Curated OER
Rhythm and Improv, Jazz and Poetry
Connect the ideas of jazz improvisation and art to writing poetry. Learners collaborate and write different lines of poetry, imitating the jazz styles of improvisation and freewriting. Take a close look at the poems "Tenebrae" by Yusef...
Curated OER
Rhythm & Improv: Jazz & Poetry
Students analyze the elements of poetry and jazz. In this critical thinking skills lesson, students take a closer look at the rhyme, rhythm, alliteration, form, free verse, lyricism, and imagery that exist is jazz as well as poetry.
ibiblio
Ibiblio: Internet Poetry Archive
ibiblio.org provides a collection of works from contemporary poets from around the world, including Seamus Heaney, Margaret Walker and Czeslaw Milosz among others. Good models for both depth of thought and style found in good...
PBS
Pbs: Poetry Everywhere
Part of a plan to move poetry more firmly into the public sphere, the Poetry Everywhere project offers readings of sixteen poems and animated interpretations of a dozen others. Some poems are read by their authors; others are read by...
ibiblio
Ibiblio: Internet Poetry Archive
If you're looking for poems to interpret, you will find biographies and examples of some of the most influential poets. Great source for educational purposes. Includes Philip Levine, Seamus Heaney, Czeslaw Milosz, Robert Pinsky, Yusef...
University of Illinois
University of Illinois: Modern American Poetry: Yusef Komunyakaa
This is a link to two interviews of Komunyakaa: on poetry and on the heritage of jazz for African American poets. There is a commentary on "Tu Do Street". There are several links to other Komunyakaa sites.
The Washington Post
Washington Post: A Poem by Yusef Komunyakaa
Robert Hass, former U.S. Poet Laureate, reviews Yusef Komunyakaa in "The Poet's Corner" for the Washington Post. Komunyakaa's poem "Woebegone" is featured.
