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Poetry

Choose a cluster:

• The Carousel of Time
• Since Feeling Is First
• Grief of Mind
• The Good Life
• Overwhelming Questions
  

If a Poem Could Walk by Lorna Crozier

• Crozier
  This is a comprehensive Web site that includes a biography, poems, writing philosophy, published works, and other information. Read students several of Crozier's poems and discuss her writing philosophy.
  • Students can discuss why this poet and poem were chosen to open the Poetry unit in the Anthology.
  • Students can click on "Poets List" on this Web page to access information on other Canadian poets as they work on this Poetry unit.
• Crozier—Writers' Union of Canada
  Students can read this brief biography for Crozier on the Writers' Union of Canada site.
  • Students can use this site to find information on some of the other Canadian poets they study during the course of this unit.
• Dorothy Livesay
  Encourage students to read this interview with Livesay so that they have a better understanding of the poet whose quotation appears on page 174.
• Archibald MacLeish
  At this site students can read about MacLeish, another poet quoted on page 174 with the Crozier poem. Students can also link to poems by MacLeish on this site. Note that one link at the bottom of the page is to an on-line forum—if necessary, discuss school policy on such forums.
  Note, this Web site provides access to more than 400 poet biographies and more than 1200 poems. Students may find this site a useful resource as they study other poets, but mature subject matter is included in some of these poems.

• Keeshig-Tobias Speaks on Appropriation of Voice
  This article by Kenneth Williams from Windspeaker addresses the issue of appropriation of voice and refers to Keeshig-Tobias' opinion on the subject. Encourage students to read this article and discuss the issues it raises.

• Allen Sapp—Artist
  By visiting this site for the Allen Sapp Gallery, students can find out more about the artist who created the image Boys Playing Football on page 176 of the anthology.
  They can also view other images by the artist. Ask students to choose an alternate image to accompany the poem "I Grew Up."

• Joni Mitchell 1
  This is Mitchell's official homepage and includes a wealth of information on the artist, including some of her paintings. Note that this site does contain some commercial material and links to more commercial sites and chat rooms as well.
• Joni Mitchell 2
  Students can read some background information on Mitchell on this page, as well as reading about one concert.

• Marilyn Cay
  This site includes a photo, awards won, a list of titles, and some other information on Cay. Encourage students to develop a bio for Cay based on the information on this site.
  • Students interested in her work might read other books by Cay, or contact the poet with a list of questions about her work in general or "Pride" specifically since she does indicate her willingness to answer student questions.

• Valerio Magrelli
  To read another poem by Magrelli, students can choose "Italy" when told to pick a country below. This will bring them to Magrelli's poem "Packer."
  • Read students the brief biography for Magrelli on page 253 of the Anthology and discuss how the poem "Packer" reveals some of Magrelli's concerns.
  • While there are many sites for Magrelli on the Internet the majority are in Italian. You might ask an Italian speaker to help find an appropriate site for the class and translate some information on this poet.

• Elizabeth Brewster
  This site includes a brief biography on the poet as well as other information about awards and books.

• Margaret Avison 1
  Students can read the information included on this Web page about Avison and discuss what it reveals about the poet.
• Margaret Avison 2
  This page and its links are part of a much larger Web site created by the University of Toronto English Library. It provides information on many Canadian poets (see Crozier above for example).
  • Encourage students to explore the links from this page for Margaret Avison, reading her biography and examples of her poetry. Discuss Avison's writing philosophy as a class.
  • Students can choose one poem (for example, "From Now-On" or "A Seed of History") from this site that they think would also work in the thematic cluster "The Carousel of Time." Discuss students' choices.

• Proverbs
  Students can visit this Web site to read a wide variety of proverbs. They can compare the mis-spoken proverbs in the poem with the correct ones on this site.

