Thursday, May 14, 2015

Poets on the unseen poetry list



The second part of the English literature GCSE exam this year requires students to repond to an unseen poem.  The unseen poet will come from the list below.  A student was revising for the exam in the library this week when we realised that we did not have an anthology or collection on the list and in response to this I decided to make a list of poetry by the named poets which is available for free online.  A large number of the poems (along with poet biographies) are on through Poetry Foundation which is available as a free app.

It is not a comprehensive list but will give students an overview of the poet's work.

PoetResourceURL
The following is a list of poets who are on the list of unseen poets for GCSE. Many poems are available on Poetry Foundation website which is also avaialble as a free app for Android & Apple devices.
William BlakePoetry Foundation (37 poems)http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/william-blake#about
John KeatsPoetry Foundation (32 poems)http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/john-keats#about
Thomas HardyPoetry Foundation (37 poems)http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/thomas-hardy#about
Christina RossettiPoetry Foundation (42 poems)http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/christina-rossetti#about
W.H. AudenPoetry Foundation (8 poems)http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/w-h-auden#about
Robert FrostPoetry Foundation (45 poems)http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/robert-frost#about
Wilfred OwenPoetry Foundation (14 poems)http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/wilfred-owen#about
Dorothy ParkerPoetry Foundation (5 poems)http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/dorothy-parker#about
Maya AngelouPoetry Foundation (8 poems)http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/maya-angelou#about
American Poets.org (2 poems)http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poems/45519
Wendy CopePoetry Foundation (3 poems)http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/wendy-cope#about
Tony Harrison
Jo ShapcottPoetry Foundation (1 poem)http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/jo-shapcott#about
Jo Shapcott official websitehttp://joshapcott.com/
Poetry by heart websitehttp://www.poetrybyheart.org.uk/poems/phrasebook/
Guardian website: Procedurehttp://www.theguardian.com/books/2010/aug/01/kate-kellaway-poetry-book-of-the-month
Owen SheerStammerer on Screehttp://9poems.blogspot.co.uk/p/9-poems-for-group-meetup-on-28th-july.html
Poetry by heart websitehttp://www.poetrybyheart.org.uk/poems/mametz-wood/
Brian PattenBrian Patten's website (25 poems)http://www.brianpatten.co.uk/poetry.html
Sophie HannahFrom her official website (there's links to several of her poems here)http://www.sophiehannah.com/13-2/27-2/
Pessimism for Beginnershttp://www.sophiehannah.com/13-2/27-2/pessimism-for-beginners-example/
First of the last chanceshttp://www.sophiehannah.com/13-2/first-of-the-last-chances/the-first-of-last-chances-example/

Friday, May 8, 2015

Carnegie Book Awards 2015: Book of the Week

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