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CommonLit

Common Lit: "To a Daughter Leaving Home" by Linda Pastan

For Students 5th - 7th
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...
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eBook
Starfall

Starfall: It's Fun to Read: Poetry

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
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.
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Primary
CommonLit

Common Lit: "Mother to Son" by Langston Hughes

For Students 6th - 8th
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...
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University of Virginia

U Va Library: The Jorge Luis Borges Collection

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource has a short biography of Borges. The hypertext here includes two copies of his original work including Borges' own drawings.
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Website
The Washington Post

Washington Post: A Poem by Yusef Komunyakaa

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Other

The Androom Archive: The Corpse of Lord Byron

For Students 9th - 10th
A mystery surrounding the death and burial of Lord Byron is described at this site.
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Website
Sonnet Central

Sonnet Central: Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772 1834)

For Students 9th - 10th
Read sonnets by Samuel Taylor Coleridge: "Work without hope," and "One a Discovery Made Too Late." Page links to an introductory essay.
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eBook
Sonnet Central

Sonnet Central: George Gordon, Lord Byron (1788 1824)

For Students 9th - 10th
The text of "Sonnet on Chillon" by Lord Byron is provided at this site.
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Primary
Sonnet Central

Sonnet Central: Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792 1822)

For Students 9th - 10th
Links to the texts of five sonnets written by Percy Shelley are provided at this site.
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Website
Authors Calendar

Author's Calendar: Samuel Taylor Coleridge

For Students 9th - 10th
This site offers a biography of Coleridge, with links to other historical figures and a list of his collected works.
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Curated OER

Classic Poems

For Students 9th - 10th
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).