Find a Poem: Websites
Poetry Foundation Poems by subject, age or category.
Poetry Resources for Teens Official website of Academy of American Poets. Includes interviews about poetry, biographies of more than 500 poets, almost 2,000 poems, and audio clips of 150 poems.
Poetry Archives Premier online collection of recordings of poets reading their work. You can enjoy listening here, free of charge, to the voices of contemporary English-language poets and of poets from the past.
- Poems for Children This link opens in a new window
- Poem of the Month This link opens in a new windowA poem and a guide to take that style of poem and make it your own.
Poet Websites
Famous Poets and Poems Poems by well-known and loved poets, including: Langston Hughes, Maya Angelou, Shel Silverstein, Pablo Neruda, e.e. Cummings, Robert Frost, Edgar Allan Poe, Emily Dickinson, Ezra Pound and many more!
Create your Own Poem
- Instant Poetry Form This link opens in a new windowChoose the type of poem you want to write and fill in the blanks!
Databases
Look for more Poetry information in our databases. If you are searching from home, you will need the passwords. Pick up a Database Password bookmark in the library!
Poems Read Aloud
Hear poems from Shel Silverstein's book, Everything on it.
- Ickle me, pickle me by Shel Silverstein This link opens in a new window
Subject Guide
What is Poetry?
Poetry is a type of literature in which the sound and meaning of language are combined to create ideas and feelings.
"Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance." ~Carl Sandburg
"Poetry is thoughts that breathe, and words that burn." ~Thomas Gray
"Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words." ~Robert Frost
Poem
Like butterflies in Spring
Poetry awakens the Spirit,
stirs the imagination and explores
the possibilities with each stroke of its rhythmic wings.
~Jamie Lynn Morris
