CommonLit
Common Lit: "To a Daughter Leaving Home" by Linda Pastan
This brief poem describes a mother watching her daughter ride away on her bike. A specific purpose for reading and vocabulary notes are provided. This site offers links to paired texts, questions and answers, an annotation tool, and...
Starfall
Starfall: It's Fun to Read: Poetry
Read along and listen to four different poems including "If I Could Touch the Sky" and "My Hiding Place" by Natasha Josefowitz, "My Shadow" by Robert Louis Stevenson, and "Who Has Seen the Wind?" by Christina Georgina Rosetti.
CommonLit
Common Lit: "Mother to Son" by Langston Hughes
This is the full text of the poem "Mother to Son" by Langston Hughes. It includes a short bio of Langston Hughes and a focuses for the reader: As you read, take notes on the metaphor and larger message presented in the text. [Free...
University of Virginia
U Va Library: The Jorge Luis Borges Collection
This resource has a short biography of Borges. The hypertext here includes two copies of his original work including Borges' own drawings.
The Washington Post
Washington Post: A Poem by Yusef Komunyakaa
Robert Hass, former U.S. Poet Laureate, reviews Yusef Komunyakaa in "The Poet's Corner" for the Washington Post. Komunyakaa's poem "Woebegone" is featured.
Other
The Androom Archive: The Corpse of Lord Byron
A mystery surrounding the death and burial of Lord Byron is described at this site.
Sonnet Central
Sonnet Central: Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772 1834)
Read sonnets by Samuel Taylor Coleridge: "Work without hope," and "One a Discovery Made Too Late." Page links to an introductory essay.
Sonnet Central
Sonnet Central: George Gordon, Lord Byron (1788 1824)
The text of "Sonnet on Chillon" by Lord Byron is provided at this site.
Sonnet Central
Sonnet Central: Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792 1822)
Links to the texts of five sonnets written by Percy Shelley are provided at this site.
Authors Calendar
Author's Calendar: Samuel Taylor Coleridge
This site offers a biography of Coleridge, with links to other historical figures and a list of his collected works.
Curated OER
Classic Poems
This site offers links to online reproductions of many of Eliot's poems, including "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock," "The Waste Land," and "Sweeney Among the Nightingales." Good link for Eliot's writings only (no commentary).