Here are the next six poems taken from our recent TweetSpeak Poetry jam on Twitter. All the prompts were lines from Kingdom Come: Poems by John Estes. The Kingdom Comes II By @llbarkat, @SandraHeskaKing, @gyoung9751, @jestes, @Doallas, @jejpoet, @CeliaNickel1, @togetherforgood, @PensieveRobin, @kellysauer, @sethhaines, @theeagleacademy, @mdgoodyear, and @elizabethesther. Edited by @gyoung9751. I sailed a galleon, a […]
Archives for August 2011
Taking Poetry from the Young
Where does poetry come from? Anywhere we allow ourselves to find it.
The Kingdom Comes I
This past Tueday, TweetSpeak Poetry hosted another poetry jam on Twitter. Fourteen intrepid souls participated, jamming to the prompts from Kingdom Come: Poems by John Estes. And the poet himself joined us, and at the end offered this observation: “The poetry-tweet-jam is a thing like no other. An exquisite corpse on ritalin. Nice invention.” We […]
Slip into the Prada of Poems?
While I think it’s important to discipline myself to try on the shoes of various poem forms, I understand that personality and brain-wiring somehow play a part.
Sonnets Born in Closets and Cheetos Bags
Never one to miss an opportunity, James Cummins wrote me a sonnet I am fondly calling the “Closet Cheetos Poem.”
Get Historical in Pictures
If you want to join us, write a poem that focuses on a personal history—yours, an object’s, or another person’s.
Twitter Party TONIGHT, Tuesday, 9 pm EST
At this month’s Twitter poetry party, you’ll get the chance to write with poet John Estes.
Philip Levine Named U.S. Poet Laureate
On Aug. 10, poet Philip Levine was named the U.S. Poet Laureate.
What They Saw by the Sea
I love technical facility in poetry, but I do not publish poems that trot it out and forget the human touch.
Glass Slipper Sonnets
Does a writing a sonnet feel like an ill fit? This fun glass slipper essay will make it (a little) easier.
Matthew Duggan’s “Underworld: The Modern Orpheus”
Duggan has done something wonderful here with this retelling of an old, old story. He’s given it a modern sensibility while remaining true to its mythological origins.
The Cinnamon Beetle 6
Six poems and 16 fragments – the last of our poems developed from the recent Twitter poetry party.
Anne Overstreet: Influences and Faith
In June, poet Anne Overstreet published her first collection of poems, entitled Delicate Machinery Suspended: Poems. It is about memory and faith, affection and love, work done and work done well, and even playfulness. The poems are about a life observed, but also a life to come. It’s a beautiful work.
The Cinnamon Beetle 5
Below are five poems and five fragments pulled from our recent Twitter poetry party.
The Cinnamon Beetle 4
Our recent Twitter poetry party swirled around oceans and ashes, a drive down side roads, the telephone and how something as mundane as burning the toast becomes something else again.