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To Kill a Mockingbird’s Boo Radley: A Poetic Secret Message

By Tania Runyan 4 Comments

Imagine the secrets of Boo Radley, get creative & put your imagination into a poem. Read a To Kill a Mockingbird poem by Tania Runyan first, to get started!

Filed Under: Blog, poetry prompt, To Kill a Mockingbird, writer's group resources, writing prompt, writing prompts

Great Gatsby Fashion: Jay Gatsby Goes to Goodwill

By Tania Runyan 4 Comments

The Great Gatsby Fashion Vintage 1920s Party-George Barbier "Au Revoir"

Learn a little about Great Gatsby fashion, then get creative and put your learning into a poem. Read a Gatsby poem by Tania Runyan first, to get started!

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Poet Laura: Passing the Pen

By Tania Runyan 7 Comments

Seaside boardwalk - Poet Laura

Tania Runyan concludes her year as Tweetspeak’s inaugural Poet Laura and passes the torch to 2021’s resident poet.

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Poet Laura: To the Moon, Poetry!

By Tania Runyan 6 Comments

New York Pizzeria

Should the Poet Laura leave poems about Chicago or New York on the moon? Let the pizza decide.

Filed Under: Blog, Food Poems, Poet Laura

Your Poet Laura Has Been Up to Something (About Form Poetry)

By Tania Runyan 12 Comments

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Tweetspeak’s official Poet Laura, Tania Runyan, has been hard at work finishing up her latest title, How to Write a Form Poem. Get a sneak peek at what’s coming.

Filed Under: How to Write a Form Poem, Poet Laura

Poet Laura: Keeping Your Distance with Emily Dickinson

By Tania Runyan 5 Comments

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In these days of social distancing, Emily Dickinson proves a wonderful guide to the sustained solitude and isolation many are facing for the first time.

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Poet Laura: I Read Poems to Some Chickens!

By Tania Runyan 3 Comments

Chickens in the Snow

On a frosty day in suburban Illinois, Tweetspeak’s Poet Laura, Tania Runyan, gathers up four hens and an Emily Dickinson collection for an adventure in reading poems to chickens.

Filed Under: Blog, Chicken poems, Emily Dickinson, Poet Laura

Poet Laura: Life is Like a Box of Chocolate Poems

By Tania Runyan 13 Comments

Life is Like a Box of Chocolate Poems

In this month’s column, inaugural Poet Laura Tania Runyan nibbles around the edges of the chocolate poem box and comes up with some thoughtful delights.

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Poet Laura: Lauras Poetica

By Tania Runyan 11 Comments

Poet Laura sunrise

In the latest Poet Laura installment, Tania Runyan tells of famous Lauras in history and writes poems to less famous — yet noteworthy — Lauras.

Filed Under: Blog, Poems, Poet Laura, poetry

Poet Laura: Allow Me to Introduce and Explain Myself

By Tania Runyan 7 Comments

Poet Laura Tania Runyan introduces herself

Our inaugural Poet Laura, Tania Runyan, reflects on the business of the season, the perfect time to realize that one doesn’t have time *not* to write.

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Applying to College in the Fall? Do These 7 Things this Summer

By Tania Runyan 4 Comments

Getting ready to apply for college? Tania Runyan has 7 things you can do to get yourself ready to choose a college and write your application essay.

Filed Under: Blog, College, How to Write a College Application Essay

4 Spooky Tips for Writing a Halloween Poem

By Tania Runyan 16 Comments

How to write a spooky halloween poem - cloudy moon

Get ready for the spookiest Halloween yet with these great tips for writing a Halloween poem from Tania Runyan.

Filed Under: Blog, Halloween Poems, Poems, Spooky Poems

How to Write a College Application Essay: Some Final Thoughts

By Tania Runyan 1 Comment

young woman on stairs final thoughts college application essay

Tania Runyan offers some final thoughts about maintaining perspective in this last installment of our series about writing a college application essay.

Filed Under: Blog, College, Creative Non-Fiction, English Teaching Resources, How to Write a College Application Essay

How to Write a College Application Essay: Revising, Editing, and Proofreading

By Tania Runyan 5 Comments

Once a draft of the college application essay is written, now it’s time for revising, editing, and proofing. Tania Runyan explains how.

Filed Under: Blog, College, Creative Non-Fiction, English Teaching Resources, How to Write a College Application Essay

How to Write a College Application Essay: Starting to Write

By Tania Runyan 4 Comments

Tania Runyan uses a few familiar writing techniques to help students who are starting to write their college application essay.

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How to Write a College Application Essay: Choosing a Topic

By Tania Runyan 6 Comments

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Tania Runyan gives students an idea of the types of questions they may encounter when choosing a topic for their college application essay—including a list of the current Common App questions.

Filed Under: Blog, College, Creative Non-Fiction, English Teaching Resources, How to Write a College Application Essay

How to Write a College Application Essay: A Closer Look at a Winning Application

By Tania Runyan 4 Comments

This time, we’re going to take a look at how a young man made the most of my College Essay Yes-Yes’s in his own winning application.

Filed Under: Blog, College, English Teaching, English Teaching Resources, How to Write a College Application Essay

How to Write a College Application Essay: So What Kind of Writing Is This?

By Tania Runyan 6 Comments

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Tania Runyan offers guidelines for how to write a college application essay, including some no-no’s (and yes-yes’s).

Filed Under: Blog, College, Creative Non-Fiction, English Teaching Resources, How to Write a College Application Essay

How to Write a College Application Essay: What’s it All About?

By Tania Runyan 7 Comments

Teenage Blonds How to Write a College Essay

Amidst all the data surrounding grades and test scores and class ranking, Tania Runyan assures us the college essay is a chance to just be yourself. Isn’t that a relief?

Filed Under: Blog, College, Creative Non-Fiction, English Teaching Resources, How to Write a College Application Essay

How to Write a College Application Essay: An Introduction

By Tania Runyan 9 Comments

smiling girl - How to Write a College Application Essay: An Introduction

Introducing the How to Write a College Application Essay series, Tania Runyan assures us that poetry and personal statements aren’t too far off.

Filed Under: Blog, College, Creative Non-Fiction, English Teaching Resources, How to Write a College Application Essay

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