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Poetry
Pittsburgh and Web Resources
Whether you want to find information about a poet, listen to or read poetry online (or on your iphone), or get involved in Pittsburgh poetry events, you'll find links to those here.
Whether you want to find information about a poet, listen to or read poetry online (or on your iphone), or get involved in Pittsburgh poetry events, you'll find links to those here.
3 Poems by... Poetry Discussion Group
A monthly get together to discuss three poems by a selected poet or about a selected topic.
A monthly get together to discuss three poems by a selected poet or about a selected topic.
The Pleasure of Poetry
Selected volumes designed to captivate your soul and senses.
Selected volumes designed to captivate your soul and senses.
Poems for All Ages
Poetry permeates our lives. Rhythm and rhyme are found in songs, advertising jingles and LOTS of children's books. From bouncy picture books to realistic novels in verse to poems you can perform at the top of your lungs, these titles offer new ways to see and celebrate the world around us.
Poetry permeates our lives. Rhythm and rhyme are found in songs, advertising jingles and LOTS of children's books. From bouncy picture books to realistic novels in verse to poems you can perform at the top of your lungs, these titles offer new ways to see and celebrate the world around us.
Listening to Poetry: Putting Tunes to Poetry
Composers have been inspired by poetry for thousands of years. Some take a poem and add melody; some take a melody and add a poem. Then, a singer takes the song and brings it to life.
Composers have been inspired by poetry for thousands of years. Some take a poem and add melody; some take a melody and add a poem. Then, a singer takes the song and brings it to life.
Listening to Poetry: No Music, Just Poetry
For those who just want to listen to the poetry itself, we’ve included another icy tip of the iceberg. If you enjoy these, there’s much more at the Library.
For those who just want to listen to the poetry itself, we’ve included another icy tip of the iceberg. If you enjoy these, there’s much more at the Library.
Poets in Novels
Live the creative life through these novels featuring poets both real and imagined.
Live the creative life through these novels featuring poets both real and imagined.
Novels in Verse for Teens
Enjoy poetry and fiction? Try a novel in verse. These authors use the freedom of verse form to express themselves and their stories.
Enjoy poetry and fiction? Try a novel in verse. These authors use the freedom of verse form to express themselves and their stories.
Poetry for Teens
Teens can feel the power of poems down through their bones, making them feel like they're home, sweet home.
Teens can feel the power of poems down through their bones, making them feel like they're home, sweet home.
Poetry on Poverty
Poets render the hardships and beauty of poor and working class life into a variety of powerful styles.
Poets render the hardships and beauty of poor and working class life into a variety of powerful styles.
Twenty-Five Books of Poetry for National Poetry Month
"This list consists of the books I would want to have if the entire world of books were reduced to 25."
-- Librarian Don Wentworth
"This list consists of the books I would want to have if the entire world of books were reduced to 25."
-- Librarian Don Wentworth
Watch Poetry! Poets and Poems on DVD
Feature films with poets as protagonists and documentaries about poets and poetry.
Feature films with poets as protagonists and documentaries about poets and poetry.
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