R U a Po Folk?

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I’m a Po Folk, r u? 

“Po folk” is poet Allan Wolf’s term for those who have poet’s souls.  “No po”….well…self-explanatory.  So, if you’re a Po Folk,  this is your month to celebrate!  Try one  or more of these multimedia ways to bring poetry to life:

Videos

• Watch outstanding student performances for Poetry Out Loud contests.
• Watch videos of Americans reading and discussing their favorite poems in the Favorite Poem Project.

Audio

• Listen to poems read by a variety of people (including Anthony Hopkins, James Earl Jones, Alyssa Milano, and N. Scott Momaday)
• Listen to Gwendolyn Brooks’ explanation and reading of “We Real Cool” along with other poems found here

Web  2.0 Tools for Writing Your Own Poetry

• Write your own magnetic poem and send to a friend
• Be inspired by pictures and write a poem
• Fill in the blanks, submit, viola – poem!
• Write and print out a shape poem from Scholastic

 

Other

Get your poetry fix on your cell phone:  www.poets.org/m

Enter your own poetry poster in the Free Verse Project sponsored by poets.org