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Seshendra : Visionary Poet of The Millennium
http://seshendrasharma.weebly.com
Seshendra is colossus of modern Poetry . His literature is a unique blend of the best of poetry and poetics.

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Poetry Publications online (free) 516 Publications
http://issuu.com/search?q=poetry
Discussion of new poetry publications, books, chapbooks, etc. click on the link above.
Poetry Publications online (free) 516 Publications

Lyrics and Literacy
http://lyricsandliteracy.blogspot.com
Teaching poetry and literature through song lyrics.

Poetry Blender
http://www.imagechef.com/ic/blender/
Poetry Blender
This fun tool lets you combine text, symbols and photos.
Enter text you want on the right, and pick photos clicking the photo boxes on the left.

GLOG : Poetry
http://mrsjensensclass.edu.glogster.com/poetry1/

Shamblesguru 'Poetry' YouTuble Playlist
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=878E89FF796346B7

Poetry for Tough Guys
http://www.poetryfortoughguys.blogspot.com
Please pay a visit to Poetry for Tough Guys to be transported to a world where the bully gets the wedgie, and the term “tough guy” is redefined.
Young boys from 8 to 14 can’t seem to get enough of the irreverent and often dangerous poetry. Each visit leaves them feeling confident they just got away with something, and slightly aware that they also may have just learned a thing or two.

Childrens Guide To Poetry
http://www.999inks.co.uk/children-guide-to-poetry.html
Children's Guide To Poetry

LA-based Street Poets
http://explore.org/#!/videos/player/street-poets
LA-based Street Poets
With the motto of "One Street, One Heartbeat, One Love," LA-based Street Poets teaches young people how to develop their poetic voice and share their feelings about life on the street, in schools, and in juvenile detention facilities. By giving them an artistic outlet for expression, Street Poets empowers Los Angeles County youth to transcend self-destructive lifestyles and creatively transform both lives and communities.

The War Poets Exhibition in Second Life
http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/secondlife
The War Poets Exhibition in Second Life
This immersive experience attempts to demonstrate how effective it can be to expose items from a research project (the First World War Poetry Digital Archive) in its context.
You can see items from the collection, hear interviews with veterans, and watch contemporary film footage as you explore the area - a training camp, communication trench, a casualty clearing station, a front-line trench - as well as listen to readings of the poetry.

Kids Feel the Power of Poetry in Performance
http://www.edutopia.org/poetry-slam-global-writes
Kids Feel the Power of Poetry in Performance
Slam poetry, a blend of literature and performance that culminates in live competitions called slams, is transforming these students from reluctant, shy, or diffident learners into passionate artists. It is helping teachers not just teach writing but also build confidence.
And, with the help of videoconferencing, it is connecting students across the country (US), inspiring them to compete at a high level and envision a future beyond school.

Short Poems-Marinela Reka
http://marinelareka.com
Mostly poetry for kids, with a lot of meaning. Poems of all sorts, like: Short, Scary, Funny, Family, Friendship,Seasons, Animals, Haiku, Cute, Cinquain, Limericks, Mask, Teen, Love, Heart Broken, War, Acrostic Poems, Imagination and a lot more ...

Academic Earth: Poetry video lectures
http://www.academicearth.org/subjects/literature
Academic Earth, 1,000s of video lectures from the world's top scholars.
We are building a user-friendly educational ecosystem that will give internet users around the world the ability to easily find, interact with, and learn from full video courses and lectures from the world’s leading scholars.
Our goal is to bring the best content together in one place and create an environment in which that content is remarkably easy to use and in which user contributions make existing content increasingly valuable.

Free Poetry Study Guides from SparkNotes
http://www.sparknotes.com/poetry/
Free Poetry Study Guides from SparkNotes

Dream Time Poetry
http://www.dreamtimepoetry.com
A collection of poetry designed to mark the author’s own insightful journey through the complexities of life as well as to enlighten and provoke thought for the reader.

What is poetry?
http://openlearn.open.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=2753
What is poetry?
Open University (UK) free online course and course materials. (12 hours)
This unit introduces common techniques underlying free verse and traditional forms of poetry, and how it is necessary to use these techniques in order to harness what T.S. Eliot called the ‘logic of the...

Poetry Video Blog
http://poetryvlog.com/
Poetry Video Blog
A weekly video reading of poetry by the poet.

Sports Poetry in Motion
http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=920
"A Race with Grace: Sports Poetry in Motion" (3-5)
In this lesson, students explore the grace and beauty of motion in a variety of sports. Examining examples from their own experiences and from popular media, students learn about the aesthetic elements of athletics. They then write in reflective journals, view and interpret media, conduct Internet research, take digital photographs, and create original poems.

PoemMaker : free software to download (Windows)
http://www.ihsan.biz/#poemmaker
PoemMaker : free software to download (Windows)
This program helps you write poems from selected key words. Uses soundex for rhyming sentences. Great fun. Easy to use.

