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=Poetry Pathfinder=

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**Introduction to Poetry**

 * Poetry. (2004). //World Book Vol. 1.// Chicago, IL: World Book, Inc. **Call Number**: R 031 WOR (Page 591)
 * Poetry. (2004). //Encyclopedia Americana Vol. 22// Danbury, CT: Scholastic Library Publishing. **Call Number**: R 031 ENC V.22 (Page 277)
 * Poetry. (1990). //Encyclopedia Britannica Micropedia Vol. 9.// Chicago, IL: Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc. **Call Number**: R 032 B (Page 542)

Reference Sources

 * World Book Online- search for poetry and it brings up pictures, articles about different types of poetry, and more.
 * **R 808.81 G** Bernhardt, William F. (1986). //Granger's index to poetry.// New York, NY: Columbia University Press.
 * **R 821.914 C** Chevalier, Tracy. (1991). //Contemporary poets.// Chicago, IL: St James Press.
 * **R 423 ESP** Espy, Willard R. (2006). //Words to rhyme with, a rhyming dictionary, third edition.// New York, NY: Facts on File, Inc.
 * **R 032 B (Page 94)** Poetry. (1990). //Encyclopedia Britannica Macropedia Vol. 23.// Chicago, IL: Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc.

Non-Fiction Books

 * **821.082 B** Brooks, Cleanth and Robert Penn Warren. (1960). //Understanding poetry.// New York, NY: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc.
 * **821.004** Ciardi, John. (1959). //How does a poem mean?//. Cambridge, MA: The Riverside Press.
 * **821.004** Highet, Gilbert. (1960). //The powers of poetry.// New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
 * **821.008 S** Simpson, Louis. (1967). //An introduction to poetry.// New York, NY: St Martin's Press.

**Non-Fiction Books - Poetry Anthologies**

 * **821.008 N** Allison, Alexander. (1983). //The Norton anthology of poetry.// New York: Norton.
 * **811.08 C** Collins, Billy. (2003). //Poetry 180: a turning back to poetry.// New York: Random House Trade Paperbacks.
 * **808.81 I** Philip, Neil. (2000). //It's a woman's world: a century of women's voices in poetry.// New York: Dutton Children's Books.
 * **808.508 H** Majors, John S and Katharine Washburn. (1998). //World poetry: an anthology of verse from antiquity to our time.// New York: W.W. Norton.
 * **811.008 O** Rampersad, Arnold. (2006). //The Oxford anthology of African-American poetry.// New York, NY: Oxford University Press.

**Websites**

 * Poets.org - From the Academy of American Poets
 * The Poetry Foundation
 * Every Poet
 * The Poetry Archive
 * Poetry Dictionary

**Databases**
Database user names and passwords can be found in the Library Media Center brochure. Make sure you grab one before leaving school. Dolan, Maura. (2005). 'Poetry as art and threat.' //Los Angeles Times// (Los Angeles, CA) 18 Jun 2003. Woods, Scott. 'Poetry slams: the ultimate democracy of art'. //World Literature Today. 82.// (Jan-Feb 2008).
 * **Database:** SIRS Researcher
 * Keyword:** Poetry
 * Results Examples:** Flannery, Mary Ellen. (2009). 'Yo! From Tupac to the Bard'. //NEA Today Vol 27//.
 * **Database:** GALE Student Resource Center
 * Keyword:** Poetry Slams
 * Results Examples:** Waters, John K. "Slam-bang poetry" //Biblio. 4.4// (April 1999).