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Poet Laura: Poultry Poetry—Feeding Grapes and Reading Sonnets to Chickens

By Laura Boggess 2 Comments

Water Droplets on grapes

This month, our intrepid Poet Laura visits chickens on a chilly day, bearing delicious grapes and heartfelt sonnets.

Filed Under: Blog, Chicken poems, Poet Laura, Shakespeare, shakespeare poems, shakespeare sonnets, Sonnets

It’s National Poultry Month!

By T.S. Poetry 66 Comments

National Poultry Month

Finally, it’s April. And we can start penning verse for National Poultry Month! Just another #smartfun opportunity from Tweetspeak Poetry.

Filed Under: Blog, National Poetry Month, National Poultry Month, poetry humor

The Colour out of Space by H. P. Lovecraft Summary & Full Text

Colour of of Space-HP Lovecraft and Sara Barkat cover

The Colour out of Space—Summary THE COLOUR OUT OF SPACE SUMMARY BELOW CONTAINS SPOILERS! The narrator goes to a town in New England not far from Arkham to survey for a new reservoir. Along the way they pass through an eerie place where the vegetation has died out, now known as the blasted heath. Indeed […]

Poet Laura: For the Birds—A Poetry Reading … for Chickens

By Dheepa R. Maturi 6 Comments

lake and trees poet laura

Dheepa R. Maturi reaches the “Reading Poetry to Chickens” stage of her Poet Laura journey. Join her at the chicken coop for couplets and rhymes.

Filed Under: Blog, Chicken poems, Poet Laura

Baby Needs a New Poetry Home

hope is the thing with feathers funny

Things to Do While You Wait • Tell us what you hope for in the publication and community, as Every Day Poems continues to be part of your life. Just email us at editor [at] tweetspeakpoetry [dot] com • ask us any questions you might have • share your favorite Every Day Poem from the […]

Poet Laura: Invitation to Lightness from Dheepa Maturi

By Dheepa R. Maturi 16 Comments

Green Leaves in Light

Meet Tweetspeak’s incoming Poet Laura, Dheepa Maturi, who promises a deep exploration of chocolate and an invitation to walk lightly together.

Filed Under: Blog, Poet Laura

Poets and Poems: Sara Eddy — “Tell the Bees” and “Full Mouth”

By Glynn Young 2 Comments

Almond Blossom Sara Eddy

Poet Sara Eddy has published two chapbooks — “Tell the Bees” and “Full Mouth” — about bees, food, and life.

Filed Under: article, Bee Poems, book reviews, Books, Poems, poetry, poetry reviews, Poets

Children’s Book Club: Children’s Poetry and What the Heart Knows

By Megan Willome 13 Comments

polar bear shaking off water

Children’s poetry speaks to the child within us. Join us as we read Joyce Sidman’s “What the Heart Knows” for National Poetry Month.

Filed Under: Blog, Children's Authors, Children's Book Club, Children's Poetry, National Poetry Month, poetry prompt

Poet Laura: Where I’m From

By Karen Paul Holmes 51 Comments

flamingos for new poet laura

Meet Tweetspeak’s new Poet Laura, who is not named Laura and is not “that kind” of Karen. Karen Paul Holmes introduces herself with a Where I’m From prompt.

Filed Under: Blog, English Teaching Resources, Poet Laura, poetry prompt, poetry teaching resources, writer's group resources, writing prompt, writing prompts

Poet Laura: Passing the Feather Again

By Laura Boggess 11 Comments

honey bee with yellow flower

Laura Boggess closes out her term as Poet Laura and passes the feather to Tweetspeak’s newest resident poet.

Filed Under: Blog, Poet Laura

50 States of Generosity: Louisiana

By Megan Willome 8 Comments

50 States Louisiana swamp Lafayette

We continue our 50 States of Generosity series with a focus on the Pelican state: Louisiana and its unique skyscraper capitol building . Plus poetry!

Filed Under: 50 States, Blog, Poems about poetry

Poet Laura: The Generosity of the Earth

By Laura Boggess 3 Comments

Poet Laura - bench by water in leafy woods

As we leave 2020, our Poet Laura reflects on the generosity of the earth to her inhabitants, and considers ways to give back to the earth. Earth poetry included!

Filed Under: Blog, Generous, Nature Poems, Poet Laura

Poet Laura: A Dedication to Whimsy, From Your New Poet Laura

By Laura Boggess 18 Comments

starry sky over turtle bay

Meet Laura Boggess, our newest Poet Laura and the first “Laura” Poet Laura and get a glimpse of her dedication to whimsy.

Filed Under: Blog, Poet Laura

Celebrating 10 Years—Infographic: The Story of Tweetspeak in Balloons, Cake & Chickens

By Will Willingham 20 Comments

Cake 10 years lighted

Who could have believed all that would happen from a simple Twitter party, between just 4 friends? We had no idea. But it’s been a wild journey, from NASA to The Paris Review and so, so much more. Join us in an amazing (and humorous) retrospective. Poultry-approved.

Filed Under: 10th Year Birthday Celebration, Blog

Celebrating 10 Years: Announcing the Inaugural Poet Laura

By Will Willingham 19 Comments

Tweetspeak Poet Laura Pink Flower

We’re turning 10 years old. It seemed like the perfect time to announce an inaugural Poet Laura. What’s that, you say? Come and see. (And discover the honoree.)

Filed Under: 10th Year Birthday Celebration, Poet Laura

Children’s Book Club: “Oh My Oh My Oh Dinosaurs!”

By Megan Willome 4 Comments

Oh My Oh My Oh Dinosaurs!

Author Megan Willome gets serious about some silly dinosaurs in an opposites book by Sandra Boynton for this month’s Children’s Book Club.

Filed Under: children, Children's Authors, Children's Book Club, Children's Stories

Take Your Poet to School Week—National Poetry Month!

free take your poet to school week coloring book feature

Take Your Poet to School Week For the past several years, we’ve provided cut ‘n color poets for grown-ups, to take to work in July. Sometimes, kids borrowed them. And, over time, we heard from librarians and classroom teachers: “We want kids to have the chance to take these to school.” But nobody wanted to […]

How to Write an Acrostic Poem Infographic

By Will Willingham 23 Comments

How to Write an Acrostic Poem Infrographic

Our new infographic will teach you how to write an acrostic poem and have you writing poetry soup for every meal.

Filed Under: Acrostics, Education Humor, English Teaching Resources, Infographics, poetry teaching resources

Top 10 Best Chicken Poems

By Will Willingham

Top 10 Chicken Poems

If Google search is any indication, the world is looking for chicken poetry. Here are 10 chicken poems to make the search easier. (Or at least more fun.)

Filed Under: Blog, Chicken poems, National Poetry Month, National Poultry Month, poetry

A More Beautiful Question: Taking the Brain Off High Alert

By Will Willingham 13 Comments

A More Beautiful Question Book Club (2)

What if we took our brains off ‘high alert’ and thought long enough to develop an original idea? Our discussion of A More Beautiful Question concludes today.

Filed Under: A More Beautiful Question, Blog, book club, Creativity

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