The BDL Poetry Library

The Poetry Library

Read, speak, and recommend.

Recommend a poem

Found something the library doesn't have? Put it forward. A teacher reads every recommendation before it joins the library.

Recommend many at once

Paste one block per poem, separated by a line with three equals signs. Only the title is required. Lines starting # title, @ poet, : themes, > link, ! why you like it; everything else is the poem.

# Harlem
@ Langston Hughes
: Race, Death
> poets.org/poem/harlem
! Eleven lines and it still knocked me over.
What happens to a dream deferred?
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# Dulce et Decorum Est
@ Wilfred Owen
: War, Death

How do I look for poems?

If you want to make a recommendation, add your name here

🎤 Saved poems are yours alone. They live in this browser and nobody else can see them — use them to build your own shortlist of poems you might perform. To tell your class you rate a poem, press Recommend instead: that is signed with your name and everyone sees the count.

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