There's a lot of excellent poetry out there in Web Land. Here are a few places that you might like to visit. If you find any good websites that Poetry Zone visitors might like - please let us know. Andrew Collett Children's Poetry Bookshelf Find Poetry. Fizzy Funny Fuzzy Damian Harvey Steven Herrick Pat Hubbell Jeff's Poems Jokes Jokes Jokes Jokes Bruce Lansky Arnott McCallum The Man in the Moon A visit to Narnia Kenn Nesbitt Kristine O'Connell George Eric Ode David Orme's Magic Nation Potty Poets (smelly and disgusting!) Potato Hill Poetry Prose-n-Poetry Publish in Italy Ted Scheu Read My Novel Andrea Shavick Shel Silverstein The Smelly Welly Tele Show Spellbound Magazine Stories From the Web Joe Thompson Celia Warren Josie Whitehead     Publish your poems in Italy! Would you like to publish your poems in Italy? Then click on this link - and go to the side button which says English. Send your poems to disegni@pesceluna.it 230 NEW POEMS FOR CHILDREN by Josie Whitehead http://www.whiteheadm.co.uk/html/josies_poetry.htm 230 online rhyming poems for children, with voice recordings and illustrations. These range from simple fun rhyming poems for children to Victorian Ballads and Petrarchan sonnets etc. There are lesson plans, articles and craft ideas for children, and as from September it will be possible to invite this poet to your classroom via Skype. The Smelly Welly Tele Show Meet Chik - read poems, puzzles, jokes - be amused, be surprised.... click here! A Visit to Narnia An interesting and fun site for all things Narnia - with your chance to cut and paste a Narnia poem. Check out www.narniapoetry.com Read My Novel - lots of interesting stuff from Canadian Writer Martha Burnett. Her children's book plus poems and lots of wiki fun. (Oh, and lots of pictures of a small cuddly dog.) http://web.mac.com/martha.burnett1 Eric Ode is an American poet building up a great following. He's now had a few poems published in anthologies in the UK and his website has some great children's verse, games to play and lots of fun stuff to do. Check it out at http://www.ericode.com The Man in the Moon. If you're 16 or under send your poems to this excellent new site. There's an interview with the wonderful Gerard Benson as well as tips for writing poems, info for teachers and parents and lots more besides. http://www.maninthemoon.co.uk Spend some time with Australia's children's poet Steven Herrick - definitely the only Australian poet I know who supports Brighton and Hove Albion football team. Some excellent poems. http://www.acay.com.au/~sherrick The Magic Nation is great fun. This site for children's poetry features some great David Orme poems as well as the world's first Choose Your Own Adventure Poem. You can submit poems here, too. http://www.magic-nation.com Shel Silverstein is one of my favourite poets although he's not that well known in the UK. For information about Shel Silverstein's life and amazing work - this is an excellent site. http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/silverstein.htm www.poetryguy.com This site features Ted Scheu (rhymes with shy) - that poetry guy! A lively site with lots of Ted's whacky verse plus a monthly poetry competition for younger kids. www.gigglepoetry.com Poetry and interviews with poets plus How to write poems and poetry competition for kids up to grade 12. A lively site featuring children's poet Bruce Lansky. www.poetry4kids.com Kenn Nesbitt comes from Spokane, Washington and writes zany poetry for kids of all ages. His site contains some very funny poems and is well worth a visit. A nice site from children's poet and author, Kristine O'Connell George, with thoughtful and fun poems, ideas for writing, stuff for teachers and some good poetry links. Some excellent poems for younger visitors, too. http://www.kristinegeorge.com Andrea's Shavick's Website. Andrea features in The Poetry Zone Interview section but you can find out more about her on her own website - as well as read more of her great poems. http://www.shavick.com/ Potato Hill Poetry - An interesting site to learn more about poetry (for kids and teachers), and a place to get your poems published. http://www.potatohill.com Jeff's Poems for Kids has lots of very funny poems by, believe it or not, Jeff. Good for a laugh or several dozen Don't build an ant farm in a paper sack Let dogs lick you, but don't lick them back Your pants won't fall down if your belt is tight Never try to kiss your goldfish goodnight. http://garnet.acns.fsu.edu/~jmondak/ JOKES JOKES JOKES OJKES OKJES OKEJS OESKJ OKES TWO GREAT SITES!!! Emma's Joke Site What did the fish say when it hit the wall? Dam!!! Pay a visit and have a laugh! www.shavick.biz The Joke Zone is by one of our regular readers. It's a site full of jokes - and it needs more. Lots more!!! So if you have any jokes - visit it right away and join in the fun. www.wackyjokezone.co.uk Pat Hubbell is an American children's poet. Her newest book is CITY KIDS, a collection of very short poems about kids in the city, published by Marshall Cavendish. Pat's new book, BLACK EARTH, GOLD SUN, a collection of poems about plants and gardening, will be out very soon. Visit her lively site at - www.kidspoet.com Imaginesongs is the site of talented children's poet Joe Thompson. It includes original humorous poetry, songs, writing oriented games such as a magnetic word wall and madlibs, as well scripts for skits and fables. Definitely worth a visit. www.imaginesongs.com Find Poetry features many more children's poetry sites, rated by visitors. An excellent source of more places to visit. The Potty Poets website features books by The King's England Press. They specialise in all things yucky, smelly and generally disgusting. These books are all bestsellers in the UK. If you want to find out more about Andrew Collett's Electric Knickers or why VIKINGS DON'T WEAR PANTS then this is the site for you. www.pottypoets.com Spellbound Magazine is a fantasy magazine for kids ages 9 to 13. Each issue is filled with poems, fiction, articles about the "featured creature," recipes, brain teasers and fun facts. There's also lots of information for aspiring writers. If you like fantasy - visit this site. www.eggplant-productions.com/journal/ Fizzy Funny Fuzzy Poetry is a lovely colourful site for our younger poets. Lots of funny poems, too. Go to www.fizzyfunnyfuzzy.com Andrew Collett Take a look at Andrew's new site. There are lots of very nice poems for nice, neat, tidy, well-behaved and quiet children. But there are even more nasty, horrid, disgusting poems for everyone else. Andrew was one of the Poetry Zone's first guest poets - and he's one of the funniest, too. Visit his great site today! Go to www.poetry39.freeserve.co.uk Celia Warren A cool jazzy site with contributions from children as well as lots of poems and information about one of our favourite poets www.celiawarren.co.uk Damian Harvey Find out more about children's writer and poet Damian Harvey. Get to know him before he becomes incredibly famous. Then you can say - I knew him before he was incredibly famous. www.damianharvey.com Stories From the Web. A fun-packed site. Stories, poems and competitions. Also an interview with JK Rowling and an interview with Jacqueline Wilson. Check it out. www.storiesfromtheweb.org Prose-n-Poetry Prose, poetry, writing contests and more. A community of poets and friends. You can post poems, stories, recipes, and books. Give and receive helpful comments. Enter and create contests. Over 15,000 stories, poems and recipes. www.prose-n-poetry.com I 'm Not a Brat! Arnot McCallum is one of Canada's best-loved kids' poets. Check this out. Here's a sample - Penelope My Kangaroo Penelope Has turned into a grouch. I think her baby Joshua Eats crackers in her pouch. http://www.notabrat.com/ Children's Poetry Bookshelf. An excellent site. Lots of fun things to do, the latest news about poetry books - and another great place to send your poems. Visit it at once. http://www.childrenspoetrybookshelf.co.uk/ Many thanks to Nicole Anne Braganza for her help in compiling these sites Back to the top of the page, pleeeeeeeezzzz!