“Celebrating Rural Poetry”



The Poetry of Place Celebration

Resources for teachers and students

WEBSITES

2009 Poetry of Place Winning Poets:



2009 Poetry of Place Celebration:



Poet Laureate Ted Kooser:

Ted Kooser’s Poet Laureate project, American Life in Poetry:



Nebraska Literary Directory (State Department of Education):



The Nebraska Center for Writers site sponsored by Creighton University; this site lists all

major Nebraska authors and information about each:



BOOKS

A Poetry Handbook by Mary Oliver. Harvest Books: ISBN 978-0156724005

Everyday Creative Writing: Panning for Gold in the Kitchen Sink by Michael C. Smith & Suzanne Greenberg. McGraw Hill: ISBN 978-0658002281

Getting the Knack: 20 Poetry Writing Exercises by Stephen Dunning and William Stafford. NCTE: ISBN 0-8141-1848-8

Studying Poetry: Activities, Resources, and Texts by Brian Moon. NCTE Chalkface Series: ISBN 0-8141-4859-6

The Poetry Home Repair Manual by Ted Kooser: UofN Press: ISBN 978-0-8032-2769-8

Wishes, Lies, and Dreams: Teaching Children to Write Poetry by Kenneth Koch. Harper Paperback: ISBN 978-0060955090

Teaching 10 Fabulous Forms of Poetry (Grades 4-8) by Paul Janeczko. Teaching Resources: ISBN 978-0439073462

Rose, Where Did You Get That Red?: Teaching Great Poetry to Children by Kenneth Koch. Vintage. ISBN 978-0679724711

Nebraska Presence: An Anthology of Poetry (contemporary adult Nebraska poets)

Edited by Greg Kosmicki and Mary K. Stillwell. Backwaters: ISBN 978-0979393433

River of Words: Young Poets and Artists on the Nature of Things (anthology of young poets [K-12] writing about their home place). Edited by Pamela Michael . ISBN 978-1571316806

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