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Get Ready for Poetry on Two Sides of the Pond with Fun Shareable Graphics

By Will Willingham 4 Comments

Poetry on Two Sides of the Pond
Next week marks the biggest week in poetry since popsicle stick poets lined up and marched on workplaces around the globe in July.

Tweetspeak is teaming up with the Forward Arts Foundation to celebrate poetry on two sides of the pond. Britain’s National Poetry Day takes place on October 6 this year. And, we’re celebrating our second annual Random Acts of Poetry Day on October 5.

You can start sharing the the joy of poetry on two sides of the pond right now with our fun shareable graphics and audio of Christina Rossetti’s “Up-Hill.” Download to your heart’s content and spread the word on your favorite social media channels.

Up-Hill by Christina Rossetti, read by Ann Kroeker

https://www.tweetspeakpoetry.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Up-Hill.mp3

 

Every bathtub should have a rubber duck with a poetry raft

Poetry on 2 Sides of the Pond shareable rubber duck

You can always use a poetry carrier pigeon to get the message across

Poetry on 2 Sides of the Pond shareable carrier pigeon

Chill with the penguins and their poetry collections

Poetry on 2 Sides of the Pond shareable penguins

We don’t have an explanation for the chicken poets

Poetry on 2 Sides of the Pond shareable chicken poets

Get more information about Poetry on Two Sides of the Pond:

Learn about Britain’s National Poetry Day on October 6
Learn about Random Acts of Poetry Day
Get a free Random Acts of Poetry Day idea ebook
Learn about the Forward Arts Foundation

Illustrations by Will Willingham.

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Will Willingham
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Director of Many Things; Senior Editor, Designer and Illustrator at Tweetspeak Poetry
I used to be a claims adjuster, helping people and insurance companies make sense of loss. Now, I train other folks with ladders and tape measures to go and do likewise. Sometimes, when I’m not scaling small buildings or crunching numbers with my bare hands, I read Keats upside down. My first novel is Adjustments.
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About Will Willingham

I used to be a claims adjuster, helping people and insurance companies make sense of loss. Now, I train other folks with ladders and tape measures to go and do likewise. Sometimes, when I’m not scaling small buildings or crunching numbers with my bare hands, I read Keats upside down. My first novel is Adjustments.

Comments

  1. Megan Willome says

    September 28, 2016 at 5:52 pm

    There is no need for an explanation for the chicken poets. They are simply brilliant.

    Reply
  2. L.L. Barkat says

    September 29, 2016 at 11:15 am

    The fairest (and funniest) fowl I ever did see, in celebration of poetry! 🙂

    These are so delightful. And Ann’s reading is lovely.

    Reply
  3. Laura Brown says

    September 29, 2016 at 4:48 pm

    I think I might do something with Kay Ryan’s chicken poem “Home to Roost” on RAOP Day, with a nod to the inexplicable chicken poets, whom I imagine trying to snap-applaud with their little feathertips.

    Ann Kroeker, I think you could have a career voicing audiobooks.

    Reply
  4. Ann Kroeker says

    October 3, 2016 at 10:01 am

    My serious reading seems to contradict the lighthearted graphics.

    Reply

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