Poetry & Poets, U-Z
This page has links for specific poets. Lesson plans and activities related to specific poetry forms or poetic structure can be found on the Poetry Forms page. Poetry no longer under copyright can be found on the Poetry Collections page. Copyright restrictions may prevent contemporary poetry from being available online.
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United States Poets Laureate: A Guide to Online Resources
From the Library of Congress, a list of all Poets Laureate and Consultants in Poetry since 1937. Click on the name for additional information.
Poetry Pairing: "The Woman with a Tumor in her Neck" by Wendy Videlock
This page includes the text of the poem and a link to an article about a woman who has cancer.
Margaret Walker
Links to some criticism, text and audio files of 16 poems.
Robert Penn Warren
Biography, criticism, and links to online poems.
Robert Penn Warren
Brief biography, bibliography, and links to online poems, including an audio file of his reading of "The Nature of a Mirror."
Robert Penn Warren: Online Resources
From the Library of Congress, a collection of interviews, criticism, audio and video, and more.
Phillis Wheatley
Lesson plans and teaching resources.
Walt Whitman
Biography, texts, teaching ideas.
Richard Wilbur
Lesson plans and teaching resources.
William Carlos Williams
Lesson plans, links to criticism and poems.
William Wordsworth
Teaching materials to accompany "Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey" and other poems.
Judith Wright
Biography.
"The Hunting Snake" by Judith Wright (ESL differentiated task)
A framed paragraph that guides students in an analysis of the poem.
"They Flee from Me" by Thomas Wyatt
This audio file requires an MP3 player such as QuickTime for access.
William Butler Yeats
Teaching resources.
"Aunties" by Kevin Young
The poet reads his poem in a short video. Scroll down for discussion questions and background information.
"Mother's Day" by Daisy Zamora
The poet reads her poem in a 1-minute captioned video. Scroll down for discussion questions and analysis.
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