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The Academy of American Poets - Searchable index of poems and poet biographies. Also includes audio files of works read by the author.
Ongoing Tales Old-Time Poetry - Collection of illustrated classic poems for children.
Giggle Poetry - Explains how to write poems, offers contests for young writers, features interviews with poets, and includes an assortment of poems for kids to read and rate.
Children's Poetry - Selected works from Edward Lear, Dr. Seuss, and Robert Louis Stevenson.
The Poetry Zone - An interactive poetry website for children. It also contains poems by well-known children's poets and a wealth of educational material for teachers.
BBC Education - Listen & Write: Main Menu - Lets kids listen to examples of different styles of poetry and provides tips on using similes and the thesaurus.
Funny Poems For Kids - Funny poems, riddles, jokes, and tongue twisters.
Poetry for Kids - Features poetry for kids about animals, weather, and aliens.
Forms of Poetry - Gives brief explanations of several forms of poetry and provides examples of each. Provides links for further information and writing tips.
Quick and Dirty Guide to Reading Poetry - An English professor offers students some down-to-earth how-to advice on tackling poetry.
Poetryexpress - Offers help with writing poems and provides a place to share and revise poetry works in progress.
Jan Dean's Poetry Zoo - Filled with poems, stories and resources. Also includes material for teachers.
A Compendium of Poetry - A good poetry resource with information about authors, and their poetry available.
Australian Secondary Schools English Resource Page - A good page with links to information, examples etc. on many of the books used throughout the Australian Secondary Schools Cirriculm.
Critical Reading - A Guide - A description of the methods of critical reading/poetry analysis with examples of what to look for in the language.
Diamonds & Jewels - A personal site with poems, stories (to be added) and links and the opportunity to submit works of your own.
FizzyFunnyFuzzy.com - Humorous, entertaining and fun poetry for children.
Poetry and Fun Kid Style - Poetry for and by kids including animations. Includes links to other sites
Dreampad - Features excerpts from the Children's Inspirational Poetry: Anthology of Poetry and Art.
It Frisselgrien - An international site from Dutch origin about poetry for everybody, with an English option. Accepts submissions.
Student Poetry - Serious poetry from a published anthology of student works, includes the students illustrations.
Children's Haiku Garden - A collection of Haikus and illustrations from around the world. This is a must read collection.
Imaginesongs - A collection of original poems,songs, skits and animations by children's author and playwright Joe Thompson.
poetryknot.net - Young writers are encouraged, recognized, and offered a literary voice when their poetry is published in a forum that allows their readers to respond to their work.
Barking Spiders (and Other Such Stuff) - Collection of poetry and short stories by children's author, C.J. Heck. Also contains mazes and tongue twisters.
Poetry on Stage - Original poetry for children of all ages by Rebecca Ives.
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