Poets and poems: Gwendolyn Brooks, the first African-American to receive the Pulitzer Prize, wrote about the people she knew and the history always with us.
Archives for February 2014
The Poem of the Month: January
Wherein we reveal the poem of the month. You picked it. We’re unveiling it.
Photo Prompts: Spanish Lace Photo Play 2
Special thanks to all our photographers and poets who participated in last week’s photo play, poetry and photo prompts. Come, be inspired and write a poem with us!
Go Ahead, Make Our Year: The FedEx Dare
FedEx has yet to make a delivery to the moon, but we figure if they are in the business of flying…it could happen
Poetry Classroom: The Wake of Our Sleep
Welcome to this month’s poetry classroom. Up today, “What Lives in the Wake of Our Sleep.”
English Teaching Resources: Incidentally, You Just Wrote for Three Hours
Our “Incidentally” column shares English Teaching Resources & opinions about the state of education, from a teacher who has worked the systems for almost 25 years. Today’s topic: teaching kids to write.
How to Become a Better Writer: Blue Spring Florida Artist Date
I arrive at the Blue Spring boil, where manatees dive deep, and flirt, and play, reminding me how to become a better writer.
Eating and Drinking Poems: Rita Dove’s “Chocolate”
Just in time for Valentine’s Day, Kathryn Neel’s latest “Eating and Drinking Poems” post features a flourless chocolate soufflé recipe with a loving ode to chocolate by Rita Dove.
Top 10 Chocolate Quotes
Just in time for Valentine’s Day, we’ve put together a lovely gold-lined sampler box of delicious chocolate quotes to share with your chocolate-loving love.
Poetry Dare: What Tangled Webs T. S. Eliot Weaves
Sandra Heska King’s poetry dare continues, while she suspends herself in the web woven by T. S. Eliot’s marvelous collection of words.
7 Chocolate Poems for Your Love (of Chocolate)
Good love poems aren’t always about love. Sometimes, they are about chocolate (its own kind of love). Try this collection of rich, dark chocolate poems.
Author Platform: Where to Start
You know you need to build an author platform. Where should you begin? (Or end.)
Poetry at Work: The Poetry of Regime Change
There is poetry at work in the most convulsive of organizational upheavals, often called regime change. Charles Bukowski’s poem helps understanding.
Poetry Classroom: Dona Nobis Pacem
Our poetry classroom is a wonderful way to discuss and enjoy poems, with published poets and teachers. Up today: Dona Nobis Pacem.
Poetry and Photo Prompts: Spanish Lace Photo Play
Photographs can have a poetic voice. With photography as in poetry, sometimes what isn’t said is just as important as what is. Join us for our latest Photo Play prompt, finding lace in nature, and letting it tell us what isn’t said.
Choose the Poem of the Month
It’s time to sleuth the poem of the month! Which poems were most loved in January? You can help us know.
Insider’s Guide to Easy English Teaching—Sonnets
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Regional Tours: Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park in California
Literary Tours took me to Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park. As I hiked to the lookout, anticipation was building; I hadn’t expected the trail to be so short.
Twitter Poetry: Top Ten Poetic Tweets
Sometimes, it so happens we read a tweet and say to ourselves, “That’s poetry.” Maybe it didn’t even mean to be a poem, but it’s a poetic thing all the same. It’s a way of using words well. Here are ten of the best poetic tweets we’ve seen in the last few weeks.
Literary Tour: Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, Florida
In today’s literary tour, Kathryn Neel takes us into the jungle off the Atlantic coast in Florida for a colorful tour of the Atlantic Center for the Arts.