BORDERS and other bookstores carry such selections as:

• CREATED WRITING: Poetry From New Angles by Paul Agostino (Prentice Hall) ISBN 0135052807
• HOW DOES A POEM MEAN? is for motivated high school students and college level students (includes analysis and discussion for many poetry selections, study and discussion questions, etc.), (Houghton Mifflin) ISBN 0395204402
• IT COULD BE VERSE: Anybody's Guide to Poetry by John Pane (Ten Speed Press) ISBN 0898157773
• PASS THE POETRY, PLEASE! by Lee Bennett Hopkins (Harper Trophy) ISBN 0064461998 (contains biographies and writing samples of 20 modern poets).
• THE PRACTICE OF POETRY: Writing Exercises from Poets That Teach by Robin Behn and Chase Turchell (Harper Collins) ISBN006273024X; contains a large collection of challenging writing exercises for older students.
• WRITING ACROSS CULTURE -- A Handbook on Writing Poetry and Lyrical Prose from African Drum Songs to Blues, (Blue Heron Pub.); ISBN 0936085258

CAMBRIDGE DEVELOPMENT LABORATORY has some hybrid CD-ROM based poetry programs including:

• POETRY IN A NUTSHELL - an interactive, multimedia program for grades gr. 6 - 9 (includes poetry reading, photos, graphics, sounds, animation, music enhancement, etc.)
• HOW TO READ AND UNDERSTAND ... series includes POETRY, for gr. 7 - 12 (audiovisual presentations with text linked to encyclopedia, various multiple-choice questions, etc.). -- also available from THE WRITING COMPANY, etc.
• HISTORY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE for gr. 7 - 12 series. PART 2 covers the poetry, themes, and ideas of Blake, Wordsworth, Keats, and Byron in addition to works of Eliot, Pound, and Huxley.

GLOBE-FEARON is a source for

• AFRICAN AMERICAN POETRY
• LATINO POETRY
• EXPERIENCING POETRY (includes discussion questions and writing assignments)

LEARNING LINKS carries "Novel-ties" study guides. Their POETRY STUDY GUIDE can be used with their various poetry selections. A variety of poets are represented in their grades 9 - 12 selections.

Several poetry related videos are available for various vendors including LIBRARY VIDEO, TEACHER'S VIDEO COMPANY, etc. Video selections include:

• AMERICAN IN PORTRAIT (Frost, Poe, etc.)
• AUGUSTAN POETS; COWBOY POETS
• GLORIOUS ROMANTICS (PBS)
• HOW TO APPRECIATE POETRY
• NATURE: HAIKU POETRY
• NEIGHBORS IN EDEN (about Emerson, Thoreau, Hawthorne, and Dickenson)
• THE POETRY HALL OF FAME, Vol. 1 - 4;
• POETRY IN MOTION ( post modern poetry)
• ROMANTIC POETS
• VICTORIAN POETS
• SO THAT'S WHERE IT'S FROM

THE TEACHING COMPANY has a high school level video lecture- based literature course. The second part of the course includes a 20 lecture/ lesson portion on poetry.

WALCH is the source of several selections related to poetry:

• DEVICES IN POETRY AND PROSE (PARADOX)
• READING AND WRITING POETRY WITH TEENAGERS; YOUR TURN -- 33 Lessons in Poetry

THE WRITING COMPANY is always a great source for any writing/ literature related materials for middle and high school levels. Their materials include a variety of materials -- posters, reproducible activity books, videos, software, many anthologies, etc. Some of their high school level selections include:

• THE ADVENTURES OF DR. ALPHABET: 104 Unusual Ways to Write Poetry in the Classroom and the Community
• AMERICAN HISTORY POETRY
• THE ART AND CRAFT OF POETRY
• BEYOND ROSES ARE RED, VIOLETS ARE BLUE: A Practical Guide for Helping Students Write Free Verse
• BRUSH UP YOUR POETRY!
• GETTING THE KNACK: 20 Writing Exercises (many types of poetry and innovative writing exercises)
• HANDBOOK OF POETIC FORMS
• IN THE PALM OF YOUR HAND
• LISTENER IN THE SNOW: The Practice and Teaching of Poetry
• PARTICIPATING IN THE POEM: An Introduction to Poetry (complete unit study with 12 lessons)
• PATTERNS: The How to Write a Poem program (teacher resource in a 3 ring binder)
• POEM - MAKING: Ways to Begin Writing Poetry
• POETRY 1 - 2 - 3 (a complete unit study with 12 lessons designed for gifted middle school students)
• POETRY FROM A - Z: A Guide for Young Writers
• POET'S PEN: Writing Poetry with Middle and High School Students
• THE POET'S PORTABLE WORKSHOP
• SHORT POEMS: Their Vitality and Versatility
• TALKING TO THE SUN: An Illustrated Anthology of Poems for Young People
• TEACHING POETRY IN HIGH SCHOOL (teacher resource book)
• TOOL BOOK FOR PROSE AND POETRY
• UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATING POETRY (video)
• YOU CAN WRITE POETRY

CREATIVE COMMUNICATION -- A Celebration of Young Poets website (http://www.poeticpower.com) offers a free poetry contests, POETRY POWER newsletter, etc.

HANDBOOK OF TERMS FOR DISCUSSING POETRY (http://www.cc.emory.edu/ENGLISH/classes/Handbook?handbook.html) provides a basic introduction to poetry (figurative language, rhythm, meter, etc.)

THE INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF POETRY's website (http://www.poetry.com) has many poems, contest, poetry related links,resources, etc.

POETRY EXCHANGE (http://www.w3px.com/) is an on-line poetry exchange.