National Academy of Poetry The Academy's site is chock full of all things poetic, audio and video, writing tips, a calendar of poetry events throughout the year and material for teachers. Plus, there's 30 ways to celebrate National Poetry Month — Number 10: Google a poem. Many people carry single lines of verse with them, sometimes for years, and are eager to remember the rest of that particular poem.
NEWSHOUR Poetry Series
THE NEWSHOUR has been collaborating with the National Poetry Foundation on an on-air and online series. The Web site includes short-form profiles on living American poets and long-form segments on current debates in poetry and a wealth of resources for educators and the curious.
PBS Media Infusion: Taking the Pain Out of Poetry
PBS's Teachers offers advice on using multimedia resources in the classroom. April's expert Ian Ruderman contends: "Teaching poetry is one of the best things about being an English teacher." The site offers a wealth of resources for students of all ages.
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: Walt Whitman
PBS's AMERICAN EXPERIENCE premiered a biography of Walt Whitman during 2008's National Poetry Month. Watch the whole show online and explore Whitman's New York, a timeline and weigh in on whether Whitman is really our national poet.
FOOLING WITH WORDS
Visit the Web site for Bill Moyers 1999 series, FOOLING WITH WORDS.
Blogden Nash
This Web Site celebrates America's most accomplished writer of light verse — "A 'versifier' who invented and mispelled words to create unexpected rhymes, Nash's fables on human foibles continue to delight, inspire and enlighten people worldwide." The site also hosts a blog for posting new efforts in Nash's honor .
Shakespeare Quiz
Test your knowledge of the Bard.
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 Reading Rumi Poet Coleman Barks is also known for his translations of the great 13th century Islamic poet and teacher, Jalaladdin Rumi. In 2003, Barks appeared on NOW WITH BILL MOYERS, reading three of Rumi's poems. Not only is Rumi's work heard on radio throughout the Arab world, he is a best-selling poet in America.
 Robert Bly Bill Moyers talks with poet Robert Bly about greed in America, divinity and happiness.
 Martín Espada
Bill Moyers talks with poet Martin Espada about the power of words to effect social change.
 Poems: Veterans of War, Veterans of Peace
Read excerpts of writings collected from Maxine Hong Kingston's workshops with veterans and their families.
 Margaret Atwood
Margaret Atwood is one of Canada's most successful and prolific contemporary writers. Noted for her stylistic precision, caustic humor, and feminist concerns, Atwood has published more than 40 books of fiction, nonfiction, criticism, and poetry over the past four decades. She talks with Bill Moyers in the series BILL MOYERS ON FAITH & REASON.
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