General+Sites+for+Poetry

http://libraries.mit.edu/guides/subjects/literature/poetry.html
===http://www.lisashea.com/lisabase/poetry/ http://www.poetry.com/greatestpoets/poetbios.asp?id=64 http://www.mldb.org/ http://www.poetry.com/GreatestPoems/poem.asp?id=42 http://www.everypoet.com/ === ===**This website is a searchable database of lyrics from songs in a wide variety of genres over many different time periods. This could be very helpful for examini**ng the l yrics of a certain song, as it is convienient and the lyrics on the site are all reviewed before being posted, unlike other music lyrics databases.===

http://www.poetry-online.org/
====This site contains a selection of some of the most famous and world renown poems and poets from around the world. This site also offers a search feature and would be very helpful for both tracking down a specific poem or discovering new poetry. ====

http://www.poetry4kids.com/
====Poetry 4 Kids is a great website compiled of the works of children’s poet Ken Nesbit (picture below). This website offers funny poems of the day, as well as tools to help aspiring authors write poetry. In addition, the website features a rhyming dictionary to help complete lines. ====

[|http://www.poemhunter.com/]
=== = This sites provides a search engine for poems, poets and music lyrics. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v = iuTNdHadwbk Interesting animated poetry by Billy Collins  = == [] A list of the Poet Laureates these wonderous United States have officed in it's triumphant existance. It provides a brief description of the poet. One may take a name, search for works of that poet, and let his/her eyes be opened to a forest of great poetry. [] Mecca of poetry. Find a plethora of poets categorized by gender, nationality, topic, or century!=

http://www.poets.org/index.php

This is a website with a large database of different poems, and most importantly they have biographies for most of the major poets which are all fairly in depth and informative. Reading this background information is often very helpful in understanding a poet's work.