This link features video and audio recordings with outstanding poets from TeachingBooks.net's digital collection . You can listen to such poetic icons as Shel Silverstein and Langston Hughes and watch Jacqueline Woodson, Mary Ann Hoberman, and others discuss and recite poetry.

Choose your poetry form from the list of links on the left. Then just add words to make the poem your own.

You can choose a shape or draw your own and then choose words to fill it.

Select shapes from four different themes: Nature, School, Sports, and Celebrations

Get your poetry juices flowing with the Poetry Idea Engine. Created with GoCyberCamp, this activity will allow you to write haikus, free verse, limericks, and more!

Writing poems has never been so much fun! Are you ready to get messy and SPLAT your own poem?

Jack Prelutsky named the first Children's Poet Laureate by the Poetry Foundation in 2006, this poet is known for his wacky and inventive verse.

Shel Silverstein’s official website for kids including books, stories, poetry, illustrations, fun activities, and teaching resources.

30 ways to celebrate poetry month.

Free resource site.

"A Child’s Garden of Poetry" by HBO
Daffodils: Poem by William Wordsworth. Read by Dave Matthews. 1:27
"Hope" is the thing with feathers: Poem by Emily Dickinson. Read by Claire Danes 00:50
The Tropics in New York: Poem by Claude McKay. Read by Ziggy Marley. 1:12

"Classic Baby" by HBO
A Very Valentine: Written and read by Gertrude Stien
April Rain Song: Written and read by Langston Hughes
Mariposa: Poem by Frederico Garcia Lorca. Read by Andy Garcia