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Poetry at Work Day: Math, Science, the Moon (well, Asteroids)

By Will Willingham 16 Comments

Poetry at Work Day 2016

It seems as though the whole universe participated in this year’s Poetry at Work Day celebration. Here are our highlights of the day.

Filed Under: Math-Science-Technology, poetry and business, Poetry at Work, Poetry at Work Day

Coloring Page Poems: Annabel Lee

By Will Willingham 4 Comments

Coloring Page Poems Annabel Lee

Our coloring page poems series brings the fun stress relief of coloring pages and poetry together, today with Edgar Allan Poe’s “Annabel Lee.”

Filed Under: Blog, Coloring Page Poems, Poems

Top 10 Writing Quotes to Get You Started in 2016

By Will Willingham 7 Comments

Top 10 Writing Quotes

Whether you included your writing goals in your 2016 resolutions, this collection of 10 great writing quotes might give you the inspiration you need to get started.

Filed Under: Blog, Quotes, Writing Life, Writing Tips

Coloring Page Poems: Ode on a Grecian Urn

By Will Willingham 7 Comments

Ode on a Grecian Urn coloring page poem

Our new coloring page poems bring the fun stress relief of coloring pages and poetry together, starting with John Keats’s “Ode on a Grecian Urn.”

Filed Under: Coloring Page Poems, John Keats, Ode Poems, Poems, poetry

12 Days of Form Poetry, Prompts, and Playlists

By Will Willingham 6 Comments

12 Days of Form Poetry

The Tweetspeak Team has bundled up our sugar plums and mistletoe, readying ourselves for that snowy trip over the river and through the woods to whomever’s house we are thinking to go. Enjoy the 12 Days of Form Poetry, Poetry Prompts and Playlists while we’re away.

Filed Under: Blog, Poems, poetry, poetry prompt, writing prompts

Top 10 Winter Poems

By Will Willingham 20 Comments

Top 10 Winter Poems

Enjoy these 10 great winter poems to bring the color back to the season.

Filed Under: Nature Poems, Poems, poetry, Winter Poems

Top 10 Dip into Poetry Lines

By Will Willingham 2 Comments

Dip Into Poetry

We enjoy a daily sharing over Every Day Poems on Twitter, inviting you to dip into poetry with us. Check our our favorite 10 lines from the last few months.

Filed Under: Blog, Dip into Poetry, Every Day Poems, poetry

2016 Poetry at Work Day Poster

By Will Willingham 7 Comments

Poetry at Work Day poster without ID jpeg

As we prepare for this year’s Poetry at Work Day, we are delighted to offer you our new Poetry at Work Day poster for 2016.

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

The Heart’s Affections: On Loving Pearl Jenkins

By Will Willingham 9 Comments

Fiction Character Pearl Jenkins

In fiction, are characters there to make the plot happen, or does it work the other way around? Adjustments’ Pearl Jenkins gives us a clue.

Filed Under: Adjustments, Blog, Fiction

Twitter Poems: Top 10 Poetic Tweets

By Will Willingham 7 Comments

Twitter Poems Top 10 Poetic Tweets (2)

Looking for poetry on Twitter? Look no further than our latest Top Ten Poetic Tweets, featuring some of the best Twitter poems we’ve seen lately.

Filed Under: Blog, poetry, Twitter poetry

Harvey Dunn and the Strong Women of the Prairie

By Will Willingham 3 Comments

Harvey Dunn The Prairie is My Garden (Image courtesy of South Dakota Art Museum)

A cross-artistic collaboration celebrates the work of Harvey Dunn through poetry, dance, music, drama and animation at South Dakota State University.

Filed Under: Art Education & Theory, Blog, Poems, Prairie Poems, South Dakota

Top 10 Fall Poems

By Will Willingham 7 Comments

Top 10 Fall Poems

Welcome Autumn (and make it last a little longer) with this great collection of Fall poems from Shakespeare to Keats to Browning.

Filed Under: Blog, Fall Poems, Poems

The Best in Poetry: This Month’s Top 10 Poetic Picks

By Will Willingham 2 Comments

The Best in Poetry Top 10 Poetic Picks

Did Allen Ginsberg howl or throw the first pitch. Push yourself or forgive yourself? Cognitive bias or creativity boost? It’s our Top 10 Poetic Picks.

Filed Under: Art, Blog, Creativity, poetry

Top 10 Spooky Poems for Halloween

By Will Willingham 9 Comments

Top 10 Spooky Poems for Halloween

It’s time to get your poetry spook on. Enjoy 10 (plus 2 bonus spooks) spooky Halloween poems.

Filed Under: Blog, Halloween Poems, Poems, poetry, poetry teaching resources, Spooky Poems

On Being a Writer Book Club: Surround

By Will Willingham 11 Comments

On Being a Writer

We conclude our group discussion of On Being a Writer by considering the things with which a writer might surround himself to influence his writing.

Filed Under: Blog, book club, On Being a Writer, writer's group resources, Writing Life

On Being a Writer Book Club: Arrange

By Will Willingham 19 Comments

One Being a Writer Arrange

In our second book club discussion of Kroeker & Craig’s On Being a Writer, we consider the priority of writing and arranging our lives for a writing life.

Filed Under: book club, On Being a Writer, writer's group resources, Writing Tips

On Being a Writer Book Club: Identify

By Will Willingham 51 Comments

On Being a Writer Book Club - Identify

Join our book club of On Being a Writer and let’s discuss together the question, Do you call yourself a writer?

Filed Under: book club, On Being a Writer, writer's group resources, Writing Life

It Was So Random: Random Acts of Poetry Day

By Will Willingham 7 Comments

Random Acts of Poetry Day 2015 Wrapup

People all over the world celebrated Random Acts of Poetry Day, slipping poems under doors and taping them to bathroom mirrors. Here are the highlights.

Filed Under: Blog, poetry, random acts of poetry

It’s Random Acts of Poetry Day!

By Will Willingham 6 Comments

Random Acts of Poetry Pin on a Wire Michelle Ortega

It’s Random Acts of Poetry Day, a day devoted to painting poetry in the public square, either literally or figuratively. Come along for some random fun.

Filed Under: Blog, poetry, random acts of poetry

Top 10 Best Street Poems

By Will Willingham 9 Comments

Top 10 Street Poems

There is street poetry, and then there is street poetry. Poems on the street, and poems of the street. Here’s a collection of the latter, 10 great street poems.

Filed Under: Blog, Poems, poetry, Street Poems

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