Poetry Organizations

Find valuable poetry information on the Web sites hosted by these groups:

American Academy of Poets
The Academy of American Poets (AAP) is dedicated to fostering appreciation of poetry. In addition to sponsoring National Poetry Month, AAP offers high school teachers free poetry lessons through the Online Poetry Classroom and administers a variety of poetry awards.

Poetry Alive!
Poetry Alive! is a celebrated professional company that presents poetry shows for audiences of all ages, presents teacher workshops and resources, and conducts a summer institute for teachers.

American Library Assocation
The American Library Association Web site (www.ala.org) includes several useful poetry links, including a description of how to hold a poetry slam: http://www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/teenreading/trw/wayscelebrate.htm