Instant Poetry Forms consists of more than sixty interactive literacy activities. Students can point, click and add words to the frame of a poem. With a quick click on the button below the form, the writer's words are magically added, completing each line. At that point, poets are invited to export their draft into a word processor for further revision and editing, (choose font, clip art, a border, etc.) An interactive poetry form finder on the website categorizes the forms by topic (or language skill) to help literacy teachers find just the right form for the mini-lesson of the moment. An interesting, fun tool.

Consists of a resource for writers and readers of poetry, emphasizing Asian and orientalizing forms such as cinquain, ghazal, haiku, renga, sijo and tanka. The word choice and content is more appropriate for upper level students.

Poetry Out Loud - Students listen to poets perform their own works. Real Player required. DYI Poetry - Enjoy Literature Expressed As Foliage - or LEAF poetry for short. Visual Poetry - A showcase of visual poetry - read, watch and be amazed by these interactive works. and more

Welcome to the Poetry Archives, an educational resource to aid students, educators, and the curious. We have collected thousands of classical poems to help you recall fond memories or to help create new ones. Our database is searchable by first-line, author and poem title by key words using the search feature located on the top right corner of each page.

www.GigglePoetry.com, has a fresh look and even more fun features Now there are eleven poetry categories and hundreds of poems to read. Kids can grade all the poems and see what others think of them, too. Many poems now include comments from the author about what inspired the poem. Plus, we've added ten new Poetry Theater scripts!

The University of Michigan Humanities Text Initiative has taken on the task of posting American poetry from the 19th Century. Emphasis is placed on accuracy of the texts. The list of posted authors is currently small, but those that are listed comprise some of the key voices (William Cullen Bryant, Emily Dickinson, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Edna St. Vincent Millay,). Once fully developed, this Web site will be a prized reference for teachers and scholars of American literature.

Poetry 180 is designed to make it easy for students to hear or read a poem on each of the 180 days of the school year. I have selected the poems you will find here with high school students in mind. They are intended to be listened to, and I suggest that all members of the school community be included as readers. A great time for the readings would be following the end of daily announcements over the public address system.

For teachers who wish to explore poetry with their students, take a look at 30 Days of Poetry. Students have a poetry writing assignment each of the 30 days, or teachers can assign several types of poems for students to experience. Research Using Technology has an activity where students research a word using several sources, then write short essays about what they discovered. Check out this site for other creative ideas that English and writing teachers can incorporate into their curriculum.

The Poetry Archive is the world's premier online collection of recordings of poets reading their work. You can enjoy listening here, free of charge, to the voices of contemporary English-language poets and of poets from the past. The Archive is growing all the time. Please come back regularly to enjoy our latest recordings.

15 Poems You Can Write Now is a great resource for teachers looking for poetry activities. Most of the activities had good examples for students, while leaving room for creativity spirit.EThe area for Sharing gives ideas for conversation starters when talking about poetry, the first steps of criticism (at its most positive).

The Academy of American Poets was founded in 1934 to support American poets at all stages of their careers and to foster the appreciation of contemporary poetry. To fulfill this mission, the Academy administers a wide variety of programs, including National Poetry Month (April), the largest literary celebration in the world; online educational resources providing free poetry lesson plans for high school teachers; the Poetry Audio Archive, a collection of nearly 500 recordings dating back to the 1960s; and Poets.org, our award-winning website which provides a wealth of content on contemporary American poetry and receives a million unique users each month.

Poetry and songs for children; be sure to see "KidzSing Garden of Songs." The words are on the page; sing along with piano background (the player is built into webpage). In addition, there is a lot of fun poetry (Have a Bash with Ogden Nash) and the ability to send your classroom poetry to the site to be published.