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Kids' Poetry
Virtual Gallery
National Poetry Month was established by the Academy of American Poets as a month-long, national celebration of poetry.
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Poetry YouTube Playlist
Poetry readings, history, and analysis await you in this YouTube video playlist.
Library Resources
Need to find a poem or poet? LitFinder provides access to 125,000 full-text poems and 850,000 poem citations. It also includes explanations, subject access, biographies, and pictures.
Check out Literature Resource Center for in-depth critical analysis and biographical information for more than 90,000 authors and poets.
Download and install MyLibraryDV and view videos at your convenience. Watch video guides on The Odyssey or Beowulf.
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Library Materials
African-American Poetry
A listing of African-American Poetry anthologies. See which poets you like and look them up by author in our catalog.
DVDs
Watch these videos about poetry and poets!
Haiku
Explore traditional and modern books of this poetic style from Japan or learn how to write your own.
Limericks
Light verse. Some fun rhymes for kids, too.
Love Poetry
This is the most requested type of poetry anthology. It also includes wedding poetry.
Narrative Poems
One of the oldest forms of poetry, these are stories in poem form.
Poetry Anthologies
The poems are collected by type of poetry such as ethnicity, time period, subject, and country of origin.
Writing Poetry
A collection of books to get you started writing poetry or improving your style.
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