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Shakespeare and Company: Playing the Fool Poetry Prompt

By Heather Eure 28 Comments

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This week’s poetry prompt is for Fools. Put on your Jester hat and join us for some poetic and witty commentary in the style of the Shakespearean Fool.

Filed Under: Ballad Poems, Blog, poetry prompt, poetry teaching resources, Shakespeare, Themed Writing Projects, writing prompts

Loki Goodness Campaign 7: At the Salon

By Anonymous 3 Comments

Loki The Avengers Goodness Campaign 740

In this edition of the Loki Goodness Campaign, at the urging of his publicist, our Asgardian prince takes up some scissors, for better or worse. You decide.

Filed Under: Fiction, Loki Goodness Campaign, Student Writing

Top 10 Best Shakespeare Sonnets

By T.S. Poetry 29 Comments

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Odds are Shakespeare wrote far more than 154 sonnets. But of the 154 that have survived, here are 10 of the very best Shakespeare sonnets!

Filed Under: Blog, Poems, Shakespeare, shakespeare poems, shakespeare sonnets, Sonnets

Take Your Poet to Work: Anna Akhmatova

By Will Willingham 15 Comments

Anna Akhmatova Take Your Poet to Work Day

Take Your Poet to Work Day is coming July 15. This week, we add Russian modernist poet Anna Akhmatova to our collection.

Filed Under: Anna Akhmatova, Blog, poetry, Take Your Poet to Work Day

Twitter Party: Slivers of Plum at Midnight

By Glynn Young 11 Comments

Tweetspeak Poetry’s most recent Twitter party resulted in ten poems about lemonade, lightning, bread, gears, a locomotive, and an equation — of bees.

Filed Under: Bee Poems, love poems, Moon poems, Night Poems, Plum Poems, Poems, poetry, Short Poems, Surreal Poems, Twitter poetry

Shakespeare & Company: Write Me a Melody Poetry Prompt

By L.L. Barkat 22 Comments

Shakespeare Poetry Prompt Purple Flowers in a Forest

Come write with us for a ballad poetry prompt or a sonnet poetry prompt, with Shakespeare as our guide.

Filed Under: Ballad Poems, Blog, poetry prompt, poetry teaching resources, Shakespeare, Surreal Poems, Themed Writing Projects, writing prompts

Gold+ Partner Profile: Author & Publisher Laura Lynn Brown

By L.L. Barkat 17 Comments

Gold Partner Profile Laura Lynn Brown Clover in Light

Meet our new witty and warm Gold Partner, Laura Lynn Brown and learn a few secrets about writing inspiration and why you might want to be a partner too.

Filed Under: Interview, Interviews, Writing Life

Twitter Poems: Top Ten Poetic Tweets

By Will Willingham 2 Comments

Twitter Poems Top 10 Poetic Tweets

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, Top Ten Poetic Tweets, Twitter poetry

Take Your Poet to Work: Robert Frost

By Will Willingham 23 Comments

Take Your Poet to Work Robert Frost

We continue to get ready for the 2015 Take Your Poet to Work Day Celebration. This week we welcome Robert Frost to our collection of ready-for-work poets.

Filed Under: poetry, Robert Frost, Take Your Poet to Work Day

Poetic Voices: Jehanne Dubrow and Sally Kindred

By Glynn Young 2 Comments

Jehanne Dubrow uses form and substance for the poems of “The Arranged Marriage, ” while Sally Rosen Kindred uses the metaphor of flowers in Book of Asters.

Filed Under: Blog, book reviews, Poems, Poetic Voices, poetry, poetry reviews, Poets

Shakespeare & Company: This One Doesn’t Belong Photo & Poetry Prompt

By L.L. Barkat 31 Comments

This One Doesn't Belong Photo Prompt Bus in Field

Strangeness arrests. It can cause inquiry, new vision, fear, a will to act (or not act). Let’s harness the power of strangeness in this week’s prompt.

Filed Under: Blog, Dream Poems, Photo Play, poetry prompt, poetry teaching resources, Shakespeare, Shakespeare-Themed Poems, Themed Writing Projects, writing prompts

Why Does Hamlet Wait to Kill the King?

By Sara Barkat 3 Comments

Why did Hamlet wait to kill the king? Crumbling Wall

Did William Shakespeare make a bad plot choice in Hamlet? Why does Hamlet wait to kill the king? To answer the question, one must understand the play’s nature.

Filed Under: Blog, Hamlet, Literary Analysis, Shakespeare

4 Reasons Your Child Needs Building Toys for Language and Creativity Development

By Monica Silva 13 Comments

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Building toys allow children opportunity for unscripted play which leads to language and creativity development. Monica Sharman shares 4 reasons your child needs building toys.

Filed Under: Blog, English Teaching, English Teaching Resources, Play

Take Your Poet to Work: Maya Angelou

By Will Willingham 12 Comments

As we continue to get ready for the 2015 Take Your Poet to Work Day Celebration, this week we welcome Maya Angelou to our collection of ready-for-work poets.

Filed Under: Black Poets, Blog, Maya Angelou, Poems, poetry, Take Your Poet to Work Day

Poets and Poems: Sarah Blake and “Mr. West”

By Glynn Young 5 Comments

Poet Sarah Blake wrote 46 poems about rapper Kanye West, an “unauthorized biography” that speaks profoundly about popular culture today.

Filed Under: article, book reviews, Celebrity Poems, Music Poems, Poems, poetry, poetry reviews, Poets

Shakespeare & Company: Dream a Little Dream Prompt

By L.L. Barkat 44 Comments

Dream a Little Dream Shakespeare Poetry Hot Air Balloon

Dream a little dream with us, in this Shakespeare poetry prompt. You can deny what the poem means, if anything at all. That’s the beauty of a dream.

Filed Under: Blog, Dream Poems, poetry prompt, poetry teaching resources, Shakespeare, Shakespeare-Themed Poems, Themed Writing Projects, writing prompts

How to Start, Join & Make the Most of a Writing Group

By Charity Singleton Craig 16 Comments

No Jew who followed this command would have been mistaken as someone who supported the Roman cause.

Want to get involved in a writing group, or get more out of one you’re in? Charity Singleton Craig has ideas to help you start, join and make the most of a writing group.

Filed Under: Blog, writer's group resources, Writing Tips

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

By Will Willingham 2 Comments

The Best in Poetry Top Ten Poetic Picks

How awe makes us more generous, how rhythm can help dyslexic kids read, and how reading Ginsberg might get you fired. It’s our Top Ten Poetic Picks.

Filed Under: Art, Blog, poetry, Top 10 Poetic Picks

Take Your Poet to Work: William Shakespeare

By Will Willingham 9 Comments

William Shakespeare

We kick off the release of our 2015 Take Your Poet to Work Day poets collection with the Bard of Avon, William Shakespeare.

Filed Under: Blog, Shakespeare, shakespeare sonnets, Take Your Poet to Work Day

Email Marketing Made Simple & Powerful

By T.S. Poetry 1 Comment

Email Marketing Made Simple and Powerful Jane Friedman Workshop

E-mail marketing is the No. 1 overlooked marketing tool. In this new workshop with Jane Friedman, learn the email marketing secrets every author and business should know. Includes tutorials on getting started with technologies.

Filed Under: Blog, Workshops

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