CommonLit
Common Lit: David's Old Soul by Nikki Grimes
Grimes is well known for her award-winning books written for children and young adults. The poem "David's Old Soul" appeared in her book One Last Word, a collection inspired by poems from the Harlem Renaissance that follow the "Golden...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Periodic Table of Poetic Elements
Each student will create a poem about an element on the periodic table. The poems will be placed in the appropriate "square" to create a large periodic table wall hanging. This project will require the collaborative work of several...
English Verse
English Verse: William Wordsworth (1770 1850)
Full text of a number of Wordsworth's famous poems is available here, along with an abbreviated biography of his lengthy life.
Virginia Commonwealth University
American Transcendentalism Web: Ralph Waldo Emerson
This resource includes a short biography of Emerson and links to related sites.
Authors Calendar
Author's Calendar: Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
This site offers a biography of Goethe, a brief discussion of his most famous work, "Faust," and a list of the many versions of this work. Also includes a bibliography.
University of Michigan
University of Michigan: Edna St. Vincent Millay
This resource offers thirty-eight pieces of Edna St. Vincent Millay's poetry.
Open Library of the Internet Archive
Open Library: Poems
This ebook version of Paul Laurence Dunbar's "Poems" has been made available in multiple formats by the Open Library. Editions of the full novel, organized by year of publication, may be accessed here.
World Wide School
World Wide School: The Bab Ballads
An online book by W.S. Gilbert containing lyrics to many Bab Ballads.
Luminarium
Luminarium: Lines Written Above Tintern Abbey
From the full text of Lyrical Ballads by William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, the poem "Lines Written a Few Miles bove Tintern Abbey." Annotated.
Repeat After Us
Repeat After Us: "To Fool or Knave" Ben Jonson
[To hear audio, use Chrome browser.] This site features the text and audio of the poem "To Fool or Knave" Ben Jonson.
Repeat After Us
Repeat After Us: "There Was a Young Lady of Parma" by Edward Lear
[To hear audio, use Chrome browser.] This site offers the text and the audio of the limerick "There Was a Young Lady of Parma" by Edward Lear.
Repeat After Us
Repeat After Us: "There Was a Young Lady Whose Chin" by Edward Lear
This site offers the text and audio of the poem "There Was a Young Lady Whose Chin" by Edward Lear. You can listen to the limerick online or download it.
Repeat After Us
Repeat After Us: "There Was a Young Lady Whose Eyes" by Edward Lear
This site offers the text and audio of the poem "There Was a Young Lady Whose Eyes" by Edward Lear. You can listen to the poem online or download it.
Repeat After Us
Repeat After Us: "There Was a Young Lady Whose Nose" by Edward Lear
This site offers the text and audio of the poem "There Was a Young Lady Whose Nose" by Edward Lear. You can listen to this poem online or download it.
Repeat After Us
Repeat After Us: "There Was a Young Person of Bantry" by Edward Lear
This site offers the text and audio of the poem "There Was a Young Person of Bantry" by Edward Lear. You can listen to the poem online or download it.
Repeat After Us
Repeat After Us: "There Was a Young Person of Crete" by Edward Lear
[To hear audio, use Chrome browser.] This site offers the text and the audio of the poem "There Was a Young Person of Crete" by Edward Lear.
Repeat After Us
Repeat After Us: "There Was an Old Lady of France" by Edward Lear
[To hear audio, use Chrome browser.] This site offers the text and audio of the poem "There Was an Old Lady of France" by Edward Lear.
Repeat After Us
Repeat After Us: "There Was an Old Lady Whose Folly" by Edward Lear
This site offers the text and audio of the poem "There Was an Old Lady Whose Folly" by Edward Lear. You can listen to it online or download it.
Repeat After Us
Repeat After Us: "There Was an Old Man at a Junction" by Edward Lear
[To hear audio, use Chrome browser.] This site offers the text and audio of the poem "There Was an Old Man at a Junction" by Edward Lear.
Repeat After Us
Repeat After Us: "There Was an Old Man in a Barge" by Edward Lear
This site offers the text and audio of the poem "There Was an Old Man in a Barge" by Edward Lear. You can listen to the poem online or download it.
Repeat After Us
Repeat After Us: "There Was an Old Man in a Marsh" by Edward Lear
This site offers the text and audio of the poem "There Was an Old Man in a Marsh" by Edward Lear. You can listen to it online or download it.
PBS
Pbs Kids: Fern's Poetry Club
An excellent site for children about the definition, examples, and types of poetry. Students can click nodes such as "What's a Poem?", "Read More Poems," or even "Write a Poem."
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Our Baby's Chatterbox by Aunt Hattie
This is an online photocopy of the original of the children's book Our Baby's Chatterbox by Aunt Hattie (1884), an illustrated poem about winter.