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Working with Ms Stewart, Mr. Carlisto's students will choose a Poet Laureate for Saranac Lake Middle School!

What is a poet laureate? From Wise Geek.com: "A poet laureate is a poet recognized by a government as the official poet of a country, state or city. The term laureate is related to the laurel wreath, which would crown the head of great writers or poets. It is a symbol of Apollo, the Greek god of wisdom. Thus the title of poet laureate infers the poet is exceptionally skilled and wise.

The tradition of recognizing a poet laureate first began in England. A term prior to the reign of James I would have been “king’s poet.” This reflects earlier traditions of a poet or minstrel that might work only at the pleasure of the king and compose poems that would specifically honor the king. Having a minstrel, storyteller or poet, is much older than the monarchies of England. Any nobleman in most European countries would have had designated poets to help mark special occasions and provide entertainment."  All students are invited to add good sources you find to this wiki by e-mailing the URL (web address) to Mrs. Johns at johnssar@slcs.org = = =Some Resources from CERF//info//.com=

University of Michigan Humanities Text Initiative. __AMERICAN VERSE PROJECT__. 16 May 2001. 17 Oct 2010. <@http://www.hti.umich.edu/a/amverse/>.

Faculty of Education, Nottingham Trent University. "Birches : by Robert Frost". __The Tree Project : People and Trees : Poems and stories__. 17 Oct 2010. <@http://education.ntu.ac.uk/resources/ict_resources/Trees/people/birches.html>.

Dickinson, Emily. __EMILY DICKINSON POEMS__. 17 Oct 2010. <@http://www.bartleby.com/113/index.html >.

Poe, Edgar Allan. __Edgar Allan Poe__. 17 Oct 2010. <http://www.bartleby.com/people/Poe-Edga.html >.

PBS. "Emily Dickinson : I started Early". __Poetry Everywhere__. 17 Oct 2010. <http://www.pbs. org/wgbh/poetryeverywhere/dickinson.html >.

__Gary Soto__. 17 Oct 2010. <@http://www.garysoto.com/>.

CBBC Newsround. __Guides : Shakespeare__. 17 Oct 2010. .

Hanson, Marilee. __John Keats__. 17 Oct 2010. <@http://englishhistory.net/keats/contents.html>.

Scholastic. "My Poem". __Poetry Writing with Jack Prelutsky__. 17 Oct 2010. .

AALBC. __Nikki Giovanni__. 17 Oct 2010. <@http://aalbc.com/authors/nikki.htm>.

Roberts, Ken. "POEMS by T.S. Eliot". __T.S. Eliot (1888-1965)__. 17 Oct 2010. <@http://www.bartleby.com/199/index.html >.

__Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky__. 17 Oct 2010. <@http://www.connectlive.com/events/libraryofcongress/pinsky100898/ >.

Bartleby.com. __Poetical Works : John Keats__. 17 Oct 2010. <@http://www.bartleby.com/126/>.

S-Cool Limited. "Poetry of Ted Hughes : Biographical details". __English GCSE__. 17 Oct 2010. .

S-Cool Limited. "Poetry of Ted Hughes : Work and Play". __English GCSE__. 17 Oct 2010. <@http://www.s-cool.co.uk/topic_quicklearn.asp?loc=ql&topic_id=2&quicklearn_id=2&subject_id=19&ebt=178&ebn=&ebs=&ebl=&elc=4 >.

__Poets.org : The Academy of American Poets__. 01 Dec 1998. 17 Oct 2010. .

Wordsworth, William. __THE COMPLETE POETICAL WORKS Of WILLIAM WORDSWORTH__. 17 Oct 2010. <@http://www.bartleby.com/145/index.html>.

Kooser, Ted. __The Official Website of Poet : Ted Kooser__. 17 Oct 2010. .

Library of Congress. "The Poetry of Robert Frost". __American Treasures of the Library of__ __Congress : LITERARY ARTS__. 17 Oct 2010. <@http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/tri038.html>.

Faculty of Education, Nottingham Trent University. "The Sound of Trees : by Robert Frost". __The Tree Project : People and Trees : Poems and stories__. 17 Oct 2010. <@http://education.ntu.ac.uk/resources/ict_resources/Trees/people/sound_of_trees.html >.

Roberts, Ken. __T.S. Eliot (1888-1965)__. 11 Jan 1999. 17 Oct 2010. <@http://books.mirror.org/gb.eliot-ts.html >. Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute. __Understanding and Appreciating Poetry : Afro-Americans__ __and Their Poetry__. 17 Oct 2010. <@http://www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1987/3/87.03.04.x.html >.

PBS. __Walt Whitman's City__. 17 Oct 2010. <@http://www.pbs.org/wnet/newyork/laic/episode2/topic7/e2_topic7.html >.

Badall, Monica and Kelly Cannon. __Welcome to the Lit Café!__. 17 Oct 2010. <@http://library.thinkquest.org/17500/data/cafe.html >.

BBC. __William Wordsworth__. 17 Oct 2010. <@http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/wordsworth_william.shtml >.

The Wordsworth Trust. __William Wordswroth - Dove Cottage__. 17 Oct 2010. <@http://www.wordsworth.org.uk/history/ >.

Faculty of Education, Nottingham Trent University. "Wind in the Beechwood : by Siegfried Sassoon". __The Tree Project : People and Trees : Poems and stories__. 17 Oct 2010. .