• Stanley Kunitz
  On this Web site created by the Academy of American Poets, students can read about Kunitz, as well as reading or listening to poems, or reading an interview with the poet. Note that some of the poetry deals with mature subject matter. Encourage students to check out other links for Kunitz provided on this page.
• Stanley Kunitz Poet Laureate
  Students can read—on this CNN site—about Kunitz and how he became 10th poet laureate in the United States at the age of 95.
• Kunitz
  Students can read more about Kunitz at this publisher's site, as well as connecting to an excerpt from his book of collected poems. Note that some of the poetry deals with mature subject matter. Discuss the style and content of Kunitz's poetry, and why he might have been named poet laureate.

• Amiri Baraka
  This site provides a wealth of information on Baraka for students to explore. Encourage students to click on "Online Poems" to read other poems by this Beat poet.
  • The information included here on Baraka is part of the larger Modern American Poetry site and is a good site to use as students explore other American poets. For example, the link for Millay below is also part of this site.
• Baraka
  This site also provides information on the poet. Students can compare the design and layout of these two sites, and decide which they prefer. Why? What is the audience and purpose of each site?

• E. E. Cummings 1
  Students can visit this site to read a biography for Cummings or some of his poems—some include mature language or subject matter; you may want to print out appropriate poems for students to read. Discuss some of the recurring issues and themes in the Cummings poems students have read. Note that on this site commercial ads and banners do flash up.
  • Interested students can read more about Cummings, including other poems, and develop an independent study unit on this poet.
• E. E. Cummings 2
  Encourage students to explore the various information and links on this Web site. Students can read or listen to some of the poems on this site and choose one that they might include in the thematic cluster "Since Feeling Is First."
  • A link is provided to a Cummings gallery at the bottom of this page and students may find Cummings' paintings particularly interesting. However, note that some nudes are included in this online gallery. If they are viewing the paintings, students should also read some of the information included with this link under the heading "Prospectus."
  • Students can choose one of Cummings paintings that they think works with the poem "Since Feeling Is First." You might discuss as a class how both Joni Mitchell and Cummings express themselves using both words and paint. Ask: Is a good poem just a painting with words? Is a good painting just a poem with colour and texture?
• Not "e.e. cummings"
  An interesting article about how this poet's name came to be decapitalized.

• Edna St. Vincent Millay
  Students can read about Millay on this page, and access her poems, as well as other related links.
• Millay
  There is a wealth of information on Millay and her time on this Modern American Poetry site, as well as information on the sonnet form, and critical essays of her work. Encourage students to explore at least two links from this site. Discuss what they discover about the poet.
• Millay's Poems
  Students can read other poems by Millay on this site. Invite groups of students to read and discuss at least three poems. You might provide each group with a different focus—themes, symbols, imagery, style, et cetera—and then have the groups meet to discuss what they discover.

• Shakespeare Online
  This is a terrific resource for Shakespeare, but does include banner and pop-up ads. On the plus side however, it also includes the text of sonnets, poems, and plays; plots, histories, and character analysis; essays and essay topics; a biography, faqs, information on scholars, quizzes, a glossary, and much more. As well as interesting features and organization—new this week, hot picks, or favorite sections.
  • Students can use this site to find out more about the poet, or as the starting point for an independent study unit on Shakespeare.
  • Challenge small groups to search Shakespeare's online plays for a verse that has a similar theme to that expressed in "Sonnet CXVI."

• Ford Madox Brown1
  On this site students can find out about the painter of the image on page 193 of the Anthology. They can also view other paintings by Brown.
• Ford Madox Brown 2
  This is the Tate Gallery site, and includes many sketches and paintings by Brown. Invite students to choose one other image that they think would also work within the thematic cluster "Since Feeling Is First."

• Selected Poetry—Robert Browning
  Students can read other poems by Browning at this site. Ask students to read at least three poems and discuss their themes and symbols in small groups.
  • Provide students with the poem "My Last Duchess" and ask them to write a short essay, comparing it to "Meeting at Night."
• About Robert Browning
  Students can find out about the poet at this site, as well as reading some of his poetry. They can use the links provided to investigate the poet, his techniques (pathetic fallacy, dramatic monologue, and the grotesque), and his time more thoroughly.

• Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Robert Browning
  This is an interesting (but personal) Web site that looks at this famous poetic couple. There are a rich number of resources to connect to through this site, including a love letter from Robert to Elizabeth, biographies for both poets, their writings, and further links. Encourage students to read the biography of each poet and at least two more poems.
  • Interested students could find two poems (either two of Robert's, two of Elizabeth's, or one from each poet) on this site that they think make a perfect pairing.
• Elizabeth Barrett Browning
  Students can read a brief biography of Barrett Browning on this site, as well as reading other poems by the poet.
• Toi Derricotte
  At this site, students can find out more about the poet, Toi Derricotte, quoted on page 196 of the Anthology. They can also read or listen to examples of her poetry. After reading about Derricotte, students can discuss the quotation: "Poetry asks people to have values, form opinions, care about some other part of experience besides making money and being successful on the job." How do students think Derricotte's experiences have helped her to form her opinion of poetry?

• Christopher Marlowe
  Students can navigate through the links on this Web site to find out more about Marlowe, and read more of his work. Discuss the context in which Marlowe wrote, and encourage students to use Internet resources to increase their understanding of that context.
• Christopher Marlowe 2
  This Web site provides links to five other sites about Marlowe and his work. It also contains a short biography, as well as a list of questions designed to assist students in studying poetry. Discuss the context in which Marlowe wrote, and encourage students to use Internet resources to increase their understanding of that context.

• Sir Walter Raleigh
  Students can navigate through the links on this Web site (set up similarly to previous one as they are both part of a larger site called Sixteenth Century Renaissance English Literature) to find out more about Raleigh and read more of his work. Encourage students to read some of the critical essays on "The Passionate Shepherd" and "The Nymph's Reply." These articles can be found by clicking on "Essays and Articles" in either of these Web sites.
  • Challenge interested students to read about one other Renaissance writer—by clicking on the "Back" button they will be able to reach a list of these authors, as well as an introduction and overview of the Sixteenth Century.
• Sir Walter Raleigh 2
  Students can navigate through the links on this Web site to find out more about Raleigh and read more of his work. Read to students from "The Poetry Contest," which describes how Raleigh, Marlowe, and John Donne played a game of poetry. Challenge students to respond with a take-off of each other's poetry for their own "contest."
• Lucille Clifton 1
  This Web site provides students with more information and work by the poet, Lucille Clifton, quoted on page 199 of the Anthology. Encourage students to read at least three of her poems, and then explain what they think her quotation in the Anthology means.
• Lucille Clifton 2
  Students can also check out this Web site and its links to find out more about Clifton, or to read or hear some of her poems being read.

• Margaret Atwood
  This Web site provides various interesting links for Atwood, including a biography, bibliography, philosophy, and other works. Discuss what students think of Atwood as an icon of Canadian literature. Did reading "Variations on the Word Love " change their opinion of her?
• Atwood on Being a Woman Writer
  You might want to read to students parts of this amusing and astringent article from Saturday Night Magazine , for example, parts III and IV. Note, some subject matter is mature; we do not recommend printing out the article for students to read, or directing them to this site.
  • Provide students with a context for Atwood's comments (she's speaking of being a woman writer in the sixties in parts III and IV) and discuss.
  • After reading parts of this article, return as a class to the discussion of Atwood's poem "Variations on the Word Love ." Ask: How has this article affected your appreciation or understanding of the poem?
• Atwood on Poetry
  Students can read this Atwood article about writing poetry and being a poet. Discuss its ideas and arguments as a class.

• Roy Lichtenstein
  This is a terrific, well-crafted Web site for artist Roy Lichtenstein, whose work appears on page 201 of the Anthology. Note that some nude images are included in his works. Bookmark appropriate images for students to view on this site, and encourage them to read his chronology. After examining several of Lichtenstein's images, discuss the artist's style.

