Poetry Reference Resources
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An Autobiographical Poem
Students learn to write a formula poem, about a person. This can be adapted to any subject matter.SubjectsReading and LiteraturePoetryLanguage Arts and Writing -
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Princess of Black Poetry: Nikki Giovanni
Share the story of Nikki Giovanni with your students, and assign the related activities to help them learn more about…Subjects:Reading and LiteraturePoetryAfrican-American History -
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Emily Dickinson -- Selected Poems -- Series One
This selection of Emily Dickinson's poems gives students the opportunity to experience one of America's outstanding…Subjects:PoetryLiterary BiographiesSuffrage and Women's Rights -
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Emily Dickinson -- Selected Poems -- Series Two
This selection of Emily Dickinson's poems gives students the opportunity to experience one of America's outstanding…Subjects:PoetryCreative WritingSuffrage and Women's Rights -
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Pulitzer Prize Winners for Poetry
A list of Pulitzer Prize winners for Poetry.Subjects:Reading and LiteraturePoetryPulitzer Prize Winners -
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Where Students Can Publish
If you are interested in having your students' writing published, send their work to the publications in this list.Subjects:Reading and LiteraturePoetryCreative Writing -
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William Butler Yeats
Read a brief biography of W.B. Yeats.Subjects:Reading and LiteraturePoetryAuthors -
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Quotations from Winter Poems
Here is a selection of poetic quotations about winter time that will inspire your students.Subjects:Reading and LiteraturePoetrySeasons -
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Phillis Wheatley
A brief article about poet Phillis Wheatley.Subjects:Reading and LiteraturePoetryAuthors -
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Gwendolyn Brooks
A brief article about Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Gwendolyn Brooks.Subjects:Reading and LiteraturePoetryAuthors -
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How Do I Love Thee?
Read this love poem by Elizabeth Barrett Browning with your students.Subjects:LiteraturePoetryReading and Literature -
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Interview with Jose Garcia Villa
Students read the interview with Garcia Villa and answer questions.Subjects:ReadingLiteraturePoetry -
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Bollingen Prize in Poetry
The Bollingen Prize in Poetry is a $50,000 award, given biennially, from 1949 to present-day.Subjects:Reading and LiteraturePoetryAward and Prize Winners -
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Memorial Poetry
Read different memorial poems.Subjects:Reading and LiteratureLiteraturePoetry -
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Poetry Terms Glossary
This glossary of poetry terms – from Accent to Versification – is an absolute must-have resource for poetry class.…Subjects:Reading and LiteraturePoetryVocabulary -
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Robert Burns Biography
Read this biography to learn about the life, poems, and songs of Robert Burns (1759–1796).Subjects:Reading and LiteraturePoetryAuthors -
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"Hunger" by Emily Dickinson
Explore the meaning of "Hunger", a poem by Emily Dickinson.Subjects:Reading and LiteratureLiteraturePoetry -
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John Keats - Biography & Activities
Study the life and work of John Keats, one of the greatest 19th-century English poets. This resource includes…Subjects:Reading and LiteratureLiteraturePoetry -
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Robert Bruce's March To Bannockburn
Study the Battle of Bannockburn through this poem by Robert Burns.Subjects:Reading and LiteraturePoetrySocial Studies and History -
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Geoffrey Chaucer Biography
Read about the life of 14th-century writer Geoffrey Chaucer, author of The Canterbury Tales.Subjects:Reading and LiteraturePoetryAuthors -
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Wilfred Owen Biography
Read this biography to learn more about Wilfred Owen, one of the great English poets of World War I.Subjects:Reading and LiteraturePoetryWorld War I (1914-1918)
