Poetry Hotlist - Secondary

Poetry Hotlist - Secondary During the last twelve years of his life, a blind John Milton dictated his poetry to his daughter, nephews, or other people hired to assist him. He spent his mornings dictating what he had composed in his head during the night.

Sample the following internet sites to learn more about classic poetry and the people who wrote it.

Poet's Corner
http://www.galegroup.com/free_resources/poets/index.htm

This excellent site has biographies, timelines, activities, and even poetic quizzes.

Poetry.Com
http://www.poetry.com/

Check out their Poem of the Day, send poetry postcards, find the 100 greatest poems ever written as well as the 50 greatest love poems ever written, listen to audio clips of poetry, and more.

The Academy of American Poets
http://www.poets.org/

Geared to secondary teachers, this excellent site has teaching ideas, biographical information about the poets, and even audio clips of their works.

The EServer Poetry Collection
http://eserver.org/poetry/

If you want to quickly find Maya Angelou's Inauguration Poem or Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven, this is a useful site. From Carnegie Mellon University, find full text of many well-known poems.

The Oxford Book of English Verse :�1250 - 1900
http://www.bartleby.com/101/index.html

You'll find the poetry of the best English poets covering 700 years.

Voices & Visions
http://www.learner.org/catalog/extras/vvspot/

Voices & Visions is a video series. However, their website has links to the poets in the series as well as video clips about each one.

Index of Poets in Representative Poetry On-line
http://www.library.utoronto.ca/utel/rp/indexauthors.html

You'll find a listing of poets from A-Z and full text of many of their poems.

Bartleby Great Books Online
http://www.bartleby.com/index.html

This site claims to be "the preeminent publisher of literature, reference, and verse providing students, researchers, and the intellectually curious with unlimited access to books and information on the web." Choose "Verse" from the menu.

Sonnet Central
http://www.sonnets.org/

Check out this archive of English sonnets, commentary, pictures, and relevant web links. Sonnets are grouped by period or by alphabetical listing of poet.

American Verse Project
http://www.hti.umich.edu/english/amverse/

The project is assembling an electronic archive of volumes of American poetry prior to 1920.

Poetry Society of America
http://www.poetrysociety.org/

Choose "PSA Resources" from the menu to find a long list of links to poetry journals and literary magazines.

Author: LINDA MOSBACKER - Email linda.mosbacker@slc.k12.ut.us