Poetry

=Poetry Pathfinder= toc

Introduction to Poetry

 * Poetry. (2004). //World Book Vol. 1.// Chicago, IL: World Book, Inc. **Call Number**: R 031 WOR (Page 591)



**Reference Sources**

 * **R 821.914 C** Chevalier, Tracy. (1991). //Contemporary poets.// Chicago, IL: St James Press.
 * **R 423 ESP** Espy, Willard R. (2006). //Words to rhyme with, a rhyming dictionary, third edition.// New York, NY: Facts on File, Inc.
 * **R 032 B (Page 94)** Poetry. (1990). //Encyclopedia Britannica Macropedia Vol. 23.// Chicago, IL: Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc.

**Non-Fiction Books**

 * **821.082 B** Brooks, Cleanth and Robert Penn Warren. (1960). //Understanding poetry.// New York, NY: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc.
 * **821.004** Ciardi, John. (1959). //How does a poem mean?//. Cambridge, MA: The Riverside Press.
 * **821.004** Highet, Gilbert. (1960). //The powers of poetry.// New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
 * **821.008 S** Simpson, Louis. (1967). //An introduction to poetry.// New York, NY: St Martin's Press.

Non-Fiction Books - Poetry Anthologies

 * **821.008 N** Allison, Alexander. (1983). //The Norton anthology of poetry.// New York: Norton.
 * **811.08 C** Collins, Billy. (2003). //Poetry 180: a turning back to poetry.// New York: Random House Trade Paperbacks.
 * **808.81 I** Philip, Neil. (2000). //It's a woman's world: a century of women's voices in poetry.// New York: Dutton Children's Books.
 * **808.508 H** Majors, John S and Katharine Washburn. (1998). //World poetry: an anthology of verse from antiquity to our time.// New York: W.W. Norton.
 * **811.008 O** Rampersad, Arnold. (2006). //The Oxford anthology of African-American poetry.// New York, NY: Oxford University Press.

Websites

 * Poets.org - From the Academy of American Poets
 * The Poetry Foundation
 * Every Poet
 * The Poetry Archive
 * Poetry Dictionary

Databases
Database user names and passwords can be found in the Library Media Center brochure. Make sure you grab one before leaving school. Dolan, Maura. (2005). 'Poetry as art and threat.' //Los Angeles Times// (Los Angeles, CA) 18 Jun 2003.
 * **Database:** SIRS Researcher
 * Keyword:** Poetry
 * Results Examples:** Flannery, Mary Ellen. (2009). 'Yo! From Tupac to the Bard'. //NEA Today Vol 27//.

Woods, Scott. 'Poetry slams: the ultimate democracy of art'. //World Literature Today. 82.// (Jan-Feb 2008).
 * Student Edition- Infotrac
 * Keyword:** Poetry Slams
 * Results Examples:** Waters, John K. "Slam-bang poetry" //Biblio. 4.4// (April 1999).

//Ink runs from the corners of my mouth// //There is no happiness like mine.// //I have been eating poetry.// -Mark Strand, "Eating Poetry," Reasons for Moving, 1968

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