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A Random Random Acts of Poetry Day Wrap

By Will Willingham 1 Comment

Random Acts of Poetry

Maybe more intentional than it wants to let on, Random Acts of Poetry Day was an opportunity to haphazardly (wink, wink) spread some poetry love (and joy).

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Celebrating 10 Years—Infographic: The Story of Tweetspeak in Balloons, Cake & Chickens

By Will Willingham 20 Comments

Cake 10 years lighted

Who could have believed all that would happen from a simple Twitter party, between just 4 friends? We had no idea. But it’s been a wild journey, from NASA to The Paris Review and so, so much more. Join us in an amazing (and humorous) retrospective. Poultry-approved.

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It’s Random Acts of Poetry Day—And The World Could Still Use Kindness

By Will Willingham 1 Comment

2019 Random Acts of Poetry Day

In a world that still needs kindness, more than ever, we bring you Random Acts of Poetry Day and encourage you to “freshen the world with poems,” as Ted Kooser puts it.

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Celebrating 10 Years: Announcing the Inaugural Poet Laura

By Will Willingham 19 Comments

Tweetspeak Poet Laura Pink Flower

We’re turning 10 years old. It seemed like the perfect time to announce an inaugural Poet Laura. What’s that, you say? Come and see. (And discover the honoree.)

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Top 10 Dip into Poetry Lines

By Will Willingham 2 Comments

Dip Into Poetry bird on trunk

Take a little dip into poetry with us, and enjoy some favorites from our daily sharing of Every Day Poems selections on Twitter, line by single line.

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How We Spent Our Take Your Poet to Work Day

By Will Willingham 3 Comments

Take Your Poet to Work Day Bird Bath

The results of a 6-year double-blind, super-sticky study are in: from Hoagland and Oliver to Shakespeare and Poe, poets are bringing happiness to the workplace.

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Take Your Poet to Work Day!

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2019 Take Your Poet to Work Day Cover

It’s Take Your Poet to Work Day! Find all the resources you need to enjoy the company of your favorite poet at work today.

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Take Your Poet to Work Day: W. S. Merwin

By Will Willingham 1 Comment

Take Your Poet to Work W. S. Merwin

We’re getting ready to celebrate Take Your Poet to Work Day! Our 2019 poet collection features recently lost American national treasures like W. S. Merwin.

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Take Your Poet to Work Day: Mary Oliver

By Will Willingham 2 Comments

Mary Oliver Take Your Poet to Work Day

We’re getting ready to celebrate Take Your Poet to Work Day! Our 2019 poet collection features recently lost American national treasures like Mary Oliver.

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Take Your Poet to Work Day: Tony Hoagland

By Will Willingham 1 Comment

Tony Hoagland Take Your Poet to Work Cover

We’re getting ready to celebrate Take Your Poet to Work Day! Our 2019 poet collection features recently lost American national treasures like Tony Hoagland.

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Take Your Poet to Work Day: C. D. Wright

By Will Willingham 5 Comments

C.D. Wright cover

We’re getting ready to celebrate Take Your Poet to Work Day! Our 2019 poet collection kicks off with with American poet C. D. Wright.

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Book Club: How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci: Sfumato

By Will Willingham 6 Comments

How to think like leonardo da vinci sfumato

Can Mona Lisa’s unnerving smirk help you get comfortable with ambiguity and deepen your creativity? Find out in this week’s book club discussion of How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci.

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Book Club: How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci: Curiosità

By Will Willingham 4 Comments

How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci curiosity

Often, the most important thing is not the answer, but the question. Michael Gelb (and Leonardo da Vinci) suggest we write a hundred questions to get our curiosity started.

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Book Club: How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci: The Renaissance Person

By Will Willingham 4 Comments

How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci sunflowers

To be a Renaissance Person, one must have a more expansive view of what creativity requires. Surprisingly, that creativity sometimes begins with events that rewire society (and our ways of thinking and being). Join us in our discussion of How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci.

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Book Club Announcement: How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci

By Will Willingham 5 Comments

Don’t know much about the Renaissance? Not to worry. Join LW Willingham for a bit of exploration and curiosity in a new book club on How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci.

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National Poetry Month: Tony Hoagland and a Stolen Earth + Group Poetry Dare

By Will Willingham 3 Comments

Tony Hoagland Real Estate

Tony Hoagland writes words he cannot find, and plays to our baser instincts to call us to greater things in search of a stolen earth.

Filed Under: Blog, Ecopoetry, National Poetry Month, Patron Only, Tony Hoagland

National Poetry Month: Tony Hoagland and the Body + Group Poetry Dare

By Will Willingham 11 Comments

National Poetry Month Tony Hoagland golden boat

Poems, perhaps more especially now the ones that talk about bodies, have the means to calm and they make me grateful, like Hoagland, “for the lives I / never have to live again.”

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5 Delicious Ways to Celebrate Poet in a Cupcake Day!

By Will Willingham 1 Comment

cupcake-with-ts

Today is Poet in a Cupcake Day, a delicious way to cap off the first week of National Poetry Month and the last day of Take Your Poet to School Week.

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National Poetry Month: Writing Down the Words from Tony Hoagland + Group Dare

By Will Willingham 2 Comments

Tony Hoagland poetry broken glass

This National Poetry Month, we invite you to a group Poetry Dare, reading a single poet all month long and writing poems longhand or creating a collage inspired by the poems. LW Willingham leads the way, with Tony Hoagland.

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It’s Take Your Poet to School Week!

By Will Willingham 1 Comment

Take your Poet to School Week girl on swing

Join teachers, students and librarians around the globe to kick off National Poetry Month with the fun and delight of Take Your Poet to School Week, including our favorites, Talk Like a Poet Day and Poet in a Cupcake Day!

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