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- Easier - Poetry is a
kind of writing, usually in verse. Poetry verse is set
out in short lines with words put together in rhythm
or rhyme or both. Poetry is about a writer sharing
with the reader an experience or strong feelings.
Poems are written with words chosen for their sounds
and beauty as well as their meaning.
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- Harder - Poetry is a
type of literature in which the sound and meaning of
language are combined to create ideas and feelings.
People are often attracted to poetry by its sounds and
rhythm patterns.
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- Poetry began in prehistoric times when people
passed down their oral history in poetic language and
song. Through the years, three main kinds of poetry
have developed: lyric, narrative, and dramatic. Lyric
poetry is any short poem. Narrative poems are ones
that tell stories, an epic or ballad. Dramatic poetry
also tells a story, but in this case one or more of
the poem's characters acts out the story.
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 - Academy of
American Poets
- http://www.poets.org/
- Read, listen, and discuss poems by favorite
American Poets. Also, learn about the poets.
- Related Websites:
- 2) Modern American Poetry http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/
- 3) Modern & Contemporary American Poetry
(Advanced level)
- http://www.english.upenn.edu/~afilreis/88/home.html
- 4) Yahooligans Poet Links http://www.yahooligans.com/school_bell/language_arts/poetry/Poets/
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- Giggle
Poetry
- http://www.gigglepoetry.com/
- This fun site contains information on poetry
contests for children in grades 2-6, has poetry
helpers, tells how to write a limerick, and has some
silly read-aloud poems.
- Similar Sites:
- 2) Grandpa Tucker's Family Fun http://www.grandpatucker.com/
- 3) KidzPage! Poetry and Verse for Children of All
Ages http://www.veeceet.com/
- 4) Poetry for Kids by K. Nesbitt http://www.poetry4kids.com/
- 5) Childrens Poetry Corner by K. O'Connell George
http://www.kristinegeorge.com/for_students.htm
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- Favorite
Poem Project
- http://www.favoritepoem.org/
- Since its launch, this project has been dedicated
to celebrating, documenting and promoting poetry's
role in Americans' lives. During a one-year open call
for submissions, 18,000 Americans wrote to the project
volunteering to share their favorite poems —
Americans of all ages, from every state, of diverse
occupations, kinds of education and backgrounds. From
those thousands of letters and emails, several
enduring collections have been selected
- Related Websites:
- 2) Poetry 180 (Grades 9-12) http://www.loc.gov/poetry/180/
- 3) Poetry Daily http://www.poems.com/
- 4) Poetry Express by C. Guilford http://www.poetryexpress.org/
- 5) Poetry Portal http://www.poetry-portal.com/
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- Scholastic
Poetry
- http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/poetry/index.htm
- Learn about the genre of poetry through the
step-by-step workshops with favorite authors.
- Similar Sites:
- 2) BBC Education - Listen & Write http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/listenandwrite/home.htm
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 - By Kids For Kids
- Ars
Poetica (2000 ThinkQuest Project)
- http://library.thinkquest.org/C005319/
- Learn to read and write poetry.
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- Children's
Haiku Garder
- http://www.tecnet.or.jp/~haiku/
- Project submitted by students.
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- Inki
and Taz's Poetry Corner (1997
ThinkQuest Project)
- http://library.thinkquest.org/11883/
- This student provide contains links and original
poetry.
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- Learning
About Poetry (1996 ThinkQuest Internet
Challenge)
- http://library.thinkquest.org/3721/poems/forms/learn.html
- This student project provides definitions and
examples.
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- Poetry
Corner (Grade 5)
- http://www.schoolworld.asn.au/poetry/haiku1.html
- Haiku poems by fifth graders.
