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Twitter Poems: Top Ten Poetic Tweets

By Will Willingham 3 Comments

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Few things make us happier than reading excellent poems on Twitter. Here are 10 of the best Twitter poems we’ve seen lately.

Filed Under: Blog, poetry, Top Ten Poetic Tweets, Twitter poetry

Common Core Picture Poems: Shakespeare’s Sonnet 73

By Will Willingham 13 Comments

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Engage with poems from the Common Core with a dose of humor, beginning with our Picture Poems. This week we consider Shakespeare’s Sonnet 73.

Filed Under: Blog, Common Core Poems, Picture Poems, poetry teaching resources, Shakespeare, shakespeare sonnets, Sonnets

Tweetspeak Poetry’s Top Ten Posts from the Last Month (or so)

By Will Willingham 5 Comments

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Ever wonder what we’re reading at Tweetspeak Poetry? Browse our Top Ten Posts from the last month (or so) and find out.

Filed Under: Blog, poetry, Top 10 Poetic Picks

Common Core Picture Poems: Auden’s Musee des Beaux Arts

By Will Willingham 24 Comments

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Engage with poems from the Common Core with a dose of humor, beginning with our Picture Poems. We start this week with Musee des Beaux Arts by W. H. Auden.

Filed Under: Blog, Common Core Poems, Picture Poems, poetry teaching resources, W. H. Auden

Your Laundry Poems and Scratch Magazine Winner

By Will Willingham 5 Comments

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Today we’re featuring some of your laundry poems and announcing the winner of the Scratch Magazine giveaway.

Filed Under: Blog, Laundry Poems, poetry, poetry prompt

The Best in Poetry: Top Ten Poetic Picks

By Will Willingham 10 Comments

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Trouble in the Little Free Libraries, the shocking truth about boredom, words to make your poetry legit, Neruda’s new old poems, and why Tim Tebow sells more books than Billy Collins. It’s the best in poetry (and poetic things in our latest Top Ten Poetic Picks.

Filed Under: Blog, poetry, poetry and business, Poetry at Work, poetry humor, poetry news, Top 10 Poetic Picks

Top 10 Best Laundry Poems

By Will Willingham 48 Comments

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Take a break from your laundry hanging, or ironing, or presoaking, and enjoy this neatly folded basket of laundry poems, plus a giveaway of Scratch Magazine.

Filed Under: Blog, Laundry Poems, Poems, poetry

Take Your Poet to Work Day: It’s About Access (and Ice Cream)

By Will Willingham 8 Comments

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At its heart, like the ice cream truck peddling frozen treats on a stick, Take Your Poet to Work Day is about access. Enjoy some highlights from our annual celebration.

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It’s Take Your Poet to Work Day!

By Will Willingham 15 Comments

Take Your Poet to Work Poet Garden Party

Today is Take Your Poet to Work Day! Join us and your favorite poets for all the smart fun in workplaces around the world.

Filed Under: Blog, poetry and business, Take Your Poet to Work Day

Top 10 Tips for a Summer Staycation

By Will Willingham 10 Comments

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You deserve a vacation. And we say you should give yourself one. Only don’t leave home. Try these ten tips for a great summer staycation.

Filed Under: Creativity, Top 10 Poetic Picks

Take Your Poet to Work Day: Free Coloring Book

By Will Willingham 30 Comments

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We’re just days away from Take Your Poet to Work Day. Stop in and pick up a free Take Your Poet to Work coloring book to help you and your favorite poet get ready for the big day!

Filed Under: Coloring Page Poems, poetry, poetry and business, Take Your Poet to Work Day

Take Your Poet to Work: Sylvia Plath

By Will Willingham 18 Comments

Just one more week until Take Your Poet to Work Day. Meet our final poet in this year’s collection, Sylvia Plath.

Filed Under: Baby Poems, love poems, poetry, poetry and business, Sylvia Plath, Take Your Poet to Work Day, Villanelles

Top Ten Independence Poems

By Will Willingham 6 Comments

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All of us want a little independence; some of us want a lot. Which is to say that independence isn’t only a political thing. Celebrate (or keep reaching) with these 10 great independence poems.

Filed Under: Independence Poems, Poems, Red Poems

Take Your Poet to Work: Christina Rossetti

By Will Willingham 18 Comments

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Victorian poet Christina Rossetti is dressed and ready to go to work with you on Take Your Poet to Work Day.

Filed Under: Christina Rossetti, love poems, poetry, Take Your Poet to Work Day

Top Ten Summer Poems

By Will Willingham 15 Comments

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To help you stretch out these summer days as long as possible, we’ve gathered up a great collection of summer poems, from dandelions to love on the beach to patio umbrellas and everything in between (including the mosquitoes).

Filed Under: Poems, poetry, shakespeare poems, Summer Poems

Take Your Poet to Work: W. B. Yeats

By Will Willingham 20 Comments

Take Your Poet to Work W.B. Yeats

Have you chosen your favorite poet for Take Your Poet to Work Day? W. B. Yeats joins our growing collection of ready-for-work poets today.

Filed Under: love poems, love poetry, Poems, Poets, Take Your Poet to Work Day, W. B. Yeats

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

By Will Willingham 5 Comments

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The literary novel might be dead, how to get Stephen King’s royalties, wrestling Ulysses and haiku-izing your status update. It’s our Top Ten Poetic Picks.

Filed Under: Blog, poetry, Top 10 Poetic Picks

Take Your Poet to Work: John Keats

By Will Willingham 17 Comments

Take Your Poet to Work John Keats

Romantic poet John Keats trained as an apothecary. He’d be a great help in the lab this afternoon. He’s the latest in our Take Your Poet to Work collection.

Filed Under: Blog, John Keats, poetry humor, Take Your Poet to Work Day

Twitter Poems: Top Ten Poetic Tweets

By Will Willingham 3 Comments

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See any good poetry on Twitter lately? We see it every day. Here are ten of the best Twitter poems we’ve seen lately.

Filed Under: Blog, poetry, Top Ten Poetic Tweets

Take Your Poet to Work: Adrienne Rich

By Will Willingham 15 Comments

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Take Your Poet to Work Day will be here before you know it. Get ready now with this week’s new poet, Adrienne Rich.

Filed Under: Adrienne Rich, love poems, Poems, poetry teaching resources, Take Your Poet to Work Day, Woman Poems

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