Tweetspeak Poetry

  • Home
  • FREE prompts
  • Earth Song
  • Every Day Poems—Subscribe! ✨
  • Teaching Tools
  • Books, Etc.
  • Patron Love

Search Results for: reading

An Anthology on Reading and Writing Poetry

By Glynn Young Leave a Comment

Flock of birds Yakich

“The Poetry Reader” by Mark Yakich is an anthology of poems about reading and writing poetry.

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

Reading Poets’ First Collections: Hedy Habra and Andrew Calis

By Glynn Young Leave a Comment

red Nassar

The first collections of poets Hedy Habra and Andrew Calis both take you to a different place and make you see in a different light.

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

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

Reading John Greenleaf Whittier, the “Abolitionist Poet”

By Glynn Young Leave a Comment

Elk Whittier poetry

John Greenleaf Whittier, often called the “Abolitionist Poet,” rose from humble beginnings to become one of the great American poets of the 19th century.

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

Reading Generously: Perspective Glass

By Megan Willome 4 Comments

stairs to nowhere, China

This year we are reading generously through the theme of Perspective. Grab your perspective glass and join us.

Filed Under: Blog, Perspective, Reading and Books, Reading Generously

Reading Generously: Science Fiction and ‘The Shivering Ground’

By Megan Willome 4 Comments

Shivering Ground Eerie Forest Science Fiction Stories

Quantum physics, fairy tales, climate change thrillers, & original tales from her own imagination: it’s Sara Barkat’s ‘The Shivering Ground’!

Filed Under: A Story in Every Soul, Reading Generously, Science Fiction, Short Story

Reading Generously: Stories with Older Characters

By Megan Willome 5 Comments

old man in a faraway country looking at a mobile phone

How do we develop empathy? By reading fiction—generously. This month we focus on older characters in a novel by Ernest J. Gaines.

Filed Under: A Story in Every Soul, Blog, book reviews, Cross-Generational Friendships, Reading Generously

Reading Generously: ‘Mildred’s Garden’—A Begin Again Story

By Megan Willome 5 Comments

white anemone

Begin Again with a love story—”Mildred’s Garden” by Laura Boggess. Even if you don’t like romance, it’s easy to read this book generously.

Filed Under: A Story in Every Soul, Bed & Breakfast, Mildred's Garden, Music, Music Poems, Reading Generously, Refugees

Reading Generously: Sacred Reading with Jane Eyre

By Megan Willome 6 Comments

Christmas pine tree sunset

Some books bear up under rereading generously, like Charlote Brontë’s “Jane Eyre.” Especially with sacred reading.

Filed Under: A Story in Every Soul, Blog, book reviews, Classic Books, Reading Generously

Reading Shakespeare: King Lear & the Mystery of Things

By Callie Feyen 3 Comments

Serbia Bridge in city in fog

Callie Feyen’s year-long “reading Shakespeare” experience takes her to King Lear, and the moment of crossing the place where mystery and empathy intersect.

Filed Under: Blog, King Lear, Shakespeare

Reading the 1913 Edition of ‘Cassell’s Illustrated Shakespeare’

By Glynn Young 3 Comments

Crete old village house

To read “Cassell’s Illustrated Shakespeare” is to rediscover the great playwright and step into a time when families read Shakespeare.

Filed Under: article, book reviews, Books, Dave Malone, Shakespeare

Reading Generously: Violent Stories

By Megan Willome 4 Comments

swirly rose bouquet

Why do we read violent stories? In this month’s Reading Generously column, Megan Willome reads Cormac McCarthy and Angie Thomas.

Filed Under: A Story in Every Soul, Blog, book reviews, Reading Generously

Reading Generously: Happy Endings

By Megan Willome 7 Comments

Olympics sunset

Are happy endings audacious? For this month’s Reading Generously column, Megan Willome considers the hope they offer.

Filed Under: Blog, Reading Generously

Reading Generously: ‘Death Wins A Goldfish’

By Megan Willome 5 Comments

white peacock

As we begin to leave our pandemic cocoons, we’re contemplating the meaning of life while reading generously ‘Death Wins a Goldfish.’

Filed Under: A Story in Every Soul, book reviews, Finding Inspiration, Pandemic Journal, Reading Generously

Clarisse McClellan, The Karate Kid, and (Finally) Reading Fahrenheit 451

By Tania Runyan 1 Comment

Waves rushing on beach Fahrenheit 451

Tania Runyan reflects on The Karate Kid and writes a letter to Clarisse McClellan from Fahrenheit 451.

Filed Under: Blog, English Teaching Resources, Fahrenheit 451, poetry prompt

Reading Generously: The Great Gatsby Poetry

By Megan Willome 9 Comments

Pontiac GTO

In her new edition, Tania Runyan says ‘The Great Gatsby’ might as well be poetry. Megan Willome puts that assertion to the poetic test.

