Poetry

__**Poetry Sites Searchable by Theme:**__

Poets.org, from the Academy of American Poets including "Poems for every Occasion" and Biographies []

Poets' Corner, Subject Index (including topics like Death, Friendship, Music, Protest, and School) []

The Poetry Archive, contains audio files of contemporary poets reading their own works, Poems by Theme http://www.poetryarchive.org/poetryarchive/themes.do

The Poetry Foundation, includes searchable database by Poet, Category, Occasion, Title, First Line and Glossary Term []

__**Other Poetry Sites of Interest:**__

Library of Congress Poetry Page, including Poet Laureate collections []

PBS Newshour Poetry Series, including ways to submit Teen poetry []#

Poetry 180, a poem a day for American high schools http://www.loc.gov/poetry/180/

__**Other Bios:**__

The American Museum of Beat Art (includes bios of Allen Ginsberg and William S Burroughs) http://www.beatmuseum.org/

Sandra Cisneros' Home Page http://www.sandracisneros.com/index.php

NY Times Topics : Tupac Shakur http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/reference/timestopics/people/s/tupac_shakur/index.html