Poetry Links

The first two websites are only available at Hamilton High School:

LAUSD Digital Library - Click on Subscription Websites. Scroll up to the Columbia University Press then click on Grangers World of Poetry, a database for poems and biographies of poets.

LAUSD Digital Library - Click on Subscription Websites. Scroll up to Thomson Gale. Click on Biography Resource Center for access to biographies of poets.

Here are some links to poetry websites.

Verse - Bartleby.com - You can search for a poem by theme keyword or author.

About.com Poetry - Poetry sites, organized by century. Useful for less well-known 20th century poets.

Find a Poet / Find a Poem from the American Academy of Poets

Favorite Poem Project - Videotapes of people reading and talking about their favorite poems can be found on this website.

Modern American Poetry - An Online Journal and Multimedia Companion to the text, Anthology of Modern American Poetry. The 'Poets' section includes excerpts from previously published analyses of poems, biographical information and other supplmental materials and study questions.

Poetry Archives - Searchable database of English language poems. Particulary good for traditional American poets such as Robert Frost and Emily Dickinson.

Poetry 180: A Poem a Day for American High Schools - Billy Collins,a recent Poet Laureate of the United States, reads a poem each day of the 180 days of the school year. The site also gives excellent tips for reading a poem aloud.