The recent discovery of a third daguerreotype of Victorian-era poet Emily Dickinson has historians scratching their heads. Long believed to be reclusive and camera-shy, Dickinson seems to paint an entirely new picture of herself, positively mugging for the paparazzi. Until Tweetspeak staffer Tania Runyan discovered the new daguerreotype by chance at a yard sale near her [...]

I found Paul Chowder at the Tip O’Neill building. He was in the passport office cajoling the bureaucrats into renewing his travel documents just days before his departure to Switzerland for some big international poetry doings because he didn’t realize he’d expired. I was there for my once-a-decade passport renewal even though I had no [...]

Did you know that our beloved Top 10 Columnist Matthew Kreider is in the midst of moving to Canada from the U.S.? Says Matthew, as he juggles the boxes… I dream of a world where artists oversee all matters pertaining to customs and immigration, where only Manchego cheese-eating poets ask me to document the contents [...]

What if inspiration struck, and this happened to you? Our poor Poet never seems to find his sweet spot.

The poet writes again, and the sky's the limit.

If you've been following our Poet, you know he got his poetic license back, but only on probation. Community service: write for the Local Senior Ladies Club.

The Poet enters a plea to get his poetic license back.

In the last edition of the 'The Poet,' our wordsmith lost his poetic license and turned to journalism. Here he is, on the new job...

What happens when the poet tries to pay his bill with poetic license?

A hilarious look at what poets really do.

I admire a well-executed villanelle in the same way I admire a Baroque Tromp-l’oeil ceiling