ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Poetry: Sound and Sense
Lesson that gently encourages the teaching of poetry in "nonthreatening" ways. Stresses reading and listening, discussion, and the examination of the sound and sense of poetry.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Teaching Poetry Through Riddles
Excellent teaching resource that attempts to teach poetic concepts to middle schoolers by using riddles. Discusses riddles' use of metaphor, simile, and imagery, and relates these concepts to the students' understanding of poetry....
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: Love Songs by Sara Teasdale
This is the full text of the poetry collection Love Songs by Sara Teasdale.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: The Man From Snowy River and Others by Andrew Barton Paterson
This is the complete text of the poetry collection The Man from Snowy River and Other Verses by Andrew Barton Paterson including a preface, a prelude, and 46 poems.
Poetry Foundation
Poetry Foundation: "Upon Julia's Clothes" by Robert Herrick
This is the original, online text of the poem "Upon Julia's Clothes" by Robert Herrick.
Poetry Foundation
Poetry Foundation: "Tintern Abbey" by William Wordsworth
This is the original, online text of the poem "Tintern Abbey" by William Wordsworth.
CommonLit
Common Lit: "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe
A learning module that begins with "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free teacher and...
CommonLit
Common Lit: Sonnet 18 by William Shakespeare
A learning module that begins with "Sonnet 18" by William Shakespeare, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free teacher and...
Other
Poetry Foundation and National Endowment for Arts: National Recitation Contest
Poetry Out Loud is a nonprofit organization which encourages students to memorize and recite great poetry. Sections about great poems, short biographies of the poets, lesson ideas, details about state and national poetry contests, lesson...
CommonLit
Common Lit: "The Clock Man " by Shel Silverstein
A learning module that begins with "The Clock Man" by Shel Silverstein, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free teacher and...
American Public Media
The Writer's Almanac
The Writer's Almanac is a Minnesota Public Radio program hosted by Garrison Keillor. It presents poetry and literary entries every day, which are archived from 2001 to the present on this site.
Bartleby
Bartleby.com: "At a Vacation Exercise" by John Milton
This is the original, online text of the poem "At a Vacation Exercise" by John Milton. Cursor down for the text.
Enchanted Learning
Enchanted Learning: St. Patrick's Day
Great resource for St. Patrick's Day activities, art projects and more.
Other
Poetry4 Kids: Poetry Lessons
This resource offers guidance through the writing process of writing funny poetry. There are instructions on how to write a clerihew and an exaggeration poem.
Other
The Beloit Poetry Journal: Home Page
The Beloit Poetry Journal has been publishing poetry for over 50 years. Here you have access to all fifty years of the journal, with works by many writers who have become famous.
English Zone
English zone.com: Reading Zone
Find reading selections by skill level (easy to advanced) or type (poems). Some free content on the site but hard to pick it out. Subscription-based access mostly.
Other
The Wondering Minstrels
The Wondering Minstrels website provides a poem a day, complete with analysis, criticism, biographical information, literary anecdotes, trivia, and our own skewed sense of humor. RL.9-10.10a&b text complexity, RL.11-12.10a/b Text...
CommonLit
Common Lit: "Burning a Book" by William Stafford
A learning module that begins with the poem "Burning a Book" by William Stafford, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free...
CommonLit
Common Lit: "A Dream Within a Dream" by Edgar Allan Poe
A learning module that begins with the poem "A Dream Within a Dream" by Edgar Allan Poe, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through...
Academy of American Poets
Poets.org: "Ring Out, Wild Bells" by Alfred Lord Tennyson
This is the original, online PDF text of the poem "Ring Out, Wild Bells" by Alfred Lord Tennyson from his long poem, In Memoriam A.H.H., in memory of his friend Arthur Henry Hallam.
Poetry Foundation
Poetry Foundation: "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" by William Wordsworth
This is the original, online text of the poem "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" by William Wordsworth.
Bartleby
Bartleby.com: "To (Time's Sea Hath Been Five Years)" by John Keats
This is the original, online text of the poem "To_ (Time's Sea Hath Been Five Years at It's Slow Ebb)" by John Keats, written to his fiancee, Fanny Brawne.
Bartleby
Bartleby.com: "To Sir Henry Vane the Younger" by John Milton
This is the original, online text of the poem "To Sr Henry Vane the Younger" by John Milton.
Poetry Foundation
Poetry Foundation: "To Althea From Prison" by Richard Lovelace
This is the original, online text of the poem "To Althea from Prison" by Richard Lovelace.