EdGate Links: Poetry Month
April showers bring May flowers...
April starts with its own simple poem, so it's not surprising that April has been given the honor of being Poetry Month. To celebrate the month of poetry, explore these sites for poetry classroom activities and for fun.
Find a poem a day for America's high schools. Read a new poem every day of the school year.
Check out this virtual version of the popular refrigerator game.
This magazine is by and for young writers and artists.
Ms. Wong has received accolades for her poetry. At her site, you can hear her read some poems from her published books.
Get to know poetry words by searching for them here.
Become a published poet.
Hop on the train with the one-and-only Mother of Poetry.
The Poetry Bone-Cone-Phone-Zone
Read poems by kids, interviews with poets, and poetry book recommendations.
The Teacher Zone of Poetry Zone
Find poetry teaching resources for the classroom.
This comprehensive Web site provides poems, literary links, a listening booth, info on poetry awards, and much more!
This site has one of the largest free collections of verse on the Web.
Learn how to inspire a love of poetry in your students, and teach kids how to write different types of poems.
This large collection of poems can be searched by author, subject, and title or first line.
Fooling with Words with Bill Moyers
This great site is sponsored by WNET New York. It has links to featured poets, lesson plans, teacher's guide, resources, and more!
Find out how to use poetry to encourage literacy.
Learn about a contest that helps educate youth about watershed ecology through poetry.
An internet hotlist on poetry includes categories such as Poetry Web Sites, Online Poetry, Activities for Kids, Online Children's Poetry and Poetry E-texts, Curriculum Resources for Educators, and Children's Poetry Book Bibliographies.
This public library site offers a compilation of many poetry sites, from which you can pick and choose.
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