 April 2006 
Poetry Foundation.org
From Assonance to Roundelay to, uh, Zagajewski: All about poetry!
Grade Level: 3-5, 6-8, 9-12, Professional
http://www.poetryfoundation.org
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CONTENT:
The Poetry Foundation.org is a comprehensive site about the world of poetry. It includes articles, essays, readings, interviews, and much more. |
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SITE DESIGN:
The site is visually pleasing and well organized. It covers a huge amount of material and does so very well. Main areas of the site are available from the top of the main page. Links to other areas and information are embedded in the text of the main page. |
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REVIEW:
The Poetry Foundation is an independent literary organization that"exists to discover and celebrate the best poetry and to place it before the largest possible audience." At its web site visitors can learn all about the world of poetry. The main sections of the site are features, dispatches, publishing, and archive. A good starting point is the Archive, where thousands of poems can be searched by poet, title, theme, and occasion. The archive also features high-quality recordings of poems, interviews with poets, and documentaries as well as cartoons that address the subject of poetry. Included are list of lists such as most popular poets, most popular poems, poems to read to children, etc. The features section includes articles on poets, poetry, culture, guidebooks, and children. Visitors will also find poetry best sellers, book picks and links to poetry sites around the Web in the publishing section. Dispatches include recent news, a photo archive of poetry in the landscape, and a slide show of historically significant anthologies. |
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