Filed Under: Blog, book reviews, Classic Books, Reading Generously, The Great Gatsby

Reading Generously: ‘How to Write a Form Poem’ by Tania Runyan

By Megan Willome 4 Comments

orange fruit on a branch

Form poetry: not just for grad school anymore. Welcome to your guided tour of ‘How to Write a Form Poem,’ by Tania Runyan.

Filed Under: Blog, How to Write a Form Poem, Reading Generously

Reading Generously: Black Stories

By Megan Willome 6 Comments

Black girl dressed as angel

For February’s Reading Generously column, we share stories by Black authors. Fiction, poetry, and plays, oh my!

Filed Under: A Story in Every Soul, Black Poets, Generous, Read, Reading Generously

Reading Generously: ‘Frankenstein’ by Mary Shelley

By Megan Willome 6 Comments

snow white lion cub

How do you keep reading generously when you don’t like a story? Megan Willome says writing a poem may help.

Filed Under: A Story in Every Soul, Blog, Classic Books, Generous, Reading and Books, Reading Generously

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

Next Page »

Take How to Read a Poem

Get the Introduction, the Billy Collins poem, and Chapter 1

get the sample now

Welcome to Tweetspeak

New to Tweetspeak Poetry? Start here, in The Mischief Café. You're a regular? Check out our July Menu

Patron Love

❤️

Welcome a little patron love, when you help keep the world poetic.

The Graphic Novel

"Stunning, heartbreaking, and relevant illustrations"

Callie Feyen, teacher

read a summary of The Yellow Wallpaper

meet The Yellow Wallpaper characters

How to Write Poetry

Your Comments

  • Megan Willome on Poet Laura: Poetry in Space
  • Katie Spivey Brewster on What Happened to the Fireside Poets?
  • Dheepa R. Maturi on “108”: An Ecothriller by Former Poet Laura Dheepa Maturi
  • Dheepa R. Maturi on “108”: An Ecothriller by Former Poet Laura Dheepa Maturi

Featured In

We're happy to have been featured in...

The Huffington Post

The Paris Review

The New York Observer

Tumblr Book News

Stay in Touch With Us

Browse by Topic

Learn to Write Form Poems

How to Write an Acrostic

How to Write a Ballad

How to Write a Catalog Poem

How to Write a Ghazal

How to Write a Haiku

How to Write an Ode

How to Write a Pantoum

How to Write a Rondeau

How to Write a Sestina

How to Write a Sonnet

How to Write a Villanelle

5 FREE POETRY PROMPTS

Get 5 FREE inbox poetry prompts from the popular book How to Write a Poem

Shakespeare Resources

Poetry Classroom: Sonnet 18

Common Core Picture Poems: Sonnet 73

Sonnet 104 Annotated

Sonnet 116 Annotated

Character Analysis: Romeo and Juliet

Character Analysis: Was Hamlet Sane or Insane?

Why Does Hamlet Wait to Kill the King?

10 Fun Shakespeare Resources

About Shakespeare: Poet and Playwright

Top 10 Shakespeare Sonnets

See all 154 Shakespeare sonnets in our Shakespeare Library!

Explore Work From Black Poets

About Us

  • • A Blessing for Writers
  • • Our Story
  • • Meet Our Team
  • • Literary Citizenship
  • • Poet Laura
  • • Poetry for Life: The 5 Vital Approaches
  • • T. S. Poetry Press – All Books
  • • Contact Us

Write With Us

  • • 5 FREE Poetry Prompts-Inbox Delivery
  • • 30 Days to Richer Writing Workshop
  • • Poetry Prompts
  • • Submissions
  • • The Write to Poetry

Read With Us

  • • All Our Books
  • • Book Club
  • • Every Day Poems—Subscribe! ✨
  • • Literacy Extras
  • • Poems to Listen By: Audio Series
  • • Poet-a-Day
  • • Poets and Poems
  • • 50 States Projects
  • • Charlotte Perkins Gilman Poems Library
  • • Edgar Allan Poe Poems Arts & Experience Library
  • • William Blake Poems Arts & Experience Library
  • • William Shakespeare Sonnet Library

Celebrate With Us

  • • Poem on Your Pillow Day
  • • Poetic Earth Month
  • • Poet in a Cupcake Day
  • • Poetry at Work Day
  • • Random Acts of Poetry Day
  • • Take Your Poet to School Week
  • • Take Your Poet to Work Day

Gift Ideas

  • • Every Day Poems
  • • Our Shop
  • • Everybody Loves a Book!

Connect

  • • Donate
  • • Blog Buttons
  • • By Heart
  • • Shop for Tweetspeak Fun Stuff

Copyright © 2025 Tweetspeak Poetry · FAQ, Disclosure & Privacy Policy