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English I-II: Poetry

General information for English I and II classes (including Honors), as well as specific research pages for projects or topics

March 21st is "World Poetry Day"

as proclaimed by the United Nations

April is :

List of International Poetry Festivals (poets.org)

Read Poetry

Representative Poetry Online
a web anthology of 4,800 poems in English and French by over 700 poets spanning 1400 years curated and presented by the University of Toronto Libraries.
Poets.org (Academy of American Poets)
The Poetry Foundation
an independent literary organization committed to a vigorous presence for poetry in our culture.
Poetryverse
A selection of Poetry from international poets. (Ad Supported).

Search Poetry (in the Library Catalog)

Find:

Advanced Search

A Subject Search for "Poetry" in the Online Catalog is recommended.

If you'd like to browse the library, here are some Dewey Decimal Numbers:

808.81 is Poetry Anthologies
809.1 is Poetry Criticism
811 is American Poetry
821 is British Poetry
- 822.33 has Shakespeare's Sonnets
841 is French Poetry (including translations)
861 is Spanish Poetry (incl. translations)
871-874 is Latin Poetry
881-884 is Greek Poetry
the 890s are all "non-Western" languages

Write Poetry

TeenInk a national teen magazine, book series, and website devoted entirely to teenage writing, art, photos, and forums
Poets & Writers
the nation’s largest nonprofit organization serving creative writers.

How to Poem
A brief eBook describing different poetic forms (with examples and graphics).

Study Poetry

Poetry for Students (eBook via Multnomah County Library [Card Required]) by Marie Rose Napierkowski
ISBN: 9780787616885
Publication Date: 1997-10-20
NOTE:We no longer have access to this title directly. Multnomah County Library Card holders have access via this link.

This 46 volume ebook set features discussion and analysis of poems of all time periods, nations, and cultures. Provides an overview of the poem and discussion of its principal themes, images, form and construction.

Gale Databases

Useful for finding literary criticism or analysis of poetry.

EBSCO Databases

Poetry International (SDSU)
Annual Poetry Journal produced by San Diego State University.

Experience Poetry

Verselandia (Portland Literary Arts)
the annual high school poetry slam presented by Literary Arts.
Poetry Out Loud
Living Nations, Living Words [Library of Congress]
The “Living Nations, Living Words” project features a sampling of work by 47 Native Nations poets through an interactive ArcGIS Story Map and a newly developed Library of Congress audio collection.

Read About Poetry

Poetry International Blog(San Diego State University)
Blog and News for the journal "Poetry International".

Poetry Posters

How To Poem

Diamante

Haiku

Ghazal

Cinquain 1

Cinquain 2

Cento

Iambic Pentameter

Blank Verse / Heroic Couplet

Sonnet: Shakespearean

Sonnet: Petrarch

Found Poem

Free Verse

Limerick

Acrostic