Poetry+Websites


 * Sites to help you find Poems and information on Poets, as well as tips to creating your own poetry:**

= GENERAL RESOURCES = = = = APPS =
 * **APRIL** is **National Poetry Month** - be sure to check out the site dedicated to this special event. Free posters can be found by clicking on the Poster Gallery.
 * [|About.com Poetry Home Page]
 * [|Academy of American Poets]
 * [|Library of Congress Poetry Resources]and [|poetry home page] - primary resources for finding poetry-related information on the Library's web site.
 * [|Poetry Foundation] - The Learning Lab encourages teachers, students, and learners of every age to immerse themselves in poetry.
 * [|Poetry Society of America]
 * [|Poetry Daily] is an anthology of contemporary poetry; offers a new poem every day
 * With the [|Poetry Foundation's universal iOS app], you can now take thousands of poems by classic and contemporary poets with you wherever you go. Over 200 poems have audio for non-readers.

= CONTESTS = [|The America Library of Poetry] - National Student Poetry Contest - Poems may be submitted online or by mail. Four divisions, grades 3-12. Prizes awarded to students and teachers, no entry fee.

= FINDING POEMS = = = = Poet Websites, Biographies and Resources: = Kristine O'Connell George || Poet's Lives and Tips - Nikki Grimes || Helen Frost || Free Teacher Guides, Poetry Strategies - Tracie Vaughn Zimmer || [|Lost Poets of the Great War] [|Shel Silverstein Lessons and Activities] - Celebrate the work of this legendary children's poet with favorite crafts and ideas from around the web. [|United States Poets Laureate: A Guide to Online Resources] [|War Poets] (World War I)
 * [|*Bartleby Verse: American & English Poetry: 1250–1920]
 * [|American Verse Project] - an electronic archive of volumes of American poetry prior to 1920.
 * [|Contemporary American Poetry Archive] (full text of out-of-print books)
 * [|Famous Poetry] - A free, online famous poetry resource providing the famous poems by the World's most popular Poets.
 * [|LitFinder] - Access over 150,000 full-text poems and 800,000+ poetry citations, as well as short stories, speeches, and plays. Also includes secondary materials like biographies and images. (This database is available through the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County. You must have a library card and PIN to sign in.)
 * [|Poetry Archive] - listen to the world's greatest poets
 * [|Poetry Archives] - collection of thousands of [|classical poems]
 * [|Poetry Daily]
 * [|Poet's Corner]
 * [|Sonnet Central]
 * Poetry Tips, Poet Bios -
 * //Rebecca Kai Dotlich //** || **Tips, Audios, Links, Activities -
 * || Inventive Poetry -

= POETRY READINGS =
 * [|Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature] - From the Library of Congress - contains nearly two thousand recordings—of poets and prose writers participating in literary events at the Library’s Capitol Hill campus as well as sessions at the Library’s Recording Laboratory.
 * [|BBC Online: Poetry]
 * [|Favorite Poem Project]
 * [|Poetry Audio Recordings]
 * [|Shel Silverstein YouTube channel]- short animated versions of Shel Silverstein's works performed by the author.

= TEACHING RESOURCES = = = = WRITING POETRY =
 * A compilation of [|online resources and apps for teaching poetry] from Edutopia
 * [|Aha! Poetry] - discover and explore the many short form genres of poetry.
 * [|Modern American Poetry]: A Multimedia Companion to Anthology of Modern American Poetry
 * [|Poetry 180: A Poem a Day For American High Schools] - from **Billy Collins**
 * Welcome to the //[|Poets.org]//. Here you will find a wealth of resources, including extensive links to relevant websites; Curriculum Units & Lesson Plans; biographies of hundreds of poets; and thousands of poems.
 * [|ReadWorks] - K-12 Poems and Question sets
 * ** RHYMING DICTIONARIES **
 * [|Rhyme Zone] - Find rhymes, synonyms, definitions, and more!
 * [|Rhymer] - Find end rhymes, double and triple rhymes, end rhymes and more.
 * [|Write Rhymes] - As you type, hold the alt key and click on a word to find a rhyme for it...
 * [|ReadWriteThink] - grades K-12 - Interactives help students write their own poetry. When done, students can print or email the finished poem. Examples include:
 * [|Word Mover]- This interactive allows students to create “ [|found poetry] ” by choosing from word banks and existing famous works or using their own words.
 * Also try: Acrostic, Diamante, Haiku and Theme Poems