April is Poetry Month!!!

Two websites to begin your search for your favorite poems!

http://www.poetryfoundation.org/learning/article/178700

http://www.poetrysoup.com/poems/middle_school

http://www.poetrysoup.com/poems/best/concrete 

Some wonderful poets you can look up!

Ogden Nash
Jack Prelutsky
Billy Collins
Michael Rosen
Shel Silverstein
Kenn Nesbitt
Jon Scieszka
Roald Dahl
Paul Janeczko
Marilyn Singer
Sharon Creech
Allan Ahlberg
Barry Louis Polisar

 

Listen to historic poems here:  http://www.poets.org/audio.php/prmAlpha/

Find local poets and others from around the country using this map: http://www.poets.org/page.php/prmID/382

And use this idea generator to develop a poem on your own!

http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/poetry/poetry_engine.htm

And once you finish a poem, here's a place to publish it!

http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/poetry/jack_form.asp