Intro:
- WHY Poetry? Dead Poet’s Society – Whitman (Video)
- POETRY 180 (w/Billy Collins)
- SHAKESPEARE OR HIP-HOP??
- “The Lanyard” read by Billy Collins (video)
- “The Lanyard” text
- “My Papa’s Waltz” read by Theodore Roethke
- “My Papa’s Waltz” (text)
- “I’m Nobody!” Who Are You?” (Emily Dickinson read by Yina Liang)
- “Yet Do I Marvel” (Countee Cullen read by Todd Hellems)
- “Song of Myself” (Walt Whitman read by John Doherty)
- Not Waving Drowning Poem (Stevie Smith)
- Favorite Poems Project – Americans Talk About Their Favorite Poems (Videos)
- Listen to Rupi Kaur (PBS)
- How Rupi Kaur Became a Hero to Millions of Young Women (PBS)
- Li-Young Lee Read “The Gift” (Vimeo)
- “The Gift” by Li-Young Lee (Text)
- 32 Of the Most Iconic Poems in the English Language
- Practical Reasons to Welcome Poetry Into Our Lives (PBS)
- “Keeping Quiet” by Pablo Neruda (read by Sylvia Boorstein)
- Poem Honors the “Wrong Roads” We’ve Taken (Jimmy Santiago Baca)
- Work Songs of the Cowboy Poets (NYTimes – video)
- Poetry if for Everyone (Jason Reynolds)
- “Tangled Up in Blue”: Deciphering a Bob Dylan Masterpiece (Video :13 mins)
- Bob Dylan Wins Nobel Prize Redefining Boundaries of Literature
- Beat Poet & Publisher, Lawrence Ferlingetti, Turns 100 & Reflects (NPR 5 mins)
- Honoring Allen Ginsberg’s “HOWL”
- Kendrick Lamar Wins Pulitzer in Big Moment for Hip-Hop
- The Season for Stanzas: It’s National Poetry Month. Read a Poem or Four
- “The Palace” by Kaveh Akbar (A look at America & What It Means to Call a Country Home)
- POETRY MONTH: Perspectives on Poetry, Identity & Inspiration
- BOOKRIOT: Where to Find Free Poetry Resources for Kids
- How to make a Digital Black-Out Poem (YouTube)
- Black-Out Poetry w/Google Docs (Scroll to #3)
- Magnetic Poetry Online (Interactive)
- WORDMOVER – Create Your Own Found Poem (ReadWriteThink.org)
Poetry Project: Bringing Poetry to the People
- STUDENTS NOTE: For your “Bringing Poetry to the People” Project & Handouts, visit our Google Classroom page!