Poetry+Links

 This first link is from the UK and was a big hit with some teachers and students I worked with: []
 * 1. Concrete Poems **


 * 2. Shape Poems **are a great way to combine language arts and science:
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 * 3. Here's a great book on poetry that I found in the Bentonville Public Library:** //Poetry Rocks! Early American Poetry: Beauty in Words// by Stephanie Buckwalter. This book is for the adolescent set. By chronological order, it lists some famous American poetry (Whitman, Dickenson, etc.), gives biographical information, poetry selections, and then--most importantly--some approachable analysis of the poem and the poet. A good read!