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April is Poetry Month: Home

A guide all about poetry

Poetry for All
K-6 Zone
7-8 Zone
9-12 Zone
Teacher Resources

Young Writers of Canada
Look under Contests. Currently "The Open Ages Poetry Contest" is the only one still open for registration - Deadline July 31, 2019
Buzzle.com: Poetry search
Links to the basic elements of poetry, types of poetry, writing tips, poets, and more
Kids Learn Out Loud: Poetry
Free Audio Podcasts and video
Interactive Sites for Education: Poetry
CBC Poetry Prize
Open April 1 to May 31 2019. $25 administration fee per entry.

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Grade 3: Language
by Julia Main Last Updated Jan 12, 2018 133 views this year
Grade 4: Language
by Marg Mannseichner Last Updated Sep 18, 2018 127 views this year
Grade 5: Language
by Merle Marjerrison Last Updated Jul 17, 2018 151 views this year
Grade 6: Language
by Amanda Hickman Last Updated Oct 21, 2018 103 views this year

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Grade 7: English
by Annette Rice Last Updated Apr 23, 2019 563 views this year
Grade 8: English
by Megan Venner Last Updated May 16, 2019 408 views this year

Erasures
Erasure is a process by which you can take any text and from it, create a poem.
Poems by Teens for Teens
poets.org: Poems for Teens
Poets' Graves
10 Classic Spring Poems Everyone Should Read

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Grade 9: English
by Kelly DeJong Last Updated May 16, 2019 694 views this year
Grade 10: English
by Richard Halfyard Last Updated Dec 19, 2018 293 views this year
Grade 11: English
by Nancy Clow Last Updated Feb 20, 2019 2376 views this year
Grade 12: English
by Mary Styles Last Updated Jan 15, 2019 813 views this year

Celebrate Nature with Poetry

Tea and Bannock Stories: First Nations Community of Poetic Voices
Kenn Nesbitt's Poetry4kids
Best Poems Encyclopedia
Canadian Poetry Online
University of Toronto Libraries

Kids InfoBits
Research support for students in Kindergarten through Grade 5. Jam-packed with eye popping graphs, charts, maps and more than 3,000 searchable images, InfoBits features a visual graphic interface, a subject-based topic tree search and full-text, age-appropriate, magazine and reference content
Contemporary Authors Online
Biographical and bibliographical data on more than 120,000 modern authors. Easily search for an author by name, title of work, subject/genre, nationality, date and place of birth, awards and much more.

Brick Books: Poetry Submissions
"Please note that we only read submissions between January 1 and April 30. Submissions received outside of our reading period will be returned. Our publishing schedule is filled two years in advance.
Our editors are interested in seeing work from as broad a range of aesthetics and experiences as possible. We encourage submissions from Indigenous poets, racialized poets, poets from the LGBTQ community, and poets with disabilities."