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The library has book pages you can use for you Black Out Poetry piece.  Stop by the library to pick one out, take as many as you would like.

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BLACKOUT POETRY April is National Poetry Month

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Record yourself reading a poem (original or someone else's). Send the file to the library and we will display it.

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David Barber is poetry editor of The Atlantic, where he has been a staff editor since 1994. Barber has taught writing and literature at Middlebury College, the Harvard Writing Program, MIT's Program in Writing and Humanistic Studies, and the Emerson College graduate writing program. He also writes on natural history, music, and art.

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Poetry Out Loud encourages the study of great poetry. The program helps students master public speaking skills, build self-confidence, and learn about literary history and contemporary life.

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Learn about poetry in general and specific forms.  Then create!
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Create a poem with set words. 5 themes to choose from.
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Our Story

Dave Kapell, founder of Magnetic Poetry, was suffering from writer's block while trying to compose song lyrics. To overcome this problem, he wrote down interesting words on pieces of paper and rearranged them, looking for inspiration. What he hadn't figured into this experiment was his allergies. One good sneeze and any progress was sent flying across the room. Dave decided to glue the words to pieces of magnets and stick them to a pizza tin. Then he got hungry and the now magnetized words made their way to the refrigerator door. Before too long, Dave wasn't the only one rearranging his would-be song lyrics. When friends came over, Dave noticed they started to move the magnets around, amusing themselves by writing the first magnetic poems.

After seeing his friends having fun, Dave thought he might be able to sell his word kits at a local craft fair. He made up 100 kits and set up shop at Calhoun Square, a mall in the Uptown area of Minneapolis. All 100 kits were gone after 3 hours. That night, he recruited as many friends as pizza and beer could draw and made up more kits--all of which sold as rapidly the next day.

From these beginnings, Magnetic Poetry® has now sold over three million word kits, over one billion word tiles--growing from the Original Kit to a kid's line of kits, to foreign language kits, to over 100 Themed kits.

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Create poems with our classic Magnetic Poetry online game! Or create poems with our new Magnetic Poetry online game!

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Fill in the fields for different types of poems and see what you get! If you like it, share it with the library and we will display it.

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Poem Generator: Create 20+ Different Types of Poems

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Enter words into the form and generate your own sad, humorous, or romantic poem easily and quickly. It's simple and free!

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Fill in the fields for different types of poems and see what you get!
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Automatically generate imaginative poetry using your own ideas. Select from a variety of structures and we’ll do the rhyming, syllable counting and imagery for you.

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Many poetic forms where you input your content and it formats into the poem.
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48 online poetry writing templates for every grade. The site has step by step directions for each poem, examples for each type and then has the student follow prompts to make writing a poem a breeze.