A resource from the Academy of American Poets with thousands of poems, essays, biographies, weekly features, and poems for every occasion.
Lots of good stuff. Retired teachers has spent a lot of time putting a ton of things on this site for teachers to use.
We've been reading and learning about different kinds of poetry so we couldn't wait to write our own. To top it all off, now we get to READ our poetry to you! Wouldn't you love to hear a poem created by your student right now? Well, you can! Just click on the audioblogs below. Happy listening and don't forget to post a comment!
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Poets featured in performance, and in dialogues with their audience, with each other, and with Moyers are Amiri Baraka, Robert Pinsky, Mark Doty, Lucille Clifton, Coleman Barks, Stanley Kunitz, Deborah Garrison, Jane Hirshfield, Lorna Dee Cervantes, Shirl