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Battle of the Beverages (Another Coffee Poetry Prompt)

By Seth Haines 19 Comments

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The beverage wars are on. This week’s poetry prompt pits coffee against soft drinks (or any other drink, really) in a duel to the death.

Filed Under: Blog, Coffee and Tea, poetry, Themed Writing Projects, writing prompts

This Week’s Top 10 Poetic Picks

By Seth Haines 7 Comments

The best in poetry (and poetic things), this week with Seth Haines. 1 Art Have you ever been perusing Twitter and decided that you wanted to know the story behind the tweet? (The 140-character limitation is a bit of a story killer. Right?) If so, then check out this article about conceptual artists Nate Larson and […]

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How Do You Take It? (A Coffee Poetry Prompt)

By Seth Haines 21 Comments

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Cream is only good when it’s fronted by Eric Clapton, and the highest form of coffee sacrilege is its dilution with dairy. That’s one man’s opinion. What about you? How you take it? Seth Haines has another poetry prompt.

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January Poetry Prompt: Coffee or Tea? Hallelujah, Rosie Lea!

By Seth Haines 44 Comments

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Welcome to a new year here at Tweetspeak Poetry. With this new year comes a new series of Monday poetry prompts to help you get your week started right! If you’ve been with us for a while, you know the drill–I’ll provide a writing prompt touching on Tweetspeak’s monthly theme, and you’ll compose a poem to […]

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This Week’s Top Ten Poetic Picks

By Seth Haines 6 Comments

The best in poetry (and poetic things), this week with Seth Haines. 1 Art There is a split of authority in my house. I tend to identify with the poetry of William Carlos Williams—so much depends upon that red wheelbarrow. I imagine the objects of Williams’ poetry, perhaps attaching a bit of unwarranted sentimentality or nostalgia […]

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To Our Family (A Haiku)

By Seth Haines 9 Comments

There’s no single right way, but for those of us who scratch words, poetry–even haiku–can provide an outlet for working through our collective grief.

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This Week’s Top Ten Poetic Picks

By Seth Haines 2 Comments

Random acts of poetry, communing with nature is not an excuse to get out of the office, going to class with Anne Sexton and Sylvia Plath. It’s all in This Week’s Top Ten Poetic Picks with Seth Haines.

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Holiday Haiku: A Poetry Prompt

By Seth Haines 16 Comments

Holiday favorite “A Christmas Story” provides a backdrop for this week’s holiday haiku poetry prompt with Seth Haines. Careful. You’ll shoot your eye out.

Filed Under: Blog, Christmas Poems, Haiku, Haiku Poems, Poems, poetry, Themed Writing Projects

A Holiday (Not a Haiku): A December Poetry Playlist

By Seth Haines 21 Comments

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He knows if you’ve been bad or haiku, so be haiku for goodness sake. Seth Haines shares an inspiring holiday playlist.

Filed Under: Blog, Haiku, Music, poetry, Themed Writing Projects

This Week’s Top Ten Poetic Picks

By Seth Haines 5 Comments

Cowboy Christmas poetry, book sculptures from a mystery artists, why business leaders need to pay poetry its due. Seth Haines has this week’s Top Ten Poetic Picks.

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Surrealism Poetry Prompt: Dali the Surrealist, the Prophet

By Seth Haines 12 Comments

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Seth Haines has a new poetry prompt for our surrealist theme building on the tradition of Salvador Dali’s “The Faces of War.”

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This Week’s Top Ten Poetic Picks

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Indoor art storms, poetry that works, and a literary contest for the po’boy lovers. Seth Haines has it all for you in This Week’s Top 10 Poetic Picks.

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November Surrealism: The Treachery of Images

By Seth Haines 16 Comments

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Surrealists attempted, by way of their art, to juxtapose different realities so as to signify a new one. Seth Haines has a new poetry prompt challenging you to create your own new reality.

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November Surrealism Poetry Prompt–A Musical Playlist

By Seth Haines 21 Comments

This month’s theme at Tweetspeak is surrealism, and we’re composing poems that play with the theme. Seth Haines has a brand new surrealism-themed musical playlist to help us create some surrealist poetry by playing with juxtapositions and free associations.

Filed Under: Blog, Music, poetry, Surrealism, Themed Writing Projects

This Week’s Top Ten Poetic Picks

By Seth Haines 9 Comments

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Picasso scratch-off, Hurricane Sandy, and the mother of all field trips — Seth Haines has all this and more in This Week’s Top Ten Poetic Picks.

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October Prompt: Glühwein Memories

By Seth Haines 12 Comments

Like the secret sauce of Christmas, some things are better left to simmer, and sweeten, and linger soft in the memory. Seth Haines has a prompt for poetry with your wine or beer memories.

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Texas Beer: (512) Brewing Company, Malone, and Katy Perry

By Seth Haines 4 Comments

Texas beer and Katie Perry are both a little misunderstood. A tour of Texas beer with Seth Haines turns up full flavors and a new poetry prompt.

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This Week’s Top Ten Poetic Picks

By Seth Haines 4 Comments

A $130 million art heist, growing a beard like Walt Whitman, and Poe’s Raven teaches poetry at home. Seth Haines has this week’s Top Ten Poetic Picks.

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October Spirits—Bergström’s Place (A Poetry Prompt)

By Seth Haines 5 Comments

I am happy for my friend and toast, “here’s to fine people who are bringing in the harvest. Here’s to the good earth. Here’s to Rusty!” We raise our glasses and drink heartily, just the way Rusty would were he among us.

Seth Haines uncorks a new Monday wine and beer poetry prompt.

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October Spirits: A Beverage Pairing Prompt

By Seth Haines 8 Comments

Much is made of the pairing of food with wine or beer. There’s nothing like a hearty Cab with a thick cut steak. It’s a smooth Guiness that best foils the crisped fat of a hamburger. And though there are volumes written about which white wine plays best with curried chicken, there seems to be […]

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