• Phyllis Gotlieb 1
  This Web site, part of a larger Web site on The Homepage for Canadian Science Fiction, provides students with a wealth of information on Gotlieb, including reviews of her work, as a science fiction writer.
• Phyllis Gotlieb 2
  Students can skim this interview with Gotlieb for her comments on writing poetry. Discuss as a class.

• Matthew Arnold
  On this Web site students can read about Arnold, as well as reading other works by him, and finding out about the time in which he was writing. Encourage students to explore one link for Arnold from this site: Suggested Reading, Timeline, Selected Works, et cetera. They can then discuss what they learn about the poet.
  • This site provides links to other writers that students can reach by clicking on "Back to Victorian Poets" or "Back to Library Main Index."

• Mari Evans
  Students can read a short biography for Evans on this personal Web site, read the essay on the poem "When in Rome" and then click on the link at the top of the page to read the poem
• Art for "If There Be Sorrow"
  Encourage students to visit this personal Web site and view the second photo, which has been chosen to accompany Evans' poem. Discuss the appropriateness of this choice.

• Emily Dickinson 1
  This is a rich Web site with information on Dickinson, and links to many of her poems. Ask students to choose one other poem they would have used in the thematic cluster "Grief of Mind." Discuss students' choices.
  • Interested students can check out other links from this page to articles about Dickinson and other materials.
• Emily Dickinson 2
  This is a complex and comprehensive Web site, part of the History Net Web site, with many links. Encourage students to read the introductory article and explore several of the links. Note that pop-up ads do appear when navigating through this site.
• Emily Dickinson 3
  This site includes a very detailed biography and criticisms of Dickinson's work. After students have read the information on this site, reopen the discussion of Dickinson's poem "The Chariot."
  • Students can compare these sites and their information, and then write a Dickinson biography.
  • After reading several poems by Dickinson and articles about her, students can discuss her work, themes, style, and techniques.

• Dylan Thomas
  Students can read this comprehensive biography for Thomas. Note that banner and pop-up ads do appear when linking to this site.
• Dylan Thomas 2
  Students can read more on Thomas, as well as reading other poems, or listening to a rendition of "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night." Ask students to compare Thomas' "A Refusal to Mourn the Death, by Fire, of a Child in London" with his "Do Not Go Gentle."
• A Child's Christmas in Wales
  Students can read this famous anecdote by Thomas, the text of which appears on this Web page, and discuss the poet's use of language.

• Kathleen Raine
  Students can find the text of some poems by Raine on this site. Encourage them to read at least one other poem by Raine and compare it to "The World."

• Max Ferguson
  On Ferguson's Web site, students can view other images by this artist whose work appears on page 212 of the Anthology, as well as reading about him and his work. Discuss the artist's realistic style, and its effect on the viewer.

• Robert Frost 1
  This site includes information about Frost, some of his poetry, a career profile, and criticisms. There is a short critical essay on the poem "Acquainted With the Night" that students can read. Invite students to explore this site and discuss the poet's life and work.
• Robert Frost 2
  This is a site developed by the Friends of Robert Frost and includes some interesting information. It is a good site for students to explore or mimic as they develop a site for a favourite author or other personality. Encourage interested students to use the "Robert Frost Tutorial" link to get answers to any questions they have about the poet.

• Edward de Vere
  Students can link to articles about de Vere, and some of his work through this site. Students might at this time complete a report on the Renaissance authors they have been introduced to in this unit. Or they might compare the life and work of two of these authors.
  • Interested students will find plentiful material on the Internet concerning the possibility of de Vere as Shakespeare. Have them find and read articles both for and against this theory.

• Robert Pinsky
  On this Web site, students can read about the author and read some of his poems. Encourage students to choose one of his poems that they think has a strong image or that uses language effectively. They can share this poem with the class.
  • Students can use the link at the bottom of this Web page to connect to information on Pinsky's The Favorite Poem Project—started when he was poet laureate. Discuss how students might get involved in this project, or start something similar.
• Pinsky Interview
  Students can read an interview with Pinsky at this site. Discuss what Pinsky says about writing poetry and the popularity of poems.

