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When a Poem’s from South Africa

By L.L. Barkat 6 Comments

One of the things I love about doing Every Day Poems is the way it brings various parts of my life together.

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Drawing Poetry by the Lake

By L.L. Barkat 9 Comments

A good poem does that—offers multiple gifts upon multiple readings.

Filed Under: Every Day Poems, poems about writing, poetry teaching resources, writer's group resources

Write Your First Sestina: It’s a Matter of Pride

By L.L. Barkat 28 Comments

Heinz Ketchup Sign How to Write a Sestina

The sestina, like a song, helps us say what we want to say without really saying it.

Filed Under: Americana Poems, Blog, Every Day Poems, Music Poems, Poems, poetry, poetry teaching resources, Sestina, Student Writing, writer's group resources

Write Poetry for Books & Culture

By L.L. Barkat 13 Comments

Bumble Bee on Blue Flower

Want to write poetry for Books & Culture?

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What Color is Your Poem?

By L.L. Barkat 7 Comments

Our featured poet and photographer for the color writing and photography prompt.

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Cataloging the Color of Your World

By L.L. Barkat 16 Comments

Can you write a color poem? We’ll feature two here and at The High Calling.

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This is What a Poem’s Worth

By L.L. Barkat 2 Comments

Poems are everywhere, free for the taking. Yet they are worth so much.

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How to Write a Catalog Poem (With or Without Words)

By L.L. Barkat 9 Comments

Buttercup Catalog Poems

There is something primal about repetition, from drumbeats to heartbeats to modern pop music. If you are familiar with these, you may already know something about writing a catalog poem.

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Twitter Poetry Party Tonight, 9:30-10:30 EST

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What’s a Poem Worth?

By L.L. Barkat 19 Comments

What can you find for 99¢? We want to see.

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Not Even the Poem

By L.L. Barkat 6 Comments

A poem that plays on R words. But maybe all good poems are plays on words.

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Can We Crash Amazon Like Lady Gaga Did?

By L.L. Barkat 11 Comments

Special subscription offer for Every Day Poems, where we read and write poetry together. Get timely announcements for our Writing Projects and Twitter Poetry Parties.

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How to Write a Catalog Poem (or Not)

By L.L. Barkat

How to Write a Catalog Poem

What is a catalog poem, and is it easy to write? Check out the catalog poem definition and catalog poem samples, and give it a try.

Filed Under: Catalog Poems, Every Day Poems, love poetry, poetry teaching resources, writer's group resources

Writing from Words

By L.L. Barkat 5 Comments

winter poem wordle

Find your poems-in-waiting, in these Wordles.

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We’ve Got Our Wordle, Now We Want Yours

By L.L. Barkat Leave a Comment

How about you? Would you consider Wordling, using some kind of poetic grist? What would you use?

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Neruda’s Memoirs, Sneak Preview

By L.L. Barkat 9 Comments

We’ve got a cover for Maureen E. Doallas’s upcoming poetry collection, Neruda’s Memoirs. And here’s an excerpt of the title poem (Neruda’s Memoirs 🙂 ) … 2 Neruda said the closest thing to poetry is a loaf of bread or a ceramic dish or a piece of wood lovingly carved. So he poured his words […]

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Delicate Machinery Cover Question

By L.L. Barkat 7 Comments

Tell us… which do you like better? The one to the left, or the one below? You can click on the covers to see larger versions. A description of Anne and a link to her poetry is here.

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Random Acts of Poetry: Noel Ghosts

By L.L. Barkat

In a Random Acts of Poetry celebration, poet David K. Wheeler has invited us to write about our Christmas ghosts: past, present, or future.

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Bring Your Own Tea to the Twitter Party

By L.L. Barkat 13 Comments

we’d like you to drink the tea of your choice at the party, and tweet a photo of your favorite tea cup sometime during the proceedings

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We’re Giving Away Barbies

By L.L. Barkat 22 Comments

One day, Marcus Goodyear was sitting at Communion, and his daughter was playing with Barbies. That moment turned into the marvelous poem “Barbies at Communion.”

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