOICES
http://www.freethechildren.org/voices/main.html Children express their thoughts and
feelings about children’s issues and children’s rights through Artwork,
Poems, Writings and Pictures. Good
http://www.dreamagic.com/poetry/poetry.html An online poetry center where poets (both beginners and
advanced) can post their poetry.
“The Web Poetry Corner features 3179 poets Who have
submitted 14126 poems Representing 72 countries”
Sections:
Authors Alphabetically, Authors Date Submitted, Authors by Country, Authors
Number of Poems, Submission Rules and more.
Scroll down for Children’s Poetry.
Good
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WEBQUEST
– PUBLISH WITH PO-ETREE, INC.
http://tli.jefferson.k12.ky.us/edtd675/tliprojects/cathy/PoetryWQ/poetry.htm A webquest for middle school students
in which teams of students must prepare a compilation of teen poems for
publishing. The catch: they must
write the poems. Good 65.
WRITING POETRY – HOW TO WRITE A
CINQUAIN
http://jfg.girlscouts.org/How/make/cinquain.htm A cinquain is a five-line poem
following a specific formula. Follow
the formula to create your own. Good |
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