Where do I start?
-start by skimming some of the famous poems. -if you like an author, come back and click on that author's name. -once you find an author you like, search for the poet's name on The Poetry Foundation website. -look at some of my favorites at the bottom. |
Some of my favorites:
Lewis Carroll--Jabberwocky
Billy Collins--Forgetfulness
Tom Wayman--Did I Miss Anything
Maya Angelou--Caged Bird
Shel Silverstein-Sick
Walt Whitman-World Below the Brine
Ogden Nash--Custard the Dragon
Jack Prelutsky--Be Glad Your Nose is on Your Face
Emily Dickinson--Hope is the Thing With Feathers
Robert Frost--Mending Wall
Langston Hughes--I, Too
Edgar Allan Poe--Annabel Lee, The Bells
John Donne--Death, Be Not Proud
William Blake--The Lamb/The Tyger
Lewis Carroll--Jabberwocky
Billy Collins--Forgetfulness
Tom Wayman--Did I Miss Anything
Maya Angelou--Caged Bird
Shel Silverstein-Sick
Walt Whitman-World Below the Brine
Ogden Nash--Custard the Dragon
Jack Prelutsky--Be Glad Your Nose is on Your Face
Emily Dickinson--Hope is the Thing With Feathers
Robert Frost--Mending Wall
Langston Hughes--I, Too
Edgar Allan Poe--Annabel Lee, The Bells
John Donne--Death, Be Not Proud
William Blake--The Lamb/The Tyger