Carlos Fuentes died last week, a writer with a poet’s heart who didn’t write poetry.
“You and Three Others Are Approaching a Lake”
The title suggests a story or a riddle, implying that something is going to happen or unfold, or a challenge or competition is going to begin. I’ve never read a book of poetry quite like ‘You and Three Others are Approaching a Lake’
My “Poem-ography”
Who – what poems – would comprise your “poem-ography?”
Kid in the Candy Shop
Boy, did I find candy poems. I was the kid in the candy shop. I didn’t know what to buy with my nickel. So I spent 25 cents and bought five poems.
Kerri Webster’s “Grand & Arsenal”
The appeal of the poems in Grand & Arsenal is broader than only to St. Louisans. They are delightful, learned, approachable, historical and regional, and replete with literary references to Hawthorne, Lucretius, Ovid and even Agatha Christie.
Tell Me More 2
After a brief hiatus, we’re resuming with the poems from TweetSpeak’s recent Twitter poetry party – that had 29 people participating and one lurker
Angels Running, Barking, Singing – and Playing an Oboe
Our poetic prompt for March was angels.
Tell Me More, Tell Me More
Last Thursday night, some 29 people decided to “tell me more” and participated in Twitter poetry party.
Fields of Red 5
Editing the tweets into poems is work — but it’s fun work.
Fields of Red 4
A (very) short primer on editing tweets from our Twitter poetry parties
Michael Ryan’s ‘This Morning: Poems’
A review of Michael Ryan’s ‘This Morning: Poems’
Twitter Poetry: Fields of Red 3
A Twitter poetry party takes some interesting twists and turns, even with prompts.
Twitter Poetry: Fields of Red 2
Here are the next six poems from our recent Twitter poetry party.
Twitter Poetry: Fields of Red
Here are the first four Twitter poetry party poems, from a collection we’re calling “Fields of Red.”
From Blush to Fiery Passion
Seventeen poems were submitted for our February prompt of “red, ” and they ranged from a mere hint of blush to an all-out fiery passion of RED. (I’m still fanning myself.)
Red Whistles at the Wolf
We’ve been celebrating the color red here this month at Tweetspeak, so red has been a bit on my mind.
Lace Under the Stars
It was another Twitter poetry party, and the poetic lines just glistened.
Alan Shapiro’s “Night of the Republic”
Poet Alan Shapiro loads his minds-eye camera with film (or, these days, a disk)
Tania Runyan’s “A Thousand Vessels”
A poetry review of A Thousand Vessels.
Dave Malone’s “Under the Sycamore”
Quick: name a contemporary love poem.