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A Story in Every Soul: Bedtime Stories

By Megan Willome 14 Comments

When we read a bedtime story to a child, something happens in their soul. What exactly? Well, it depends on the story.

Filed Under: A Story in Every Soul, Blog, children, Children's Authors

A Story in Every Soul: Bharath Natyam Dance Step by Step

By Dheepa R. Maturi 23 Comments

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Dheepa R. Maturi shares her experience with Bharath Natyam dance and how a story by E.M. Forster stirs hope.

Filed Under: A Story in Every Soul, Blog, nature

A Poem in Every Heart, a Story in Every Soul

Why Put a Poem in Your Heart?

  Why take the time to put a poem in your heart? It’s a fun and simple way to… As for us, we believe that if there were a poem in every heart (and story in every soul), the world would be a kinder and more interesting place.   Need more reasons to memorize poems […]

Poets and Poems: Daniel Leach and “Places the Soul Goes”

By Glynn Young 7 Comments

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In “Places the Soul Goes,” poet Daniel Leach takes us on a journey of discovery that transcends time and space.

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

Booked: Literature in the Soul of Me

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A life of books. A life of soul. Karen Swallow Prior poignantly and humorously weaves the two, until it’s hard to tell one life from the other. Booked draws on classics like Great Expectations, delights such as Charlotte’s Web, the poetry of Hopkins and Donne, and more. This thoughtful, straight-up memoir will be pure pleasure […]

Literary Tour: Mariposa Museum & History Center

By Dolly Lee 8 Comments

Literary Tour Mariposa Museum

Join Dolly Lee for a piece of history around Yosemite in this Literary Tour to the Mariposa Museum and History Center in Mariposa, California.

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Writer’s Workshop: The Hero’s Journey for Storytellers

By T.S. Poetry 8 Comments

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A hero’s journey writing workshop you won’t forget, with leader Gloria Kempton. Kempton has worked with over 10, 000 writers to get them to the next level!

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Take Your Poet to Work Day: Poet Treasure Hunt in the Library (Callie’s Story)

By Callie Feyen 36 Comments

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How did you spend Take Your Poet to Work Day? We want to know. Like this, from Callie Feyen. What a marvelous, ticklish, soul-jazz way to spend the day!

Filed Under: Blog, English Teaching Resources, Libraries, Take Your Poet to Work Day

Fiction Workshop: The Art of Storytelling

By T.S. Poetry 5 Comments

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A fiction workshop you won’t forget, with leader Gloria Kempton. Kempton has worked with over 10, 000 writers to get them to the next level!

Filed Under: Blog, Fiction, Finding Inspiration, Workshops, writer's group resources

A Tattoo Tells a Story: Dorothy Parker’s Elbow Book Club

By Will Willingham 11 Comments

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The tattoo has a story, and in many ways is a story. In our discussion of Dorothy Parker’s Elbow this week, we look a the tattoos’ stories and their scars.

Filed Under: Blog, book club, Tattoo Poems, Tattoos, Tattoos on Writers (Dorothy Parker's Elbow)

Karen Swallow Prior, author Booked: Literature in the Soul of Me

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About Karen Swallow Prior, Author Booked: Literature in the Soul of Me Karen Swallow Prior is Professor of English at Liberty University and an award-winning teacher. She is a contributing writer for Christianity Today, where she blogs frequently at Her.meneutics. Her writing has appeared in Relevant, Think Christian, and Salvo. She is a member of […]

The Heart Aroused: Strategy and Soul

By Will Willingham 11 Comments

There’s an equal place in the psyche for both strategy and soul.

Filed Under: book club, poetry, poetry and business, poetry teaching resources, The Heart Aroused, writer's group resources

Robert Waldron Imagines the Creation of “The Hound of Heaven”

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Hyena Waldron Hound of Heaven Thompson

In “The Hounds of Heaven at My Heels,” Robert Waldron imagines the creation of the great late 19th century poem by Francis Thompson.

Filed Under: article, book reviews, Books, Britain, Fairytales, Literary Tour, Poems, poetry, Poets, work poems

Giving Voice : Interview with Karla Van Vliet

By T.S. Poetry 4 Comments

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Karla Van Vliet is a beautiful soul who will draw you deeper into poetry’s art and art’s poetry. Come learn about her work with asemic writing—and try your own hand at it!

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Poet Laura: A Concert in the General Store

By Sandra Fox Murphy 11 Comments

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Sandra Fox Murphy writes about music’s intersections with time, place and poetry, travelling from a general store in West Virginia to the grackles on a power line in west Texas.

Filed Under: Blog, Music Poems, Poet Laura, poetry prompt, Smiles Laughter Joys, writing prompt, writing prompts

Poet Laura: A January Pilgrimage

By Sandra Fox Murphy 3 Comments

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Sandra Fox Murphy, Tweetspeak’s Poet Laura, takes readers on a Southern pilgrimage for this January and new year. Where might you travel in 2025?

Filed Under: Blog, Journeys, Poet Laura

Triptychs: Interview with Poet Megan Merchant

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Poet Megan Merchant offers a deep view of poetry, art, and translation. In its way, her life is a creative triptych! Step in, and get creative with her.

Filed Under: Art, article, Blog, Interview, Interviews, Poets

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 […]

Year of the Monarch—A Visit to Craik-Patton House

By Laura Boggess 6 Comments

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Laura Boggess visits Craik-Patton House for a garden party and shares about the Year of the Monarch project.

Filed Under: Blog, Butterfly Poems, Nature Poems, Year of the Monarch

Poets and Poems: Spencer K.M. Brown and “Cicada Rex”

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Flower Brown Cicada Rex

In “Cicada Rex: Poems,” poet and novelist Spencer K.M. Brown displays remarkable insights about life, nature, and, of course, cicadas.

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

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