The Poetry of Place Celebration
Resources for teachers and students
WEBSITES
2009 Poetry of Place Winning Poets:
http://www.unl.edu/newp/news/2009/Poetry_of_Place_Winners.shtml
2009 Poetry of Place Celebration:
http://www.unl.edu/newp/news/2009/Poetry_of_Place_Celebration.shtml
Poet Laureate Ted Kooser: http://www.tedkooser.org
Ted Kooser’s Poet Laureate project, American Life in Poetry:
http://www.americanlifeinpoetry.org
Nebraska Literary Directory (State Department of Education):
http://www.nde.state.ne.us/READ/NebraskaLiteraryDirectory2002.pdf
The Nebraska Center for Writers site sponsored by Creighton University; this site lists all
major Nebraska authors and information about each:
http://mockingbird.creighton.edu/NCW/writers.htm
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