A
Fun Read
Achuka
A large and extremely informative site for childrens
books in the UK - we give you the direct link to their
Poetry section, but the entire site is worth exploring,
and don't miss their author interviews. http://www.achuka.co.uk
Artzone
- Poetry at BBC Online
Visual poems,
audio poetry, poet-in-residence, and a poetry message board.
"Here's your chance to swap writing tips, recommend great
poems, track down a half-remembered favourite or anything else
that springs to mind. Maybe you'd like to ask our Resident Poet,
John Hegley, a question?"
Isaac Rosenberg - a hypertext poem
An excellent example of working with hypertext in
critical reading of a poem. This site allows you to read and
comment (optional), then explore the hypertext version.
http://info.ox.ac.uk/departments/humanities/rose/poem.html
"Los
Gringos"
A delightfully well-designed website with poems,
biographies of poets, lists of children's poetry
currently in print, and information for schools. http://www.losgringos.fsnet.co.uk
Online
Poetry: 'Bringing the spoken word to life'
Edleston
Primary School put together this technologically
accomplished site. Funny, colourful, active examples of
animated poetry. Fun for all ages. "At Edleston
we're very keen to explore ways of using the Internet and
I.C.T. to promote and encourage our children to write.
These online projects are a sample of the material that
the children have produced." http://edleston.primaryresources.co.uk/projects/poetry.htm
Poetry
180
American site, set up this year by US poet laureate Billy
Collins. He says "Poetry 180 is designed to make it easy
for students to hear or read a poem each day of the 180 days of the
school year. I have selected the poems you will find here with high
school students in mind. They are intended to be listened to, and I
suggest that all members of the school community be included as
readers. A great time for the readings would be following the end of
daily announcements over the public address system."
http://www.loc.gov/poetry/180/
The
Poetry Zone
Publishes children's poetry on the net as well as
excellent book resources (including recommended
book lists and poetry for 12 - 17 year olds),
poetry book reviews written by children, lesson
plans for teachers and interviews with poets.
http://www.poetryzone.ndirect.co.uk
Word
Central
A very inventive site that capitalises on the (underutilised!) ability
of the internet to provide spatial dimension as well as visuals. It
deals more with the fun of words than serious poetry, but it's highly
entertaining (and educational) for kids and a good site for teachers
to know about.
http://www.wordcentral.com/
www.booktrusted.com
This web site is managed by Booktrust to help teachers,
librarians, parents and young people choose books. Comprehensive links
within the site or to outside organisations, giving advice for
parents, children's book organisations, book lists by subject, search
for author, "booktrusted" recommended titles, children's
book events, prizes, awards, publishers directory, and bookshops
specialising in children's books.
Places
to Submit
your Poetry
Kids
on the Net
A trAce Online Writing Community web site. Writing by
children at home and at school all over the world. A good read and a good place to submit work.
http://kotn.ntu.ac.uk
Childrens
Haiku Garden
This
garden is for the haiku verses with illustrations from
Japanese children and children from the USA and other
English-speaking countries (including Great Britain).
"If you are teaching haiku to children, or if you
are interested in the haiku verses with illustrations
which you can see on this Web Page, why don't you send
email to us. If you can, please send some haiku verses
with illustrations your children made. When you send
images to us, I'd like you to use JPEG and the size of
30-40K." http://www.tecnet.or.jp/~haiku/
Earth
to Kids
The
Environmental Defense Fund held a New Millenium Contest
for children earlier this year, and many poems (out of
the 800 submitted) are posted here. Excellent quality and
serious content. They'll be holding more competitions, so
this is a good spot to read well-written poetry by kids
and consider submitting your own work. http://www.edf.org/Earth2Kids/kidspoem/index.html
The
Claremont Review
A literary
journal out of Canada called The Claremont Review
accepts poetry and fiction from writers aged 13 to 19.
"When students read what other people their own age
are writing, it offers an incredible freedom to explore
what is important to them and consequently, we are
formalizing an archive of teenage life, captured as it is
happening. Our motto is to become a better poet, you need
to read what's out there. And they do." This is a
non-profit group, mostly teachers and writers who create
the review in their spare time. http://www.members.home.net/review
Young
Poets (Canada)
This site "radiates out like spokes on a wheel" from its e-zine,
sPOkes, where young poets are published in a professional
environment. They actively seek entries, in any style, in any
poetic genre. The site also contains loads of information for
poets and teachers of poets: a chat room, discussion lists, on-line
interviews, feature articles, animated poems and much more.
http://www.youngpoets.ca/spokes.htm
Tips
on Writing
Authors
on the Web
In a roundtable featuring poets who write for younger readers, Brod
Bagert, Nikki Grimes, Ron Koertge, Tony Mitton, Andrea Perry, Maria
Testa, April Halprin Wayland and Jane Yolen discuss their poetic
backgrounds, their thoughts on poetry education in schools and their
personal definitions of poetry. The feature can be found at http://www.authorsontheweb.com/features/0304-poet/kid_poet.asp
See
also: http://www.authorsontheweb.com/features/0304-poet/poet.asp
Mark Ford, Daniel Mark Epstien, Carol Muske-Dukes and Robin
Robertson, who write poetry for adult readers, discuss why poetic
expression is so appealing to them and how they would respond to those
who find poetry more than a little intimidating.
Glossary
of Poetic Terms
Such a comprehensive list of poetic terms that poets of
all levels (and teachers) would benefit by it. Sorted
alphabetically, and thoroughly cross-referenced.
Compiled, edited and cross-referenced by Robert G. Shubinski.
http://www.poeticbyway.com/glossary.html
Interactive
Quiz on Meter (Metre)
Test your grasp of terms and your ability to identify metres by
name - quiz by Seamus Cooney, Professor of English at Western Michigan
University.
http://www.wmich.edu/english/tchg/quiz/meter/q2/quiz.html
Listen
and Write
Very entertaining writing
activities, audio poems, and a gallery of
children's work. "Listen and Write"
supports the Literacy Hour and is aligned to the
BBC Education Schools radio series of the same
name.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/listenandwrite/
Young
Writer
Young
Writer (paper edition) is an international magazine
featuring the best in English language creative writing
from children aged 5 to 18 from around the world. Fun,
instructive and designed to build any child's confidence,
Young Writer is a forum for young people's writing -
fiction and non-fiction, prose and poetry. Each Issue
features: children interviewing their literary heroes; at
least one major competition; technical writing features
and tips; creative ideas to get you started; and lots and
lots of children's writing http://www.mystworld.com/youngwriter
Poetry
Competitions
Foyle
Young Poets of the Year Award
Any writer
between the ages of 11 and 18 can enter; closing date 31
July, annually. Winners Announced on National Poetry Day.
Rialto
Young Poets Competition
Visit the Rialto website at http://www.therialto.co.uk
for details on next year's competition.
Poetry
Challenge
This is an
annual Poetry Challenge initiative encouraging school
pupils, teachers, parents, etc. to recite poetry by
heart. http://www.poetrychallenge.org.uk/schools.html
Christopher
Tower Prizes for Poetry
An
annual competition open to young people aged between 16
and 18. This year's entries will be accepted from September 2002.
http://www.towerpoetry.org.uk/
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