- Similar Websites:
- 2) Explorer Poems (Grade 5) http://www.kathimitchell.com/explpoe.htm
- 3) Have You Heard the Sound of... (Grade 4)
- http://www.kyrene.k12.az.us/schools/brisas/sunda/sunkids4.htm
- 4) Online Poetry (Grades K-2)
- http://www.edleston.cheshire.sch.uk/projects/poetry/poetry.htm
- 5) Poetry Corner (Grade 5) http://www.msu.edu/user/schroete/
- 6) Poetry Corner (Grades K-4) http://www.mcleanschool.org/poetcov.html
- 7) Poetry Book (Grades 4-5) http://www.edleston.cheshire.sch.uk/projects/Zoo/Zoo.htm
- 8) Project #37 : Poetry http://mbhs.bergtraum.k12.ny.us/cybereng/37.html
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- Several More Poetry Sites
- American
Tanka
- http://www.americantanka.com/
- Tanka are 31-syllable poems that have been the
most popular form of poetry in Japan for at least 1300
years. As a form of poetry, tanka is older than haiku,
and tanka poems evoke a moment or mark an occasion
with concision and musicality.
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- Cowboy
Poetry Online
- http://www.clantongang.com/oldwest/trade.htm
- Cowboy Poetry is as old as cowboys themselves! For
lack of better things to do after a hard day on the
range, cowboys of the Old West would sit around the
camp fire at night and entertain one another with
poems, tall tales known as "windies" or just plain
good ol' stories!
- Other Websites for Cowboy Poetry:
- 2) Cowboy and Western Peotry at the Bar-D Ranch
http://www.cowboypoetry.com/
- 3) Cowboy Poetry Gathering from The Wyoming
Companion http://www.wyomingcompanion.com/wccp.html#poets
- 4) Cowboy Poetry / Western Poetry http://www.readthewest.com/ArchivePoetry.html
- 5) Poets from Western Folklife Center
(Elko, NV) http://www.westfolk.org/p.home.html
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- Figurative
Language from eduScapes 42eXplore
- http://42explore.com/figlang.htm
- Learn more about the figurative language that can
be used in poetry.
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- Glossary
of Poetic Device
- http://www.kyrene.k12.az.us/schools/brisas/sunda/poets/poetry2.htm
- Here you find definitions of poetry terms.
- Related Websites:
- 2) Glossary of Poetry Terms from Infoplease
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/pmglossary1.html
- 3) Poetic Terms http://www.english.upenn.edu/~afilreis/88/poetic-terms.html
- 3) Poetry Forms and Terminology http://thewordshop.tripod.com/forms.html
- 4) Some Poetry Forms http://www.umeedu.maine.edu/coehd/wind/poemtypes.html
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- Handbook
for Discussing Poetry
- http://www.emory.edu/ENGLISH/classes/Handbook/Handbook.html
- Here you find information on figurative language,
language and meaning, poetic kinds and genres, rhythm
and meter, and stanzas and verse forms.
- Related Website:
- Handbook of Terms for Discussing Poetry by Harry
Rusche http://www.geocities.com/icasocot/poetry3.html
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- KidzPage
- http://www.veeceet.com/
- This site contains animal poems from Ogden Nash, a
dozen other famous children's poems, and poetry
written by children.
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- Poetry
Archives
- http://www.emule.com/poetry/
- This online collection contains thousands of
classical poems to help you recall fond memories or to
help create new ones.
- Other Classic Collections:
- 2) Music and Poetry of the War Between the States
http://users.erols.com/kfraser/
- 3) Poe's Poems from E.A. Poe Society of
Baltimore http://www.eapoe.org/works/poems/index.htm
- 4) Sonnet Central http://www.sonnets.org/
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- Poetry.Com
(Slow loading)
- http://www.poetry.com/
- Here you can read the poem of the day, read other
poetry, and enter your own work in the poetry
contest.
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- Poetry
Pages (Grade 9 and Up) from The
Atlantic Monthly
- http://www.theatlantic.com/unbound//poetry/
- Read articles and poetry at this online
magazine.
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- Poetry
Pals (K-12 Student Poetry Publishing
Project)
- http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/5165/index1.html
- Website of a year-round online project that was
once open to any K12 student or class (This site is
not accepting or posting submissions). Students
submitted poetry to be published on the website.
