Did you know April is National Poetry Month? Celebrate with these online resources!
INTERACTIVE POETRY WRITING TOOLS 1) Blackout Poetry Maker is a web app that allows you to create blackout poetry with no physical supplies. Choose sample texts from three public domain classics as the base of your poem, or copy and paste your own text into the web app, and go from there! Simply select the words you want to keep, and click 'black out' when you're finished, and your poem will reveal itself like magic. 2) Magnetic Poetry is a web app that's freely provided by the creators of the famous Magnetic Poetry sets that can be purchased in physical format. They have generously provided some of their sets digitally online, so you can have the fun of creating a magnetic poem virtually without any of the physical supplies. 3) Language is a Virus (collection) is an eclectic collection of writing-related resources. The previous link takes you directly to the 'Poetry' section of the website. My favorite find from this collection is the Visual Poetry tool. It allows you to input text and draw shapes with it. It's basically an easy web app for creating online Shape Poetry (aka Concrete Poetry). 4) Poetry Machine (collection) is a large collection of interactive poetry 'games'. My favorite find from this collection is the Diamonte tool. Every tool, including this one, presents the rules for that poetry-type very simply. It makes poetry writing have a very self-guided feel. 5) ReadWriteThink (collection) is a large collection of online literacy tools and lesson plans, which includes several Poetry-related Interactives. The trouble with the web apps on this site might be accessibility. Flash is used by the majority of the interactive web apps, and some devices are no longer supporting the ability to use Flash. Having said that, if you can figure out workarounds and access the Flash-based web apps, they are much more visually appealing than some others that I've mentioned. My favorite, for instance, is the Haiku Poem Interactive, which has a really nice Asian-inspired design. RHYMING DICTIONARIES 1) Rhyme Desk is an easy-to-use, minimalistic online rhyming dictionary and thesaurus that has a special area specifically meant for poetry-writing, called the Poet's Desk. This special area allows for you to compose your poem, search for rhymes and synonyms, and even count syllables all at the same time. 2) Rhyme Zone gives you the capability to search for rhymes, but also search for the word in song lyrics or Shakespeare, etc. You can find synonyms, antonyms, homophones, or just check the spelling of a word. There are a lot of random search options in the drop-down menu, which make this site more than meets the eye. 3) Dillfrog muse is a complex rhyming dictionary with a lot of search features that you won't find elsewhere. In fact, it's so complex and multi-layered that I'm not even sure what the parameters are for some of the site's search features. For instance, in the drop-down menu under 'Storm' there are over ten different search features that all seem to be different types of wordplay opportunities. Basically, if you're feeling like your word choice abilities are lackluster and becoming cliche, this site might offer some random inspiration in a chaotic, eclectic way. PUBLISH YOUR POETRY ONLINE 1) Teen Ink is a well-established magazine that publishes teen writing. The library actually subscribes to this magazine, and it's widely distributed nationwide. Here's how to submit. 2) Underlined is an online writing community geared towards teens. If you sign-up for an account, you can share your writing with others, but even if you don't want to submit your writing, it has a lot of great articles and inspiration, which makes it a great resource to know about. 3) Power Poetry is another online writing community geared towards teens, but this one is specifically for teen poets. It has digital poetry slams, collections of poetry resources, ways to find local poetry groups, etc. In order to submit a poem to the site, you have to sign-up for an account. 4) Newspaper Blackout is not geared towards teens specifically, but I believe it's the only online blackout poetry community. If you find blackout poetry to be especially inspiring, this is a good resource for you to know about. It doesn't require an account, but that also makes it less private, so keep that in-mind, if you choose to submit something. It's a site that's inspired by a book (of the same name) by one of my favorite authors, Austin Kleon. His blog and newsletter are another great source of creative inspiration. 5) Scholastic Art & Writing Awards is a competition for teens that's held yearly for art and writing. The current year's deadline has already passed, but that gives you until September to anticipate what you want to write about and prepare to submit your masterpiece. There are scholarship opportunities and the chance that your writing will be published in the annual collection of "The Best Teen Writing" for that year. GENERAL POETRY RESOURCES 1) Academy of American Poets is a storehouse of information about celebrating National Poetry Month with ideas such as Poem-in-Your-Pocket Day (which is on April 30 this year). 2) Poetry 180 is a list of 180 poems that were hand-selected specifically for high school students. They are available in full-text online. 3) Poetry Foundation is an organization devoted to celebrating poetry's place in our culture. They have a section of their site specifically for Teens, as well as a great resource list for Teaching Poetry Online. They also sponsor a sister site devoted to reading Poetry Out Loud (which is also a poetry recitation competition for teens). 4) Sit Down and Write is an article about poetry that was submitted by a local teen poet who found it helpful. There's a lot of great advice and further resources available here. Check it out, if you're hungry for more! Have a favorite resource that's not on this list? Feel free to comment below, or contact us! Coeur d'Alene Public Library is not affiliated with or sponsored by these companies or offerings and cannot be held responsible for faulty links, gaps in service, special requirements, or other issues.
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