• Linda Pastan 1
  This Web site provides a biography of the poet, plus examples of her work. Read students "Meditation by the Stove," "The Cossacks," or "Prosody 101" (links provided to these poems at side and bottom of page) and discuss this poet's use of language and imagery.
  • Discuss how reading several poems by one poet can help students develop a greater understanding and appreciation for that poet. Ask: If you like a particular poem, do you search out other poems by that poet? Why or why not? Provide time for students to share their favourite poets and poems throughout this unit.
• Linda Pastan 2
  This Web page includes some information on Pastan and an interesting quotation about her work. Discuss this quotation and whether students think it applies to "The Five Stages of Grief."

• Lampman
  On this Canadian Poetry Archive site students can read about Lampman and his work, and then link to articles about his contemporaries. Discuss the time in which Lampman was writing, and his contribution to Canadian literature.
  • Discuss the life Lampman lived, and then reopen a discussion of his poem "The Largest Life." Ask: How has your understanding or interpretation of Lampman's poem changed now that you know more about him?
• Lampman Criticism
  This Web site provides a brief biography and bibliography for the poet, as well as access to several critical articles about his work. Encourage students to read at least one article about the poet, and discuss what this reveals about his work.
• Lampman's Poetry
  On this Web site students can link to other poems by Lampman. Ask students to read at least three of his poems. Discuss the poet's style.
  • Challenge students to choose one Lampman poem they like and pair it with a contemporary poem or song. Discuss their pairings.

• Poet's Life
  On this Web page, students can read about Wordsworth' life. Assign the reading of the four sections to small groups—each group reading a different section. Then discuss the whole article as a class. Ask each group: What fact did you find most interesting?
  Students can then investigate the other parts of this site.
• Wordsworth
  This Web site provides an image of the poet, a list of works, as well as links to information about him.
• The Works of William Wordsworth
  This is a valuable Web site with links to all of Wordsworth's poetry, as well as a bibliographic note. However, the page does include banner ads, so you may want to print off poems for students to enjoy. Suggest that students read three other poems by Wordsworth, for example: "Written While Sailing in a Boat at Evening," "She Dwelt Among the Untrodden Ways," and "The Fountain: A Conversation." They can then compare these poems to "The World Is Too Much With Us" in a small group discussion, focussing on format, mood, and theme.
  • Note that students can link to notes providing contextual information for some of the poems by clicking on titles. Encourage them to do so.
• Lyrical Ballads
  Students can read poetry by Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge by visiting this site. Discuss the format of these poems and the history and contextual setting of these two poets. You might want students to investigate the Romantic Poets further.

• Oliver Wendell Holmes
  Students can visit this site to find out more about the person quoted on page 221.
• Poems by Oliver Wendell Holmes
  Students can visit this site to read other works by this poet.

• Ogden Nash
  Students can visit this Web page to read the poet's biography. Discuss his life and work and the truth of the following quotation: "A gentle satirist, Nash poked fun at human shortcomings without pessimism." Ask: How does this quotation illuminate the poem "Kindly Unhitch That Star, Buddy"?
• Nash's Poetry
  Students can read other poems by Nash by linking to this site. After reading at least five poems, students can discuss Nash's poetry in small groups, focussing on format, use of language, tone, and themes. Good poems for students to read include "More About People," "Common Cold," "Just Keep Quiet and Nobody Will Notice," "Children's Party," "Old Men," "Possessions Are Nine Points of Conversation," and "The Terrible People."
• A Nash Teacher Resource File
  Check out this Web site for Ogden Nash resources you can use—includes lesson plans (some for younger students, some for older—both will need adaptation), literary criticism, poems, and more.
• Nash Quotations
  Invite students to read and discuss some of the Nash quotations on this Web site. They can choose their favourite one to use to create a poster or banner.
  • Interested students could check out quotations by other authors or personalities on this site.

