TED Talk for Poetry Month

In honor of National Poetry Month, we watched a TED Talk by former U.S. Poet Laureate, Billy Collins. The video presents animated versions of several of his poems and a reading of a very funny poem at the end.

Book Spine Poetry

Source: http://www.poets.org

April is National Poetry Month, and we have lots of great poetry on display in the library. If you want to try your hand at something a little different, try creating a poem out of the spines of books. Here are a few examples to get you inspired. Also, you can find lots of great poetry, learn about different poets, and even have poems emailed to you at poets.org. They also have a section of the website just for teens. And don’t forget to check out LitFinder for Schools, which has plenty of full-text poems, so you can choose one to memorize and amaze your friends, and even more importantly, your librarians!