Mathematical Poetry
http://mathematicalpoetry.blogspot.com/
The Blog of Mathematical Poet Kaz Maslanka

Shape Poems : Online Interactive Tool
http://www.readwritethink.org/student_mat/student_material.asp?id=44
Shape Poems : Online Interactive Tool
In this online tool, elementary students can write poems about different shapes. Elements of the writing process are also included.
A shape poem is a poem that describes an object and is written in the shape of the object.
In this online tool, elementary students can choose a shape (e.g., an apple or a balloon) and write poems about the shape. By selecting a shape, students are learning how to focus their writing on a particular topic.
In addition, as part of the online tool, students are prompted to brainstorm, write, and revise their poems, thus reinforcing elements of the writing process.
Students can also print their finished shape poems, cut and color them, and display them in the classroom or at home.

Diamante Poems : Online Interactive Tool
http://www.readwritethink.org/student_mat/student_material.asp?id=53
Diamante Poems : Online Interactive Tool
In this online tool, students can learn about and write diamante poems, which are diamond-shaped poems that use nouns, adjectives, and gerunds to describe either one central topic or two opposing topics (for example, night/day or winter/spring).
Examples of both kinds of diamante poems can be viewed online or printed out. Because diamante poems follow a specific format that uses nouns on the first and last lines, adjectives on the second and fourth lines, and gerunds in the third and fifth lines, this online tool has numerous word-study applications.

Acrostic Poems : Online Interactive Tool
http://www.readwritethink.org/student_mat/index.asp
Acrostic Poems : Online Interactive Tool
This online tool enables students to learn about and write acrostic poems. Elements of the writing process are also included.
An acrostic poem uses the letters in a word to begin each line of the poem. All lines of the poem relate to or describe the main topic word. In addition, as part of the online tool, students are prompted to brainstorm, write, and revise their poems, thus reinforcing elements of the writing process. Students can also print their finished acrostic poems.

Poets.Org
http://www.poets.org/
Welcome to poets.org! Visitors to the award-winning website of The Academy of American Poets can find hundreds of essays and interviews about poetry, biographies of more than 500 poets, over 1700 poems, and audio clips of one hundred poems read by their authors or other poets.
Poets.org also allows visitors to create their own anthologies of content from our site. Log in and create a Notebook, then fill it with poems, bios, audio clips, and essays to which you wish to return.

Mathematical Poetry - A Small Anthology
http://www.katherinestange.com/mathweb/index.html
Mathematical Poetry - A Small Anthology
Maths | Maths | Poetry |

Poem Hunter : Poetry Search Engine
http://www.poemhunter.com/
Poem Hunter : Poetry Search Engine

Poetry Month
http://www.infoplease.com/national-poetry-month/
Poetry Month at Infoplease

Poetry Lessons
http://www.poetrysociety.org.uk/content/education/poetryclasshome/
Poetry Lessons by the poetryclass Training Team of Poets
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Read The Walrus and the Carpenter
http://www.ruthannzaroff.com/wonderland/walrus.htm
Read The Walrus and the Carpenter : Alice in Wonderland

Poets Pantry Virtual Field Trip
http://www.tramline.com/lit/poet/index.htm
Poets Pantry Virtual Field Trip
When elementary students tackle simple rhymes and funny verses initially, their fear of poetry subsides. They form an understanding of its lighter side, making it much easier for them to grasp the more complicated themes that are later presented. When they have finished this tour, students will have met a few of the best writers of children? poetry through their work. The experience is designed to help set a foundation of interest in poetry that will last a lifetime.
Objectives :
To introduce styles of poetry | To read and study poems by famous poets | To appreciate the beauty of poetry | To interpret poetry | To become comfortable with the poetic form | To enjoy humorous poetry |

Post a Poem
https://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/wordsandpictures/gallery/
Post a Poem
Words and Pictures proudly boasts one of the finest collections ever of very silly sentences, sent in by you.
Make up a poem for the gallery and join the party! You could use a 'write your own poem' sheet to help you.
Use this page to send us your poems and silly sentences. The BBC reserves the right to reject any sentences that are not silly enough.

Poet's Pantry - Virtual Field Trip
http://www.field-trips.org/lit/poet/index.htm
A field trip created with TourMaker guides you through a sequence of Web pages on any given topic. For each page, there is simultaneous commentary in an accompanying frame. You move forward and back through the Field Trip using the tour Control Panel and you can leave the Tour to explore links and return to it whenever you want.
Poetry is full of figurative language, open to interpretation, and awash with unusual use of punctuation, word constructions, and hidden meanings. Is it any wonder that students are sometimes confused by it, particularly those who struggle with simpler reading assignments? By focusing on children? poetry that is less complex, this module attempts to spark interest in poetry and build student confidence in deciphering it. The student tour introduces students in grades 3-6 to different types of poetry and a few well-known poets and their work in a fun and enjoyable way?ia the Internet!
In order to make the tour as enjoyable as possible for students, many of the poems selected incorporate humor. Also, a section on nursery rhymes serves as an example of the simplest poems and builds students?confidence in their ability to read and comprehend poetry.

The Poetry Archives
http://www.emule.com/poetry/
Welcome to our ever expanding archive of classical poetry. If this is your first visit to the archive, welcome and feel free to browse through the thousands of poems we have collected.
poetry | poems | poets |

How To Write Funny Poetry
http://www.poetry4kids.com/
Want to learn how to write poems and make them funny? Well you've come to the right place!
Poetry | poems |