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April is Poetry Month: Home

A guide all about poetry

Young Writers of Canada
Creative Writing Contest deadline extended to April 15, 2017
Buzzle.com: Poetry search
Links to the basic elements of poetry, types of poetry, writing tips, poets, and more
Interactive Sites for Education: Poetry

Want to better understand poetry and learn some writing techniques? Check out these subject guides:

Grade 3: Language
by Julia Main Last Updated Nov 27, 2020 494 views this year
Grade 4: Language
by Marg Mannseichner Last Updated Oct 15, 2020 600 views this year
Grade 5: Language
by Merle Marjerrison Last Updated Oct 15, 2020 496 views this year
Grade 6: Language
by Amanda Hickman Last Updated Nov 20, 2020 694 views this year

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Grade 7: English
by Annette Rice Last Updated Sep 21, 2020 2357 views this year
Grade 8: English
by Megan Venner Last Updated Jun 24, 2020 2075 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
A Poem A Day: 30 Poems for Secondary Students During National Poetry Month (or Any Other Time of Year)
poets.org: Poems for Teens
Poets' Graves
10 Classic Spring Poems Everyone Should Read

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Grade 9: English
by Tim Rylett Last Updated Nov 26, 2020 1919 views this year
Grade 10: English
by Richard Halfyard Last Updated Oct 20, 2020 981 views this year
Grade 11: English
by Nancy Clow Last Updated Sep 30, 2020 2217 views this year
Grade 12: English
by Mary Styles Last Updated Jul 13, 2020 1928 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."