This category contains sites that provide information, tips, guides, and activities to help kids and teens learn about writing poetry.
Many young people enjoy expressing themselves through poetry, and it is often included as part of an English writing course.
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- Writing Poetry: A Beginner’s Guide About.com article covering the elements of poetic composition, what to write about, and exercises for getting started. Includes sections on diction, rhyme, free verse, and concrete poetry.
- Rhyme Zone Online search engine rhyming database. Plug in a word and get a list of potential words that rhyme.
- Poetry Forms and Terminology A list of links to sites that define, explain, and give examples of a variety of poetic forms.
- Craft of Poetry A course on writing poems in rhyme, meter, and inherited forms. Covers the sonnet, sestina, and villanelle.
- Glossary of Poetic Terms A dictionary explaining the different types and features of poems.
- Poetry Writing with Jack Prelutsky Online workshop with the popular children's poet includes tips, writing exercises, revision guidelines, and a place to publish online.
- James W. Hackett Suggestions To Write Haiku Contains suggestions for creating haiku poetry. Includes link to haiku by J.W. Hackett.