Online Poetry Resources

Daily/Weekly Poetry Sites

The Slowdown podcast,a poem and a moment of reflection every weekday
Poem-A-Day, from the Academy of American Poets
Poem of the Day, from the Poetry Foundation
Poem of the Week, selected by Alison McGhee Did you read the Bink & Gollie series as a little kid? Alison McGhee and Kate DiCamillo wrote that series and write many other books for children, teens, and adults. Alison McGhee also apparently reads a lot of poetry. SInce 2006, she selects one poem per week to introduce and share online. Check it out. I've found some of my all-time new favorites on this site.
American Life in Poetry, selected by Ted Kooser A poem a week by a living American poet, selected by a former poet laureate and offered to newspapers for free each week.
Verse Daily
The Writer's Almanac
Poetry Daily * Note: This would be #1 on the list (because they select awesome poems!) but the site now requires you to subscribe with your email address to access the poems. I can tell you it's not a scam, but if you don't want to subscribe there are lots of other resources on this page to choose. It's a long-running and excellent site, and you can unsubscribe at the end of your class project.

Some Poetry podcasts, Contemporary Poems and Poets Online

Living Nations, Living Words: Poems by Native American poets
Words by Winter: also from Alison McGhee, a weekly poetry podcast
Poetry Unbound: super cool poems, twice weekly, read by an Irish poet with a great accent
Poetry Archive: A British nonprofit organization that collects and shares audio recordings of poets reading their poems.
Poetry 180: a poem for every day of the school year, from current poets
Favorite Poem Project: video collection of Americans reciting their favorite poems
Explore individual poets, from the Poetry Foundation

Novels In Verse

A novel written completely in individual, linked poems instead of traditional prose chapters. There are many authors for young adults who write in this format. Below are some that are available through your school SORA account. There are many more available in print hard copy through your library.