Forms, definitions of terms, lesson plans, resources,
and links are all included.
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- Poets
Corner
- http://www.poets-corner.org/
- This website's goal is to create the largest, most
diverse, and most user-friendly public library of
poetic works ever assembled.
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- Positively
Poetry
- http://home.HiWAAY.net/~emedia/kv/poetry1.html
- Website is designed for children from the ages of
5 to 15 to share their artistic abilities in writing
poetry with people around the world.
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- Process
of Composing Your Own HAIKU
- http://www.cc.matsuyama-u.ac.jp/~shiki/Start-Writing.html
- Follows the process of creating haiku. This site
introduces haiku, provides definitions and
examples.
- Similar Sites:
- 2) Dictionary of Haiku http://www.ahapoetry.com/aadoh/adofinde.htm
- 3) Haiku and It's Theories http://www.sumauma.net/haicai/haiku-theory.html
- 4) Haiku for People http://www.toyomasu.com/haiku/
- 5) Haiku Home Page http://home.clara.net/pka/haiku/haiku.htm
- 6) Haiku Links http://www.execpc.com/~ohaus/haiklink.htm
- 7) Haiku Theories http://www.ahapoetry.com/haiartjr.htm
- 8) History of Haiku http://www.big.or.jp/~loupe/links/ehisto/ehisinx.shtml
- 9) Japanese Haiku http://k12.albemarle.org/MurrayElem/Projects/langarts/haiku/japanintro.html
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- Semantic
Rhyming Dictionary
- http://www.rhymezone.com/
- A rhyming dictionary is like a regular dictionary,
except that instead of
- looking up the definition of a word, you look up
the rhymes of a word.
- Similar Website:
- 2) Online Rhyming Dictionary from Write
Express http://www.Rhymer.com/
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- Young
Poet's Contest (Grades 4-12)
- http://www.youngpoets.org/Contest.htm
- The purpose of the poetry contest is to bring
recognition to young writers. Here you find submission
guidelines and an online entry form.
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- Young
Writer Online
- http://www.mystworld.com/youngwriter/index.html
- Young Writer is an online magazine
featuring the best in English language creative
writing from children aged 6 to 16 from around the
world. Fun, instructive and designed to build any
child's confidence, Young Writer is a forum for
young people's writing &endash; fiction and
nonfiction, prose and poetry.
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- Websites for Teachers
- Haiku,
Chaiku, God Bless You: Teaching Japanese Poetry
Writing at Education World
- http://www.education-world.com/a_curr/curr052.shtml
- Here you can read a curriculum article that
provides a few hints about teaching Haiku to middle
school students in Louisiana.
- Similar Website:
- 2) Haiku Lesson by A. Matson http://www.indiana.edu/~japan/LP/LS3.html
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- ISLMC
Poetry for Children
- http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/poechild.htm
- Great links to resources for teaching poetry in
the classroom.
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- Online
Poetry Classroom
- http://www.onlinepoetryclassroom.org/how/
- This website contains lots of great lesson plans
and links to information about teaching poetry.
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- Outta
Ray's Head Poetry Lessons
- http://home.cogeco.ca/~rayser3/poetry.htm
- Here you find a list of articles and links on
teaching poetry.
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- Poetry
Covers It All! by M.G. Broughton
- http://www.ceap.wcu.edu/Broughton/Poetryunit.html
- The intent of this collection of ideas for poetry
is to provide teachers with ways in which poetry could
be integrated into the daily classroom curriculum.
With a little ingenuity and creative planning, poetry
can become an integral part of each day's
studies.
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- Poetry
Power
- http://www.kristinegeorge.com/poetry_power.htm
- Here you find ideas and resources for teaching
poetry.
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- What
Rhymes with Squirrel
- http://adifferentplace.org/poetry.htm
- This great website provides lots of great ideas
for students and teachers. Try some of their
activities and explore their links.
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Larry
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Updated, 5/03.
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