In the Library

The Athenian School Library has an extensive poetry section which begins at
808.1.  

Locate our poetry collection with this  
map of the Library.

Online Poetry Resources

Consult the  
Literature Online Database  for additional research
material.

Click on the underlined links to access these web sites.

Online Class Poetry Project
O.P.C. provides a virtual community enabling teachers across the country to
access free poetry resources online, including innovative, classroom-tested
curricula.

World of Poetry
This web site matches poets with film-makers to produce a single video poem or a
series of poems. There is no specific delivery format or prescribed themes, so the
poems featured can be on any topic and of any length.

The Poets' Corner
The goal of this project is to create a user-friendly library of works that promotes
browsing and exploring through a site that spans thousands of works by
hundreds of authors covering thousands of years.

The Academy of American Poets
One of the most comprehensive poetry web sites on the Internet.

The Critical Poet
This web page is a great resource for aspiring poets and critics to exercise their
skills.  Go to the Poetic Reference Library to find informative articles on poetic
movements (e.g. Modernism, French Symbolism, the Romantic Movement), and
famous poets from these movements (e.g. T.S. Eliot, Charles Baudelaire, and Lord
Byron).

Glossary of Poetic Terms
A web site featuring phonetic pronunciation, cross references,
a broad range of poetic definitions, numerous examples, and a wealth of poetic
quotations.

Miscellaneous Poetry Links
The Open Directory Project is the largest, most comprehensive human-edited
directory of the Web.  This site links to their poetry resources page.

Glossary of Poetry Terms

Western Wind
This site provides an Online Resource Center for students using this poetry
textbook.

Ishmael Reed

From Totems to Hip-Hop:  A Multicultural Anthology of Poetry Across the
Americas,
edited by Ishmael Reed.

Critical Review of this Anthology
Ishmael Reed: Biographical Information
Reed’s Poetry Online
An Interview With Ishmael Reed

Rap

Evolution of Rap Music in the United States

Hip-Hop

History of Hip-Hop

Additional Poetry Resources

American Poets and Poetry
Poets and their Poems


POETRY
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