LibGuides: East Hills Middle School: Poetry

What Is Poetry?

Participants at the America SCORES National Poetry Slam give their opinions as to what poetry is.

Poets.org
The Academy of American Poets
Children's Poetry Archive
Poetry 180
A poem a day.
Brave New Voices
All over the United States, a new generation of poets is emerging. This HBO series captures teenagers picking up the pen and taking hold of the microphone with passion, intelligence, creativity, honesty and power.
Poetry Out Loud
Welcome to Poetry Out Loud: National Recitation Contest.

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Created by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Poetry Foundation, Poetry Out Loud is administered in partnership with the State Arts Agencies of all 50 states, the District of Columbia, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico.
Poetry & Literature through the Library of Congress
Favorite Poem Project
The Favorite Poem Project is dedicated to celebrating, documenting and encouraging poetry’s role in Americans’ lives.
PennSound
From the Univeristy of Pennsylvania. PennSound is an ongoing project, committed to producing new audio recordings and preserving existing audio archives. You can listen to famous people reading poetry - including F.Scott Fitzgerald and Yeats.
The American Verse Project
The American Verse Project is a collaborative project between the University of Michigan Humanities Text Initiative (HTI) and the University of Michigan Press. The project is assembling an electronic archive of volumes of American poetry prior to 1920.
The Dickinson Electronic Archives
Resources about Emily Dickinson