CommonLit
Common Lit: "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe
A learning module that begins with "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free teacher and...
CommonLit
Common Lit: Sonnet 18 by William Shakespeare
A learning module that begins with "Sonnet 18" by William Shakespeare, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free teacher and...
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Poetry Foundation and National Endowment for Arts: National Recitation Contest
Poetry Out Loud is a nonprofit organization which encourages students to memorize and recite great poetry. Sections about great poems, short biographies of the poets, lesson ideas, details about state and national poetry contests, lesson...
CommonLit
Common Lit: "The Clock Man " by Shel Silverstein
A learning module that begins with "The Clock Man" by Shel Silverstein, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free teacher and...
American Public Media
The Writer's Almanac
The Writer's Almanac is a Minnesota Public Radio program hosted by Garrison Keillor. It presents poetry and literary entries every day, which are archived from 2001 to the present on this site.
Bartleby
Bartleby.com: "At a Vacation Exercise" by John Milton
This is the original, online text of the poem "At a Vacation Exercise" by John Milton. Cursor down for the text.
Enchanted Learning
Enchanted Learning: St. Patrick's Day
Great resource for St. Patrick's Day activities, art projects and more.
Other
Poetry4 Kids: Poetry Lessons
This resource offers guidance through the writing process of writing funny poetry. There are instructions on how to write a clerihew and an exaggeration poem.
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The Beloit Poetry Journal: Home Page
The Beloit Poetry Journal has been publishing poetry for over 50 years. Here you have access to all fifty years of the journal, with works by many writers who have become famous.
English Zone
English zone.com: Reading Zone
Find reading selections by skill level (easy to advanced) or type (poems). Some free content on the site but hard to pick it out. Subscription-based access mostly.
Other
The Wondering Minstrels
The Wondering Minstrels website provides a poem a day, complete with analysis, criticism, biographical information, literary anecdotes, trivia, and our own skewed sense of humor. RL.9-10.10a&b text complexity, RL.11-12.10a/b Text...
CommonLit
Common Lit: "Burning a Book" by William Stafford
A learning module that begins with the poem "Burning a Book" by William Stafford, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free...
CommonLit
Common Lit: "A Dream Within a Dream" by Edgar Allan Poe
A learning module that begins with the poem "A Dream Within a Dream" by Edgar Allan Poe, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through...
Academy of American Poets
Poets.org: "Ring Out, Wild Bells" by Alfred Lord Tennyson
This is the original, online PDF text of the poem "Ring Out, Wild Bells" by Alfred Lord Tennyson from his long poem, In Memoriam A.H.H., in memory of his friend Arthur Henry Hallam.
Poetry Foundation
Poetry Foundation: "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" by William Wordsworth
This is the original, online text of the poem "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" by William Wordsworth.
Bartleby
Bartleby.com: "To (Time's Sea Hath Been Five Years)" by John Keats
This is the original, online text of the poem "To_ (Time's Sea Hath Been Five Years at It's Slow Ebb)" by John Keats, written to his fiancee, Fanny Brawne.
Bartleby
Bartleby.com: "To Sir Henry Vane the Younger" by John Milton
This is the original, online text of the poem "To Sr Henry Vane the Younger" by John Milton.
Poetry Foundation
Poetry Foundation: "To Althea From Prison" by Richard Lovelace
This is the original, online text of the poem "To Althea from Prison" by Richard Lovelace.
Poetry Foundation
Poetry Foundation: "To Celia" by Ben Jonson
This is the original, online text of the poem "To Celia" by Ben Jonson.
Poetry Foundation
Poetry Foundation: "To His Mistress Going to Bed" by John Donne
This is the original, online text of the poem "To His Mistress Going to Bed" by John Donne.
CommonLit
Common Lit: "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost
A learning module that begins with the poem "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free...
CommonLit
Common Lit: "On Turning Ten" by Billy Collins
A learning module that begins with the poem "On Turning Ten" by Billy Collins, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free...
CommonLit
Common Lit: "O Captain! My Captain!" by Walt Whitman
A learning module that begins with the poem "O Captain! My Captain" by Walt Whitman, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through...
CommonLit
Common Lit: "Paul Revere's Ride" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
A learning module that begins with the poem "Paul Revere's Ride" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online...