English+I+H+-+Poetry+Research

Mrs. A. Stolarsky

[|Poetry Anticipation Guide]

Questions to explore:

 * 1) What is poetry? How is it different than prose?
 * 2) What is the point of poetry?
 * 3) What forms exist for different audiences? (i.e. Performance, Slam, Rap, text/print, Open Mic styles of Performance)
 * 4) How much value does poetry have inside the classroom?
 * 5) How much value does poetry have outside the classroom?

Questions about process:

 * 1) How do I read an article/text?
 * 2) How do I write a definition application essay?

Explore Sources

 * Poetry Foundation ( Welcome to Poetry Out Loud: National Recitation Contest). []


 * [|Poetry Through the Ages] Provides a definition of different forms of poetry across the ages. []


 * [|What is Poetry? definition from Wikipedia]


 * [|What is Poetry? definition at Contemporary Literature]


 * **“**Before We Begin”. Excerpts from John Frederick Nim's Western Wind: An Introduction to Poetry**.** **[|http://ualr.edu/rmburns/RB/beforet.html__]**


 * What is Poetry? Poetical TV 24/7. []


 * [[file:HarpersMagazine-Poetry Slam.pdf]]

Adrienne Rich explains/defines poetry:
 * "Someone is Writing a Poem" by Adrienne Rich

@http://classiclit.about.com/library/bl-etexts/alowell/bl-alowell-whyweread.htm
 * Article: Why We Should Read Poetry ****by Amy Lowell **

@http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aS1esgRV4Rc
 * "Dead Poets' Society" Movie Clip - Why do we read poetry? **

PBS.org Helping Parents Celebrate Poetry with Children....this article offers reasons for reading and celebrating poetry @http://www.pbs.org/parents/education/bookfinder/celebrating-poetry/

This discusses the significance of poetry and its continued relevance in society today. (//Hint: ctrl F to seach for "the need for poetry")// http: //www.danagioia.net/essays/ecpm.htm //

This a video of the original poem recited at Obama's 2013 Inauguration. Watch the poet reading his poem **and** read the NY Times article about this event: //@http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mDrk8AC4G4 ////@http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/09/books/richard-blanco-2013-inaugural-poet.html //

//A Chicago group rooted in the Poetry Slam Movement. Explore their website: watch videos, read their education resources, etc...// //@http://www.chicagoslamworks.com/20122013season.html//

//A long list (with explanations) of different types of poetry from around the world:// //@http://www.poets.org/page.php/prmID/197//

//An article about Bob Dylan that answers the question: are songs poetry?// //@http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5817//

//Poet and writer Dana Gioia spells out four practical advantages to be found in studying and reciting poetry: // //@http://www.poetryoutloud.org/poems-and-performance/listen-to-poetry //   This article talks about the value of memorizing poetry: http:www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/2013/01/why-we-should-memorize.html  <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.33px;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.33px;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">Transcript from a speech President Kennedy delivered less than a month before his assassination. The speech is titled "The Purpose of Poetry" <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.33px;">[]

A collection of podcasts and audio clips about poetry. Explore these to see which ones answer some of our questions and to see the variety of poetry "outside the classroom" []

The introductory essay to //Poetry for Students// - a multi-volume book that celebrates and explains poems in an accessible way.
 * [|"Just a Few Lines on a Page" by David J. Kelly]**

BOOKS
**//Patriot acts : narratives of post-9/11 injustice//**. (East Collection: NF 323.4 PAT)

**//Poetry speaks who I am.//** (East Collection: NF 808.81 POE). Collects more than one hundred poems for young readers, with selections by Maya Angelou, Arthur Sze, Langston Hughes, Edgar Allan Poe, Walt Whitman, William Butler Yeats, and others.

**//The art of reading poetry.//** East Collection: NF 821 BLO). Presents a brief critical discussion on understanding poetry, and provides insights from author Harold Bloom that serves as an introduction to his volume: "The Best Poems of the English Language". Includes recommended reading list.

**REFERENCE COLLECTION** The following sets have multiple volumes featuring poets and poetry.

//**Critical survey of Poetry.**// (East Collection: REF 809.1). Presents alphabetized profiles of nearly seven hundred significant poets from around the world, providing biographies, primary and secondary bibliographies, and analysis of their works.

**//Poetry criticism.//** Multiple volumes

**//Poetry for students.//** Multiple Volumes. presenting analysis, context and criticism, on commonly studied poetry. Kelly, David. "Just a Few Lines on a Page." Poetry for Students.


 * // Poets : American and British. //**