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Academy of American Poets

Poets.org: Ohio Poets

For Students 9th - 10th
Poets.org provides an overview of the poets from a particular state. The overview for Ohio includes information on the featured poets (Hart Crane and Richard Howard) and poems specifically about Ohio.
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Academy of American Poets

Poets.org: Pennsylvania Poets

For Students 9th - 10th
Poets.org provides an overview of the poets from a particular state. The overview for Pennsylvania includes information on the featured poets (H. D., W. D. Snodgrass and Ron Silliman) and poems specifically about Pennsylvania.
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Academy of American Poets

Poets.org: Wyoming Poets

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides an overview of the poets from a particular state. The overview for Wyoming includes information on the poet laureate, David Romtvedt. Other sections include a featured poet (Lee Ann Roripaugh) and poems...
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Academy of American Poets

Poets.org: Missouri Poets

For Students 9th - 10th
Poets.org provides an overview of the poets from a particular state. The overview for Missouri includes information on featured poets (T. S. Eliot and Maya Angelou) and poems specifically about Missouri.
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Academy of American Poets

Poets.org: Mississippi Poets

For Students 9th - 10th
Poets.org provides an overview of the poets from a particular state. The overview for Mississippi includes information on featured poets (Etheridge Knight and Natasha Trethewey) and poems specifically about Mississippi.
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Academy of American Poets

Poets.org: Georgia Poets

For Students 9th - 10th
This overview for Georgia includes information on the poet laureate for the state, David Bottoms. Other sections include featured poets (Conrad Aiken and James Dickey) and poems specifically about Georgia.
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Academy of American Poets

Poets.org: Illinois Poets

For Students 9th - 10th
This overview for Illinois includes information on the poet laureate for the state. Other sections include featured poets (Gwendolyn Brooks and Carl Sandburg) and poems specifically about Illinois.
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Academy of American Poets

Poets.org: Kansas Poets

For Students 9th - 10th
An overview of the poets from a particular state. The overview for Kansas includes information on the featured poets (William Stafford and Langston Hughes) and poems specifically about Kansas.
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Academy of American Poets

Poets.org: Kentucky Poets

For Students 9th - 10th
This overview for Kentucky includes information on the poet laureate for the state, Jane Gentry Vance. Other sections include featured poets (Robert Penn Warren and Wendell Berry) and poems specifically about Kentucky.
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Academy of American Poets

Poets.org: New Mexico Poets

For Students 9th - 10th
Resource provides an overview of the poets from a particular state. The overview for New Mexico includes information on the featured poets (Arthur Sze and D. H. Lawrence) and poems specifically about New Mexico.
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Academy of American Poets

Poets.org: Washington Poets

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides an overview of the poets from a particular state. The overview for Washington includes information on the featured poets (Linda Bierds and Richard Hugo) and poems specifically about Washington.
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Academy of American Poets

Poets.org: Alaska Poets

For Students 9th - 10th
Poets.org provides an overview of the poets from a particular state. The overview for Alaska includes information on featured poets (John Haines, Linda Bierds, and Robert W. Service) and poems specifically about Alaska.
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Academy of American Poets

Poets.org: District of Columbia Poets

For Students 9th - 10th
Lists poetry-friendly bookstores in the District of Columbia along with a description of each. Scroll down below this list to see profiles of some featured poets from this state.
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Academy of American Poets

Poets.org: New Jersey Poets

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides an overview of the poets from a particular state. The overview for New Jersey includes information on the featured poets (Walt Whitman and William Carlos Williams) and poems specifically about New Jersey.
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Academy of American Poets

Poets.org: Minnesota Poets

For Students 9th - 10th
This overview for Minnesota includes information on featured poets (John Berryman and Robert Bly) and poems specifically about Minnesota.
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Academy of American Poets

Poets.org: Nebraska Poets

For Students 9th - 10th
This overview for Nebraska includes information on featured poets (Ted Kooser and Martha Collins) and poems specifically about Nebraska.
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Academy of American Poets

Poets.org: Robert Browning

For Students 9th - 10th
This site includes a great biography of the English poet Robert Browning. There is also a complete bibliography included that is quite extensive.
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Academy of American Poets

Poets.org: California Poets

For Students 9th - 10th
Poets.org provides an overview of the poets from a particular state. The overview for California includes information on featured poets (Allen Ginsberg and Adrienne Rich) and poems specifically about California.
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Academy of American Poets

Poets.org: Stephen Yenser

For Students 9th - 10th
Poets.org provides a brief biographical overview of Stephen Yenser including information on his life and links to selected poems. A column of links to additional reading information on Yenser is also provided.
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Academy of American Poets

Poets.org: Jack Prelutsky

For Students 9th - 10th
Poets.org provides a brief biographical overview of Jack Prelutsky including information on his life and links to selected poems. A column of links to additional reading information on Prelutsky is also provided.
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NPR: National Public Radio

Npr: Tracy K. Smith, New u.s. Poet Laureate, Calls Poems Her 'Anchor'

For Students 9th - 10th
A profile of Tracy K. Smith, the U.S. Poet Laureate for 2017. Includes an audio recording of her reading the poem "When Your Small Form Tumbled Into Me." (Published June 14, 2017)
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University of Illinois

University of Illinois: Modern American Poetry: Jean Toomer

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site from Modern American Poetry comes from the English department at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and proves to be a great resource for information about Jean Toomer (1894-1967 CE). The site contains links to a...
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Smithsonian Institution

National Portrait Gallery: American Women: Edna St. Vincent Millay

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief look at American poet, Edna St. Vincent Millay, along with a portrait of her painted by Charles Ellis.
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Lumen Learning

Lumen: American Romanticism: The Indian Burying Ground by Philip Morin Freneau

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text and video reading of the poem "The Indian Burying Ground" by Philip Morin Freneau, an American poet, nationalist (also known as Federalist), polemicist, sea captain, and newspaper editor sometimes called the "Poet of the...

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