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Here are some links to get you started...

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You must write for children the same way you write for adults, only better.
Maxim Gorky, Russian Writer (1868-1936)
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A Pocketful of Rhymes
A huge collection of original, rhyming poems and stories helping to promote
self-esteem and individuality in children. |
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Inspirational Poetry |
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Ken Nesbitt Poetry Very Entertaining!!! |
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Stone Soup Now in its 27th year, Stone Soup brings young readers thought-provoking
stories, heartfelt poems, and beautiful art by their peers worldwide. |
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PoemHunter
Poems from different poets all around the world.
Thousands of poems and poets. All indexed.
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Find
a Poet
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Cinquain
Homepage
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American Verse Project.
. .searchable archive of American poetry prior to 1920
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Internet Poetry Archive .
. . selected poems from contemporary poets
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A Little Poetry
. . . features contemporary poetry by poets around the world
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Representative
Poetry Online . . . great poets of the English language
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Modern
American Poetry
- online companion to the Anthology of Modern American Poetry, with features
on poets, including criticism, bibliographies, and commentary. |
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Poetry Archives,
The - online archive of classical poetry.
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e-poets.net
- poets, artists, writers, and performers who embrace the electronic media as
a venue and home for their art. Features a library, The Incomplete History of
Slam, The Book of Voices, poetry news, and sound clips. |
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everypoet.com -
featuring a poetry free-for-all, links, an archive of classic poetry, a
newsletter, and more. |
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Aha! Poetry - post
your poems, critique a work in progress, play the sea shell game, find a
publisher, and rant. |
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Knopf
Poetry Center - poems, interviews, and recordings from some Knopf-published
poets. |
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Duration Press
- dedicated to the publication and promotion of international writing, with a
chapbook series, archive, featured authors, and writings on poetics. |
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How to Recite Poetry |
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Reading, Writing, and Reciting Poetry |
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Putting Poetry on it’s Feet |
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Poetry Teachers
- resources for teaching poetry, including lesson plans, performance tips, and
activities. |
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Poetryclass -
offers training for teachers wanting to bring poetry alive in the classroom. |
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Online
Poetry Classroom - from The Academy of American Poets. Encourages the
development of new poetry curricula and teaching strategies by high school
language arts teachers. |
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Online NewsHour Extra: Poetry - discussion forum, lesson plans, poetry
message board, and information on various poetic forms and devices. |
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Craft of
Poetry - features descriptions of various poetic forms, as well as poetic
elements. |
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RhymeZone -
rhyming dictionary, thesaurus, spelling checker, and word finding tool.
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Vocabulary of Alliteration - a dictionary of alliterative words, for use
in writing poems, songs, and studying phonetic and phonemic syllable divisions
in English. |
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WriteExpress Online
Rhyming Dictionary - find rhymes online.
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ProTeacher!
Poetry lesson plans for elementary school teachers
Poetry for Upper Elementary Students - List of links that will take you to
poems
you can use in class. Poems found here include a variety of forms.
There's a lot of information here! |
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