How do we love, across gaps and miles, and different ways of holding our teacups? The Mischief Café asks serious questions amidst great laughter.
Mischief Cafe: Colorado Springs School, CO
The Mischief Cafe makes a stop to the Colorado Springs School. Poetry, elusive tea, and cinnamon bread prevail after a snowy trip through Vail.
A Book of Middles: Silver Dream
What does a “middle” look like in a story? Or, how do you perhaps begin a story “in medias res”? The Book of Middles explores these questions and more.
Poetry for Life: The 5 Vital Approaches
In a recent article at The Huffington Post, I highlighted 5 vital approaches for furthering “poetry for life.” Now Tweetspeak is taking it a step beyond.
Mischief Cafe: San Francisco and Trouble Coffee
From mind-reading cat ears, to Trouble Coffee in two locations, the San Francisco Mischief Café is full of adjustments.
Amazing San Francisco Street Art. What’s Your Expression?
Walk with us through the streets of San Francisco. See the amazing street art. And choose your expression.
Mischief Cafe: Seattle, Washington
The 11-day Mischief Cafe tour begins, and the defining quality will be surprise (with plenty of hilarity to go along with it).
The Mischief Cafe: Basking Ridge, New Jersey
The very first Mischief Cafe had everything one might expect: tea, toast, poetry. And not a few unexpected moments (and black feathers).
Poetry at Work Day 2015-It’s Coming!
Save the date. January 13, 2015, is the Tuesday to take poetry to work.
Poetry at Home—With Mischief, Toast, and Tea
Poetry is for life, not for ivory towers. That’s why we’re taking it home, with mischief, toast, and tea, through a new initiative called The Mischief Café.
Reading Kubla Khan: A Mischief Café Dream
What better place to read Kubla Khan than in a dream-like woodland? What better place to discuss mischief and controlled chaos.
Reading Ulysses: Mischief in the Woods
What can reading Ulysses in the woods teach us about changing education and throwing out the idea of homework? A whole lot.
The Magician’s Elephant: What if Natural Selection is Wrong?
Iconoclastic thinking requires “thinking outside the room.” Could natural selection be wrong? Kate DiCamillo’s The Magician’s Elephant leads the way.
The Essential Haiku: Versions of Basho, Buson, & Issa
Got an interest in haiku? The Essential Haiku is a great place to start. That, and the soup bowl.
The Surprising Poetry of Arianna Huffington’s ‘Thrive’
When you think Huffington Post, what comes to mind? It might not be poetry. But poetry is at the heart of Arianna Huffington and her book Thrive.
Reading & Writing Workshops: Tolkien Lord of the Rings
A Tolkien Workshop focusing on The Lord of the Rings trilogy, that will lead you to the depths (and back!)
A Note from Near the Koi Pond
A thank you note from near the koi pond. You might be there.
Poetry for Life. Start Here.
How do you go about changing lives with poetry? One student, one class at a time. Poetry for Life can start here.
Haiku in English: The First Hundred Years
One of the best resources for Haiku in English, this is a helpful book. Check out the wonderful sample haiku and maybe go haiku hunting in Emily Dickinson.
Revamping The Raven—and Other Writing Mischief
What does it mean to have a well-rounded writing approach? It might require a dog, a cup of tea, and Poe’s “The Raven.”