Poetry 180 (http://www.loc.gov/poetry/180/) is a site that has an interesting goal. This site is part of the Library of Congress’ website, and its goal is to provide teachers with a poem a day for the 180 days of the school year. There is a list of links to 180 different poems. These vary from short to long, serious to funny, and come from an array of different authors. Each poem has the author written right next to it, and a place to click for information about what each poem was first published in. The creator of this program emphasizes that these poems are meant to be read aloud in the classroom, as a sort of starter or attention getter for each class. This site makes it easy to find poems that are appropriate for school, and makes them easily accessible to students.

I chose this site because I feel that poetry is often hard subject to teach. This site is a great resource for teachers, and it allows teacher to incorporate poetry into the everyday lives of their students. It brings poetry down to the students level, and these poems cover topics that kids can relate to. This is a site that I hope to be able to use myself in my own classroom.

One aspect that I think is lacking from this is information about each poet. If a student really connects with a poem, I think that it would be great if they could simply click the authors name and have access to more poems by the same author. This site is limited with the information that it provides.