Poetry

 

 

Read this Robert Frost poem, discuss your thoughts about it, and view student artwork created to illustrate this poem.

 

Read this poem by Jack Prelutsky, and view the East Hampton School District's second and seventh graders' poetry and artistic collaborations.

 

Read this limerick and view student created limericks.

 

Read these original poems and view student created illustrations based on the poems.

 

View this Flash slideshow and collection of images to inspire original poetry.

 

 

Additional Poetry Websites

This site was designed to allow students to read or hear poems on each of the 180 days of the school year:

http://www.loc.gov/poetry/180/

 

This site allows people to read poems and rate them. It also has a lot of peotry-related activities:

http://www.gigglepoetry.com/

 

This poetry site was designed for teens and the poems are divided into a number of different categories:

http://www.poetryamerica.com/reading-poetry.asp

 

This site has many poetry activities and also has resources for both parents and teachers:

http://www.kent.k12.wa.us/curriculum/writing/elem_writing/Bib/poetry.htm