Get your favorite steep (or brew) and join us in writing a quick poem based on Kim Addonizio’s “My Heart.” Her heart is a Mississippi chicken shack. What’s yours?
Beautiful Spaces: Interview with Poet Claire Coenen
Meet poet Claire Coenen, and enter the spaces she cultivates, as well as the spaces that the poets she loves have cultivated for her.
Poetry Club: Notebook It
You needn’t always be taking big steps to develop a meaningful, life-altering poetry practice. That’s why we love this simplest of ideas.
Once Upon a Poet: An Interview with Laurie Klein
The seeds of poetry saved Laurie Klein. And now she’s counting doors in ways you’ll want to hear about.
The Poetry Club: Bookmark It
In this month’s poetry club, we’re saving the “possibility” from poems. On our very own bookmarks—to keep or give away!
A Taste of Honey, Poetry & Love—An Interview with Laura Boggess
Author Laura Boggess tells us the secret of where her story of honey, poetry, and love came from. She also shares her thoughts on “Why love?”
Poetry Club Tea Date ✨ Threshold
In this poetry club tea date, we encounter a threshold. What will we find there? What will you find at your own threshold—that you can put in a poem?
Happy National Poetry Month—Share Your Poems!
Happy National Poetry Month, friends. Share your poems here.
Poetry Prompt: O, Soul
Our February theme is “Heart and Soul,” and today we’re thinking solely about the latter. Let’s take our Souls on a journey in poetry!
Poetry Prompt: Heart & Soul
Join us for a little Heart and Soul this month, beginning with the famous song “Heart and Soul” and a sweet poetry prompt.
Poetry Club Tea Date ✨ The Poet
Get your favorite steep (or brew) & join us in writing a poem based on “The Poet” by Yone Noguchi.
Going on Holiday—Things to Unwrap While We’re Away!
We’re going on holiday. But before we go, we’re sharing a few things for you to unwrap while we’re away. See you on Jan 2!
Every Day Poems: Community Mandalas + New Poetry Club Invitation!
Join the next Every Day Poems club activity, and craft a Wish List poem to celebrate that time of year when we look for wishes to come true.
New Gift Book! Drawing Dracula Daily
A new art book for lovers of gothic classics. Drawing Dracula Daily has almost 200 illustrations that chronicle the original tale!
Finding Poetry—An Interview with Poet Rick Maxson
Over a lifetime, Rick Maxon found poetry—even though he began by writing “horrible poems” (as he says) and even though he originally felt perplexed when trying to read poems.
Poetry Prompt: Pearls & Moons
We’re celebrating the release of ‘Under the Pearl Moon,’ a new collection by Every Day Poems editor Rick Maxson. Come pen a “pearls & moons” poem!
Poetry Prompt: Abstract Poetry
Abstract poetry is the perfect kind of verse to write as a form of playing with words, to shake loose your inner poetic style.
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Illustrated Edition
It’s tempting to think that classic literature became classic simply because it was pretentious. But that’s just not true. There are so many solid pulp works of fiction that don’t bother will all the fancy stuff, and Jekyll and Hyde is unabashedly one of them.
Every Day Poems: Community Centos + New Poetry Club Invitation!
Come enjoy the lovely centos created by your fellow poetry club members. Then receive your invitation to November’s club activity!
How to Do a Simple Poetry Mandala
Maybe you’d like to try a poetry mandala but you want to start simple. Here are two ways to create simple poetry mandalas. Display them and enjoy memorizing your chosen lines!