Upper Elementary Poetry Resources

"Les Voiliers" by Henri Matisse, 1906

SEE: Introductory Poetry Terms

Poetry for Young People (Excellent series from Sterling Publishing)

• 1564-1616 William Shakespeare by David Scott Kastan
• 1757-1827 William Blake by John Maynard
• 1770-1850 William Wordsworth by Dr. Alan Liu
• 1807-1882 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow by Francis Schoonmaker
• 1809-1892 Alfred, Lord Tennyson by John Maynard
• 1809-1849 Edgar Allan Poe by Brad Bagert
• 1812-1888 Edward Lear by Edward Mendelson
• 1812-1889 Robert Browning by Eileen Gillooly
• 1819-1892 Walt Whitman by Jonathan Levin
• 1830-1886 Emily Dickinson by Francis Schoonmaker Bolin
• 1832-1898 Lewis Carroll by Edward Mendelson
• 1850-1894 Robert Louis Stevenson by Frances Schoonmaker
• 1865-1936 Rudyard Kipling by Eileen Gillooly
• 1865-1939 William Butler Yeats by Jonathan Allison
• 1874-1963 Robert Frost by Gary D. Schmidt
• 1878-1967 Carl Sandburg by Francis Schoonmaker Bolin
• 1879-1955 Wallace Stevens by John N. Serio
• 1883-1963 William Carlos Williams by Christopher MacGowan
• 1892-1950 Edna St. Vincent Millay by Francis Schoonmaker
• 1902-1967 Langston Hughes by David Roessel
• 1928-0000 Maya Angelou by Edwin Graves Wilson, Ph.D.

Poetry by Theme:

• Poetry for Young People: The Seasons by John N. Serio
• Poetry for Young People: Animal Poems by John Hollander
• Poetry for Young People: American Poetry by John Hollander

Poetic Form

• A Kick in the Head: An Everyday Guide to Poetic Forms by Paul B. Janeczko, Chris Raschka

Writing Poetry

• Poetry Matters: Writing a Poem From the Inside Out by Ralph Fletcher
• Pizza, Pigs, and Poetry: How to Write a Poem by Jack Prelutsky

Teaching Poetry

• The Power of Poems: Teaching the Joy of Writing Poetry by Margriet Ruurs
• Poetry Lessons: Everything You Need by Kathy A. Perfect
• Poetry Writing Handbook: Definitions, Examples, Lessons by Greta Lipson and Judy Mitchell