Poetry

• Academy of American Poets: Poets.org
  • Academy of American Poets: For educators
• The Poets House
• American Poets
• Poetry Daily
• The International Library of Poetry
  • 100 Greatest Poems Written
• Library of Congress: List of Poems
• Online Collection of Poetry
• e-stories: online poetry and storytelling (Enoch Pratt free Library--see kids link and digital collections)

• Children's Poems--Examples
• KidzPage for Children's Poetry
• Poetry 4 Kids
• Children's Poetry Page (Poetry Online)
• The Children's Poetry Archive
• Shopping List Poetry Lesson Plan--Reinforces poetry elements
• ProTeacher Poetry Lesson Plans
• LessonPlanSearch--Poetry Lessons
• Writing Poetry Like the Pros--Lesson Plan
• Poetry Workshop
• References for Teaching Poetry
• abcteach--poetry
• Teaching Poetry to Children
  • Learn how to write original poems/songs using rhythm and rhyme
  • Poetry Theater
• Funny Poetry for Children
• Poetry for Kids
• Pizzazz! Poetry Resources

• List of poetic forms with examples
• List of poetic forms--advanced list
• Found Poems
  • Found Poem Lesson Plan
  • Found Poem Explanation
• Concrete Poem
  • Concrete Poem References
    • Concrete Poem Examples
  • Concrete Poem Examples
  • Concrete Poem Examples (pdf)
  • Concrete Poem Lesson Plan
• List Poem for Introductions
  • List Poem Lesson Plan--Names
  • List Poems by 2nd Graders Reading Charlotte's Web
  • The Electronic List Poem Generator
• Haiku Poetry
• History of Haiku
• Teaching Haiku Poetry
  • How-To Haiku
  • Haiku Generator
  • Haiku Lesson Plan
  • Haiku Lesson Plan
• Limerick
  • Example Limericks
  • Example Limericks by Children
  • Limerick Lesson Plan
• Poems for Two Voices
  • Poems for Two Voices Lesson Plan
  • Poem for Two Voices Lesson Plan Social Studies
  • Poem for Two Voices Resources

• Portrait Poems Links (also known as I Am Poems)
  • How to Write an I am Poem
  • Portrait Poems (I am) Examples
  • I am or Bio Poem Example
  • I am Poem Template 1 (pdf)
  • Online I am Poem Generator
  • Fourth Grade Examples of "I Am" Poems
  • I am Poem 1st Grade
    • Example Shadow Poems--I am
    • Example Power Point
    • Example Power Point
    • Published Poetry of Elementary Students

• "I'm Talking..." Poems

• Acrostic Poems for Children
  • Lessons with Acrostic Poems (Read, Write, Think)
  • Acrostic Poems with Children's Names
  • Funny Poetry for Children--Acrostic Poems
  • How to Write Acrostic Poems

• If I Were In Charge of the World by Judith Viorst (Another Poem Structure)
  • If I Were In Charge of the World Poem Generator
  • If I Were In Charge of the World Template

• Cinquain Poem (MSWord Document)
  • Cinquain Poems
  • Example Cinquain Poems
  • Cinquain Lesson Plan
  • Diamante Poem Alternative to Cinquain
• Diamante Poem (MSWord Document)
• Diamante Poems
• Diamante Poem Examples
• Diamante Poem Chilren's Examples

• Resources from Scholastic

Love That Dog -- A Wonderful Novel about Poetry

Hate That Cat -- A Sequel to Love That Dog

• American Poetry -- Online Poems
• The Red Wheelbarrow William Carlos Williams

Casey at the Bat by Ernest Lawrence Thayer, 1888

• Reader's Theater Script -- Casey at the Bat
• The Sporting News Reports on the Poem, Casey at the Bat

Poetry Alive (Performance Poetry)

Poet, Ray McNiece (Performance Poet)

List of Character Trait Words

Picture Dictionary

Rhyming Dictionary Online