Re: Poetry

[Barber <rbarber@PENNCHARTER.COM>]

I recommend:
The Teachers & Writers Handbook of Poetic Forms, edited by Ron Padgett.  =
New York: Teachers & Writers Collaborative, 1987.    The Handbookcontains =
seventy-four entries by nineteen writers.  An example is given of each.

Raymond W. Barber
Director of Libraries
The William Penn Charter School
300 West School House Lane
Philadelphia, PA 19144
rbarber@penncharter.com
phone:215-844-3460 x144
fax: 215-844-5537

>>> Gwen Schmitt <libraryladyfo@HOTMAIL.COM> 09/07 11:43 AM >>>
Good Morning Collegues.

My sixth grade teachers are looking for a book or books that gives the
definition of each kind of poems and also shows an example.  For instance, =
a
hinky pink, a hiaku, limerick, etc.  Thanks so much, I've looked through =
all
of my catalogs, nothing!  TIA



Gwen Schmitt
Librarian
Fair Oaks Elementary
Oakdale Joint Unified School District
gschmitt@oakdale.k12.ca.us=20

"It is a great thing to start life with a small number of really good =
books
which are your very own"
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930)

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