• Marge Piercy's Web Site
  Students can find out about the poet and her works by visiting this Web site and clicking on various links. Ask them to read the New York Times article "A Life of Prose and Poetry," which can be reached by clicking on a button with that title.
• Piercy's Poems
  Students can read other poems by Piercy by visiting this Web site. It also includes links to biographical and bibliographical information on the poet, as well as a photo. Note that some of the poets use mature language. You may want to preview several poems and print out one or two that are suitable for your students, for example "The Toad," "For the young who want to," or "Traveling Dream."

• Paul Simon Official Site
  Students can visit this Web site to find out more about the singer/songwriter and his work, read or listen to some of his songs, view images and videos, and find out about recent news. To do so, they will need to scroll their cursor across the navigation button at the top of the screen, different options will appear at right, and then they just have to click when they see the option they want. Invite students to read and discuss three other songs by Simon from various periods in his career.
  Note: as with many published lyrics, the printed songs on this site include some typos and grammatical errors that were probably not intentional and do not reflect actual wording in the recording of the song.
• Interview With Simon
  This Web page provides an interesting interview with Paul Simon. However, note that the text in translating punctuation—apostrophes and dashes mainly—may produce other marks. If this happens on the version you are looking at, you may want to cut and paste the article to another file, and correct these mistakes, then print the article for students to read.
  • Ask students to read to the end of the interview and then discuss what Simon says about celebrity and philanthropy.
• Everything…I Learned from Paul Simon
  Encourage students to check out this clever, personal Web site. The creator of this site uses quotations from Simon's songs to explore what Simon has taught him about various issues/topics: love, politics, life. Students can model the site to develop a similar one using quotations from their favourite songwriter, poet, or novelist.
• Simon Discography
  This persona Web site includes a condensed discography for Paul Simon, as well as links that connect to more information. Ask students to check out one decade of this artist's life.
• Simon FAQs
  This is an interesting Web site, that answers questions about Simon, Simon and Garfunkel, and their/his songs. Ask students to read the response to at least five questions.

• Giovanni 1
  Students can investigate the links on this site to find out more about this poet. They can read her biography, bibliography, on-line interviews, and some articles about issues that concern Giovanni. They can also listen/view her readings of a few poems.
• Giovanni 2
  This site provides a short biography and other links, some of which include other poems by the author. Encourage students to investigate this poet further.

• Merriam Bio
  Students can find out about Eve Merriam on this Web page, as well as connecting with other sites, including ones with other examples of her work.
• How Can You Become a Poet
  Students can read this poem and discuss what Merriam is trying to say about being a poet. They can read other poems about poetry (here called metapoems ) by clicking on the link at the bottom of this page.

• Brautigan
  This Web page provides a brief biography and links to other sites related to Brautigann (famous "beatnik" author of Trout Fishing in America ) and the time in which he lived. Note that the site does include a link to a discussion board—discuss school policy on using these.
• Brautigan's Poetry
  Students can read an article on this writer as well as some of his poems. Includes a comment on the poem in the Student Anthology. You may want to review these poems to make sure they are suitable for your students since some do use mature language.
• Brautigan Pages
  This rich resource links to many Brautigan-related Web sites: biographies, photos, interviews, articles, works by the author, and much more. Note that some content may not be suitable for your students; also, this is a commercial site and includes banner ads. Rather than directing them to this site, you may want to print out relevant material they can use to find out more about this Beat Generation author and the time in which he lived.
• More Brautigan
  More links to poems, writing, and information by or on Brautigan can be found by going directly to this Web page, part of the Web site above. Note, the same points apply, it is a commercial site, and some content is mature.
• Carl Sandburg 1
  Students can investigate this Web site for more information on Sandburg—quoted on page 230 of the Anthology.
• Carl Sandburg 2
  This is also a good Sandburg site. You might ask students to compare the information on and design of both these sites.

• Whitman 1
  Direct students to this comprehensive Whitman Web site, including photos, criticism, bibliography, archives, notebooks, and much more. Encourage students to read some of Whitman's poetry or prose and then any criticism about the work they have chosen. (They may find it easier to locate a piece of criticism, then the work by Whitman.)
• Whitman 2
  This site provides a biography as well as links to poems by Whitman and other information about Whitman. Ask students to read the biography and then choose three poems to read. They can then write a short paper on the poet and his poems.

