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The Loki Goodness Campaign, 1

By Anonymous 9 Comments

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The Loki Goodness Campaign is a parody of a phenomenon among Thor and Loki fans, many whom believe Loki has gotten a bad rap and is actually good.

Filed Under: Fiction, Loki Goodness Campaign, Student Writing

Poetry Prompt: Swell

By Heather Eure 16 Comments

Poetry Prompt: Swell

The ocean dances. It undulates and curls. Arches back and bends forward. Moving toward the finale. This week’s poetry prompt places you among the waves.

Filed Under: Blog, poetry prompt, poetry teaching resources, Sea Poems, writing prompts

Top 10 YA and Children’s Books

By Kimberlee Conway Ireton 28 Comments

Top Ten Childrens Novels Tweetspeak Poetry

Kimberlee Conway Ireton shares her top 10 YA and children’s books (actually, 17 or so).

Filed Under: Blog, book reviews, Children's Stories, Classic Books

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

The Horribly Tragic Deaths of Many of My Favourite Characters: Poem 3, Merlin and Arthur

By Sara Barkat 3 Comments

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In the spirit of Edward Gorey, the “Horribly Tragic Deaths” poems. This one, Merlin and Arthur.

Filed Under: Horribly Tragic Deaths of Many of My Favourite Characters, Short Poems, Student Writing

Interview with Ariel Malka: Dynamic Designer-Programmer, Part 1

By Maureen Doallas 4 Comments

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Maureen Doallas interviews Ariel Malka, a talented software designer and programmer exploring the realm of interactivity in digital space.

Filed Under: Blog, Design, Interview, Poetry at Work

Poets and Poems: Robinson Jeffers and “Selected Poetry”

By Glynn Young 1 Comment

The Selected Poetry of Robinson Jeffers: Poets and Poems at Tweetspeak Poetry

Robinson Jeffers (1887-1962) was a significant poet in the 1920s and 1930s, and then forgotten until rediscovered by the environmental movement.

Filed Under: book reviews, Nature Poems, Poems, poetry and business, poetry reviews, Poets

PhotoPlay 2: Portrait of a Shell, Sand, and the Sea Poetry Prompt

By Heather Eure 25 Comments

Portrait of a Shell

We are dipping our toes in the ocean at here at Tweetspeak Poetry. Join us for PhotoPlay 2. Look closely. You might just find a poem tucked inside a shell.

Filed Under: Blog, Photo Play, Photography prompts, Poems, poetry, poetry prompt, poetry teaching resources, Sea Poems, Shell Poems, Themed Writing Projects, writing prompts

Literary Tour: Georgia O’Keeffe and Lake George at San Francisco’s DeYoung Museum

By Dolly Lee 7 Comments

Georgia O Keefe museum

The exhibit suggested Georgia O’Keeffe painted to make the intangible, such as her feelings, more tangible.

Filed Under: Blog, Literary Tour

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.

Filed Under: Blog, Take Your Poet to Work Day

Take Your Poet to Work Day: Poet Treasure Hunt in the Library (Callie’s Story)

By Callie Feyen 36 Comments

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How did you spend Take Your Poet to Work Day? We want to know. Like this, from Callie Feyen. What a marvelous, ticklish, soul-jazz way to spend the day!

Filed Under: Blog, English Teaching Resources, Libraries, Take Your Poet to Work Day

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

The Poetry of World War I

By Glynn Young 12 Comments

Tweetspeak Poetry the Poetry of World War I

Tim Kendall’s anthology “Poetry of the First World War” explains how poetry came to be so connected with “the war to end all wars.”

Filed Under: Grief Poems, Poems, poetry, poetry reviews, Poets, war poems

PhotoPlay Prompt: Portrait of a Shell, Sand, and the Sea

By Heather Eure 31 Comments

Portrait of a shell, sand, and sea

Our senses are heightened by the surrounding wonder of the sea and shore. Feel the sand beneath your feet. It’s time for a little PhotoPlay and Prompt.

Filed Under: Blog, Photo Play, Photography prompts, poetry, poetry prompt, poetry teaching resources, Sea Poems, Shell Poems, writing prompts

Poetry at Work: Sue Spencer

By Sue Spencer 9 Comments

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In my journey into poetry at work, the poet in me wanted to make more of a difference, and the nurse in me realised that would happen best in health care.

Filed Under: Blog, Poetry at Work

Top 10 Tips for a Summer Staycation

By Will Willingham 11 Comments

blackberries summer staycation

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, Featured, 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

Poets and Poems: Marina Tsvetaeva and “My Poems”

By Glynn Young 7 Comments

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Russian poet Marina Tsvetaeva (1892-1941) used love as a compass in her poetry, in the face of monumental tragedies she experienced in her country.

Filed Under: love poems, Poems, poetry, poetry reviews, Poets, Russian Poets

Sand, Shells & Sea Glass: Poetry Prompt and Playlist

By Heather Eure 54 Comments

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This month, be inspired by Sand, Shells & Sea Glass. Read the Poetry Prompt and listen along. Our new playlist will give you an ocean of sound to write by.

Filed Under: Blog, poetry, poetry prompt, poetry teaching resources, Sea Poems, Shell Poems, writing prompts

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