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Poetry at Work, The Book: Introduction Excerpt

By L.L. Barkat 9 Comments

Poetry at Work Snow Branch

Poetry at Work, the book, provides practical tools for altering work cultures and our approaches to everything from the business meeting to the business crisis.

Filed Under: Blog, Books, poetry and business, Poetry at Work

Doors & Passageways: Playlist & Poetry Prompt

By L.L. Barkat 33 Comments

Red Door Poems Red Door Poetry

Listen to our new Doors & Passageways playlist, then write a doors or passageways poem, including a line of the lyrics if you like.

Filed Under: Blog, Doors Poems, love poems, love poetry, Night Poems, Poems, poetry, poetry prompt, poetry teaching resources, Themed Writing Projects, Train poems, writing prompts

English Teaching Resources: Incidentally, That’s a Chiasmus

By L.L. Barkat

Umbrella Chiasmus English Teaching Resources

Our “Incidentally” column shares English Teaching Resources from a teacher who has worked the systems for almost 25 years. Up today? Chiasmus.

Filed Under: English Teaching Resources, Incidentally, Incidentally That's A, Poems, Poems about poetry, poetry, poetry teaching resources

Night Poetry: Stopping by Woods and Promises

By L.L. Barkat 39 Comments

Night poems Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening Robert Frost

Night poetry can be the poetry of promise. In the darkness, we can focus on what is most pressing, we can dream, we can make promises to ourselves or others

Filed Under: Blog, Courage Poems, love poems, love poetry, Night Poems, Poems, poetry, poetry prompt, poetry teaching resources, Themed Writing Projects, writing prompts

Christmas Poems: Apology to My Mother at Christmas

By L.L. Barkat 12 Comments

christmas poem Apology to My Mother at Christmas by ll barkat

Wishing you and yours a joyous holiday, and if your Christmas calls for a small apology, perhaps a Christmas poem would do.

Filed Under: Blog, Christmas Poems, Courage Poems, Family Poems, Mother Poems, Poems, poetry, Short Poems

Night Poetry: Acquainted with the Night

By L.L. Barkat 2 Comments

Night Poetry Robert Frost Acquainted with the Night Image

Night poetry can be the poetry of acquaintance. With the light narrowed, we pull in close to things that are near.

Filed Under: Blog, Courage Poems, Humorous Poems, Moon poems, Night Poems, Poems, poetry, poetry prompt, poetry teaching resources, Themed Writing Projects, writing prompts

New York City Meetup with Tweetspeak Poetry

By L.L. Barkat 20 Comments

Candles by Jess Damen Tweetspeak Poetry Meetup

Tweetspeak Poetry is planning a New York City Meetup this spring! So many details to come. And arrangements to be made.

Filed Under: Blog, Friendship Poems, Poems, Poems about poetry, poetry, Short Poems

Poetry at Work Day: Resource Table Ideas

By L.L. Barkat 1 Comment

Poetry at Work Day is coming January 14, 2014. Librarians, college departments, offices, this is for you. Simple ideas for a resource table.

Filed Under: Blog, poetry and business, Poetry at Work Day

Poetry at Work: A Life-Changing Book

By L.L. Barkat 8 Comments

Poetry at Work by Glynn Young

Poetry at Work, a life-changing book? That is our great hope.

Filed Under: Blog, book reviews, Courage Poems, Hope Poems, poetry and business, Poetry at Work, work poems

Literary Tours: Poets House, New York City

By L.L. Barkat 13 Comments

Poets House Lucille Clifton

Poets House is a place of reclamation, of your past and of your future.

Filed Under: Anniversary Poems, Blog, Friendship Poems, Hope Poems, Literary Tour, love poems, love poetry, Nature Poems, New York Literary, Poems, Poems about poetry, poetry

Cat Poetry: Grumpy Cat Poems

By L.L. Barkat 14 Comments

Grumpy Cat Poems Poetry

Cat poems are sometimes grumpy cat poems. Write yours catalog style?

Filed Under: Cat Poems, Catalog Poems, Funny Poems, Haiku Poems, Humorous Poems, Poems, poetry, poetry teaching resources, Themed Writing Projects, writing prompts

Spin: Creativity Book Giveaway!

By L.L. Barkat 2 Comments

spin creativity book giveaway kelly sauer

Get a signed copy of our newest creativity book. It will spark your imagination and creativity!

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

Video Poems: The Painter by Dobby Gibson

By L.L. Barkat 3 Comments

Best Video Poems Steamy Pot

Best video poems. “The Painter, ” by Dobby Gibson. A man finds he will create if he pays attention to life.

Filed Under: Attentiveness Poems, Blog, Poems, poetry, Video Poems, Videos, visual poetry

Down Syndrome Awareness Month: Artist Kasia Puciata

By L.L. Barkat 8 Comments

Kasia Puciata Down Syndrome Awareness Month 6

October is Down Syndrome Awareness Month. Today, come see the artistic vision of Kasia Puciata. And a found poem we created from Kasia’s vibrant words.

Filed Under: Art and Disabilities, Blog, Down syndrome, Dream Poems, Poems, poetry

Down Syndrome Awareness Month: Michael’s Colors

By L.L. Barkat 10 Comments

October is Down Syndrome Awareness Month. Here we feature the beautiful art of Michael Wasserman and peek into his favorite poems.

Filed Under: Art and Disabilities, Blog, Courage Poems, Down syndrome, Poems, poetry, Robert Frost

Poetry Video: The Country, Billy Collins

By L.L. Barkat 3 Comments

Poetry Video Billy Collins

A witty poetry video featuring, well, a mouse. An entertaining animated poem, from Billy Collins.

Filed Under: Billy Collins, Humorous Poems, Poems, poetry, Video Poems, Videos

Cape Cod Stories: Placing with Thoreau

By L.L. Barkat 6 Comments

Cape Cod Stories Whale Tale

If you are a writer, you might want to go where other writers have gone before. Follow Thoreau and Plath to Cape Cod?

Filed Under: Blog, Cape Cod Literary, writer's group resources

Survivor: The Editorial Version

By L.L. Barkat 60 Comments

editorial process lush island

Editorial work requires resilience, in both the writer and the editor. This is how one good pair survived.

Filed Under: Fiction, Survivor: The Editorial Version

Creativity Sneak Preview

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creativity book

Creativity is key. Unlock yours with our amazing How to Think Like a Creative Genius Workshop.

Filed Under: Blog, Creativity, Workshops

A Book of Beginnings: Ritual

By L.L. Barkat 14 Comments

Writing Ritual Spoons

How do you get off your book-writing plateau? It might involve a knife and sponge to spur your beginnings.

Filed Under: A Book of Beginnings, Blog, Fiction, writer's group resources, Writing Tips

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