• Waddington 1 , Waddington 2
  The above Web sites provide some information on Waddington and her work.

• Major 1
  Students can browse this Web site for information on Major and his writings.
• Major 2
  Students can read about Major at this Web site, which includes a brief biography and reviews of some of his work.

• Wayman
  Ask students to investigate this Web site to find out more about Wayman. They can read more of his poetry and discuss his subject matter.

• Livesay
  Students can read the information on Livesay on this Web page and discuss her life and work. After reading several other works by Livesay, they can discuss whether they think she is an important Canadian literary figure.
• Livesay Bio and Work
  Students can read an excerpt here from Livesay's poetry collection The Self-Completing Tree . Encourage them to read and discuss at least two of the poems. They can also read another biography for her, perhaps comparing the tone and language in this biographical note with the one above.
  • Challenge students to investigate other parts of the Beach Holme Publishing Web site. Discuss how this Web site for a publisher who is promoting a poet, differs from others they have looked at for poets. Students might enjoy reading other excerpts for Canadian poetry books by this publisher (you may want to check that content is suitable first.)
• Livesay Criticism 1
  Students can read a short paper, by Pamela Banting, on Livesay at this Web page. Discuss as a class. You might want to suggest students use this paper as a model for their own critical work on a poet.
• Livesay Criticism 2
  This Web page offers another paper, by Lorraine M. York, on Livesay.
• Livesay Bibliography
  Students can visit this Web page to find out what Livesay has written. Challenge them to find other works by Livesay and read them.

• Crash Test Dummies
  Students can visit the Crash Test Dummies official Web site to find out more about this Canadian band and lead singer and songwriter Brad Roberts. Invite students to check out the FAQ's section, or the Poetry section to read other poems by Roberts. Note that this is a commercial site with some advertising for the band and links to more commercial sites. As well, some of the language in the poetry section is mature.
  • Challenge students to write a report, comparing this band's Web site to another band that they enjoy.

• Bob Elsdale
  Students can visit the Home page of photographer Bob Elsdale to find out more about him. Encourage them to compare one other photo on his site with the photo on page 239 of the Anthology.
  At the time this site was added to this list, all photos on the site were suitable. However, as with all sites for visual artists, you might want preview the site to make sure its content is appropriate for your students.

• T.S. Eliot
  Students can read a short biographical note for this poet on this site, as well as listen to a poem, and link to other related-sites.
  • As a class, listen to a conversation about the poem, "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock," by clicking on the last link (at the time of writing) at the bottom of this page, the button labelled "T.S. Eliot."
• Eliot's Poems
  Students can visit this site to read about Eliot, as well as reading other poems by him.
  • Ask them to read three other poems by Eliot, using the links through the line numbers to read notes on the poems. They can then discuss these poems in small groups, focussing on structure, language, and themes.
• Eliot in the Classroom
  You might find this Web site a useful resource for teaching T. S. Eliot.

• Shapiro
  Students can find out more about this poet by visiting this Web site and exploring its links. Encourage them to click on the link labelled "Commentary" and discuss its quotations.
• In Memory of Shapiro
  Ask students to investigate this Web site dedicated to Shapiro. Discuss using a Web site as a tribute to someone respected or loved.

• See above links for Atwood.

• Cogswell's Poems
  Students can read other poems by Cogswell at this site, which includes a short biographical note. You may want to preview the poems, and choose three appropriate poems for students to read. Note that it is a commercial site—part of his publisher's site.
  • Ask students, after reading several of Cogswell's poems, to group them into a theme from the Anthololgy—such as Overwhelming Questions, or The Good Life. Or they could develop their own universal theme for grouping poems by this and other poets.

• Trainer Lecture
  As a class, read this lecture on poets and poetry by Trainer and discuss her viewpoint.