Poetry

The Academy of American Poets

The National Poetry Foundation

Poetry Tools

Poetic License

Slam to Teach the Mechanics of Poetry

Using a Poetry Slam to Teach the Mechanics of Poetry

Rock Lyrics As Poetry

Rock and Poetry: A Thematic Project

Shel Silverstein's Classroom Poetry Kit

Billy Collins' Poetry 180: A Poem a Day for American High Schools

PoetryTeachers.com

Giggle Poetry

Outta Ray's Head Poetry Lessons

Online Rhyming Dictionary and Thesaurus

Poetry Lessons from Scholastic

Poetry Online: Search By Poet, Title, Timeline, Keyword

The English Teacher's Poetry Resources (By Poet's Name)

Lyrical Lessons Online

Poetry Links

Poetry Rules, Tools, and Forms

Favorite Poem Project

Diamond Poems Across the Curriculum

P Is for Poetry

Stage a Poetry Slam!

Synonym Poetry

Fooling With Words With Bill Moyers

Enhancing a Poetry Unit with American Memory

30 Days of Poetry

Other Poetry Lessons

Can You Imagine… Poem

PBS: Extra--Poetry

Poetry Group

Publish Your Poem Online

Young Poets

Surfing the Net With Kids: Publish Your Poetry Online

Rhyme Zone

Fifteen poems you can write now

1. Talk to animals (and stars)

2. Shift perspectives

3. Take a snapshot

4. Use these words

5. Write a one-sentence poem

6. Write a no-sentence poem

7. Tap your internal language

8. Tell a story

9. Collect fabulous realities

10. Write a "how to" poem

11. Begin, "When I . . .

12. Get deductive

13. Start with an epigraph

14. Follow a metaphor

15. Meditate

Rubrics

Performance Poetry Rubric

Poetry Rubric

METAPHORIC POEM

Date this page was last edited: 08/08/2006