Poetry Resources

Vocabulary

Literary Terms (maintained by students in Cyber English)

Figures of Repetition (definitions of words dealing with repeated sounds, words, phrases, and ideas in poetry)

Figures of Speech: Tropes (using words in ways that stray from their actual meaning such as creating metaphors or similes)

Sharing Poetry

Poets.org (poems arranged by occasions, authors, and titles)

Climbing the Poet-Tree Club

Poetic License Online Poetry Journal

Poetry 180 (a poem a day for American high schools)

Writing Poems

Poetry Writing with Karla Kuskin

Poetry Writing with Jack Prelutsky

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Start Writing Haiku

Acrostic Poems

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30 Days of Poetry

What Rhymes with Squirrel?

Poet Sites

Robert Frost

Langston Hughes

Poetry of Ogden Nash

Jack Prelutsky

Shakespeare Sonnets

Shel Silverstein


Just for Fun!

Grandpa Tucker's Rhymes

Giggle Poetry

Poetry Idea Engine

 

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