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."
Phillis Wheatley
Lesson plans and teaching resources.
Walt Whitman
Biography, texts, teaching ideas.
Richard Wilbur
Links to 10 poems, including audio links of Wilbur reading them.
Writing about Writing: An Extended Metaphor Assignment
This lesson uses Richard Wilbur's poem "The Writer" to encourage students to develop an extended metaphor describing themselves as writers.
Richard Wilbur
In this video clip Richard Wilbur reads his poem "The Writer."
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.
"They Flee from Me" by Thomas Wyatt
This audio file requires an MP3 player such as QuickTime for access.