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Poets.org: South Carolina Poets

For Students 9th - 10th
Poets.org provides an overview of the poets from a particular state. The overview for South Carolina includes information on the poet laureate, Marjory Wentworth. Other sections include featured poets (James Dickey and Sherod Santos) and...
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Poets.org: Tennessee Poets

For Students 9th - 10th
Poets.org provides an overview of the poets from a particular state. The overview for Tennessee includes information on the poet laureate, Margaret Britton Vaughn . Other sections include featured poets (Nikki Giovanni and Randall...
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Poets.org: Texas Poets

For Students 9th - 10th
Poets.org provides an overview of the poets from a particular state. The overview for Texas includes information on the poet laureate, Alan Birkelbach. Other sections include featured poets (Naomi Shihab Nye and Scott Hightower) and...
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Poets.org: Virginia Poets

For Students 9th - 10th
Poets.org provides an overview of the poets from a particular state. The overview for Virginia includes information on the poet laureate, George Garrett. Other sections include featured poets (Rita Dove and Gregory Orr) and poems...
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Poets.org: Wisconsin Poets

For Students 9th - 10th
Poets.org provides an overview of the poets from a particular state. The overview for Wisconsin includes information on the poet laureate, Denise Sweet. Other sections include featured poets (Lorine Niedecker and Carl Sandburg) and poems...
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Poets.org: Wyoming Poets

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides an overview of the poets from a particular state. The overview for Wyoming includes information on the poet laureate, David Romtvedt. Other sections include a featured poet (Lee Ann Roripaugh) and poems...
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Poets.org: William Shakespeare

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This brief biographical overview of William Shakespeare includes information on his life and links to selected poems and sonnets. Includes a bibliography of selected works.
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Poets.org: Ted Kooser

For Students 9th - 10th
This brief page about Nebraska poet Ted Kooser includes a photograph and biographical information.
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Poets.org: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

For Students 9th - 10th
Poets.org provides a brief biographical overview of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow including information on his life and links to selected poems. A column of links to additional reading information on Longfellow is also provided.
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Poets.org: William Wordsworth

For Students 9th - 10th
Poets.org provides a brief biographical overview of William Wordsworth including information on his life and links to selected poems. A column of links to additional reading information on Wordsworth is also provided.
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Poets.org: "Mambo" by Jaime Manrique

For Students 9th - 10th
A short poem by contemporary poet Jaime Manrique that brings back the smells, spirit, and rhythm of his childhood in Columbia. Bilingual Spanish / English.
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Poets.org: Amiri Baraka

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides some key facts and accomplishments in the life of African American poet and writer, Amiri Baraka.
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Poets.org: Anna Akhmatova

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides a brief history of the life of Anna Akhmatova. Shows a list of her works and also gives links to other sites for more information.
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Poets.org: W. H. Auden

For Students 9th - 10th
This Academy of American Poets webpage provides, in addition to a short overview of his life, a selected bibliography as well as hyperlinks to a number of Auden's poems such as "On the Circuit" (read by the author), "Lullaby," and "The...
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Poets.org: Theodore Roethke

For Students 9th - 10th
Read a biography about Theodore Roethke that includes references to other modern American poets at this site. Also includes a photograph and a selected bibliography of his works.
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Poets.org: Dylan Thomas

For Students 9th - 10th
A short biography of Thomas with a bibliography of his works, and links to other websites.
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Poets.org: Elizabeth Barrett Browning

For Students 9th - 10th
The Academy of American Poets entry for Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861) with a complete bibliography of her works. Includes links to sample full texts of her poetry.
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Poets.org: Eve Merriam

For Students 6th - 8th
Do you know who Eve Merriam is? You will after reading this great biography of the American poet. Picture and references to poems are included.
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Poets.org: Federico Garcia Lorca

For Students 9th - 10th
A biography of the Spanish poet Federico Garcia Lorca. His personal and literary career are talked about, along with his brutal death. Also contains a bibliography of his work and a photograph.
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Poets.org: Garrett Hongo

For Students 9th - 10th
This site, provided by The Academy of American Poets, offers a brief biography and photo of Garrett Hongo.
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Poets.org: May Swenson

For Students 9th - 10th
Photo and biography of the poet May Swenson, including a selected bibliography of some of her work.
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Poets.org: Robert Browning

For Students 9th - 10th
This site includes a great biography of the English poet Robert Browning. There is also a complete bibliography included that is quite extensive.
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Poets.org: Rita Dove

For Students 9th - 10th
This site houses a brief biography of the 20th-century poet Rita Dove, a native of Akron, Ohio.
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Poets.org: Robert Frost

For Students 9th - 10th
The site from the Academy of American Poets includes background and information on Robert Frost with links to several of his famous poems. Some include audio of the poet reading his own work.