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National Poetry Month: How to Write a Form Poem!

By T.S. Poetry 5 Comments

How to Write a Form Poem Porch

Looking for a wonderful book to inspire you this National Poetry Month? Try out ‘How to Write a Form Poem: A Guided Tour of 10 Fabulous Forms.’

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Top 10 Poetry Sites to Follow for National Poetry Month

By Maureen Doallas 15 Comments

Top 10 Sites to Follow for National Poetry Month Duck in Golden Light

Who to follow for National Poetry Month (and maybe all year long). The best in poetry sites.

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Poets and Poems: Sydell Rosenberg & Amy Losak and “Wing Strokes Haiku”

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“Wing Strokes Haiku” is a collection of poems by Amy Losak and her mother, Sydell Rosenberg, and a tribute to Rosenberg.

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Poetry Prompt: Women Are Dancing

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Join author Callie Feyen for Women’s History Month, as she writes about two women and Aretha Franklin who gave her a little sparkle in the dark.

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Looking for the Poetry in Vermeer, a Blockbuster of an Art Exhibition

By Glynn Young 2 Comments

Mirror Lake Vermeer Rijksmuseum

The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam is exhibiting the largest number of paintings ever assembled by Johannes Vermeer. You’re invited to write a poem to join in.

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An Updated Take on Keats’s Odes by Anahid Nersessian

By Glynn Young 2 Comments

Plum Blossom Keats Anahid Nersessian

“Keats’s Odes: A Lover’s Discourse” by Anahid Nersessian looks at the poet’s six great idea through a feminist/Marxist lens.

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Poetry Prompt: Found in the Library

By Callie Feyen 4 Comments

A delightful tale of finding and being found in the library. With a dash of amusement. Join author Callie Feyen and write your own library poem.

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The Honey Field—5: Sugar Water for Honeybees

By Laura Boggess 2 Comments

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In Praise of Small Museums

By Glynn Young 7 Comments

Stone house small museums

London is famous for great museums, but it is the small museums, like one for Charles Dickens, that will steal your heart.

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Poetry Prompt: Library of Memories

By Callie Feyen 2 Comments

Which books have you seemingly outgrown but still treasure? Join Callie Feyen as she writes her daughters and tells them about the stories she hopes they won’t forget.

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Poet Laura: Sideways on a Boat — on Snafus and Haiku

By Dheepa R. Maturi 4 Comments

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Tweetspeak’s Poet Laura, Dheepa R. Maturi, finds humor, solace and haiku in the wake of a sinking boat and tragedy avoided.

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The Early Poetry of Langston Hughes

By Glynn Young 2 Comments

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In his early poetry, Langston Hughes told the stories and experiences of Black people for both adults and children.

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Poetry Prompt: Three Roads To What You Love

By Callie Feyen 1 Comment

Join author Callie Feyen and explore the many roads there are to get at what we love.

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The Honey Field—4: Little Indigo

By Laura Boggess 3 Comments

old wood door in attic

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Poets and Poems: Dana Gioia and “Meet Me at the Lighthouse”

By Glynn Young 4 Comments

Lighthouse Dana Gioia

“Meet Me at the Lighthouse,” the new poetry collection by Dana Gioia, explores memory, family, and remembering what’s important.

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Poetry Prompt: Flying with the Flamingo

By Callie Feyen Leave a Comment

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Follow Callie Feyen as she watches a flamingo fly and considers longing on a winter morning.

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Postcards from Burrow & Meadow · No. 4 Seeing

By Bethany Rohde 6 Comments

Greetings From Burrow & Meadow postcard

A new dispatch from Bethany Rohde and Burrow and Meadow offers a quiet bit of inspiration, clarity and awe.

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Poems to Listen By: Black Bird Soirée 03—Magpie, Have You Seen My Sister?

By Laurie Klein 4 Comments

blackbird on sand

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For Valentine’s Day: Mary Oliver and “Felicity”

By Glynn Young 2 Comments

Tulips Mary Oliver Valentine

In “Felicity,” Mary Oliver includes 18 love poems — something of a surprise for a poet not known for love poetry.

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Poetry Prompt: Queen Bees and the Poetry Question

By Callie Feyen Leave a Comment

Echinacea Queen Bee poetry

Can you make poetry out of painful moments in your life? Join queen bees and author Callie Feyen as she (and Miley Cyrus) show you how.

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The Honey Field—3: You Will Have to Tell the Bees

By Laura Boggess 1 Comment

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Earth Song Poem Featured on The Slowdown!—Birds in Home Depot

By Will Willingham 2 Comments

birds in home depot poem-birds in fountain

“Birds in Home Depot” makes a journey from poet Rick Maxson’s experience, to the Earth Song nature poems anthology, to Poetry Foundation’s The Slowdown!

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