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Tolkien I Workshop: Session 3 — The Kingdoms of the Elves in Beleriand

By Chris Yokel 6 Comments

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Artist Highlight: IAM Auction—Ann Tracy

By T.S. Poetry 2 Comments

Ann Tracy Floral Art

IAM Auction Artists: Ann Tracy works in a variety of media including digital art, photography, video and theatre (actor, director, playwright).

Filed Under: Art, Blog

Eating and Drinking Poems: Rumi’s ‘Any Soul That Drank the Nectar’

By Megan Willome 9 Comments

Eating & Drinking Poems: Rumi Any Soul that Drank the Nectar

In the latest Eating and Drinking Poems post, Megan D. Willome shares her Christmas tradition of eating enchiladas and drinking Topo Chico mineral water.

Filed Under: Blog, Bottled & Canned, Eating and Drinking Poems, Family Poems, Poems, Poets, Rumi Poems, Short Poems

This Month’s Top Ten Poetic Picks

By Will Willingham 9 Comments

top ten poetry picks

The Muppets take selfies, how Twitter can help you write better sentences, death by poetry and what Gertrude Stein finds most exciting. It’s our Top Ten Poetic Picks.

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The Faraway Nearby Book Club: Living Inside Your Breath

By Will Willingham 16 Comments

the faraway nearby breath

What’s it like to live in a room created with one’s own breath? Join us for a look at how we make our lives in this week’s discussion of The Faraway Nearby.

Filed Under: Blog, book club, Books, The Faraway Nearby

Poets and Poems: “Selected Poems 1923-1975” by Robert Penn Warren

By Glynn Young 2 Comments

Tweetspeak Poetry Poets and Poems Robert Penn Warren

Poets and Poems features “Selected Poems 1923-1975, ” which reflects the poetic maturity of Robert Penn Warren’s work of than 60 years.

Filed Under: article, Blog, book reviews, Books, Poems, poetry, poetry reviews, used bookstore

Choose the Poem of the Month

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Best Poem a Day Poetry Daily Umbrellas

Looking for the best poem? It might be a matter of the heart. Help us choose the poem of the month!

Filed Under: Blog, color poems, Every Day Poems, Poems, Poems about poetry, poems every day, poetry

Photo Prompts: An Ode to Home Photo Play

By Heather Eure 32 Comments

An Ode to Home Photo Prompt

There is something about home that bestows a sense of peace, comfort, and belonging. Home sustains us. Walk through the door after a long day and inhale. It smells familiar, like a favorite sweater. Come on over to our house for Photo Prompts: An Ode to Home. It’s Photo Play day!

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

A Poem a Day: Beautiful and Convenient

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best poem a day

Best poem a day! Daily inbox delivery, Monday through Friday. Monthly themes, beautiful art. Discover established and emerging poets.

Filed Under: Blog, Every Day Poems, poem a day, poems every day

Tolkien 1 Workshop: Session 2 — The Creation of the Elves and Silmarils

By Chris Yokel 14 Comments

Silmarillion Tolkien workshop photo Paty Oliveira-Maionese paty

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English Teaching Resources: Incidentally, that Play-Doh Could Prevent a Homicide

By L.L. Barkat 36 Comments

Play Doh English Teaching Resources Word Games

Play-Doh prevents violence? Yes, if it’s part of play. Use it in your English Teaching and create a better world.

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

Ode to the Ode

By Marjorie Maddox 15 Comments

ode to a frog

Whether its in praise of a stapler, an old t-shirt or a frog, Marjorie Maddox tells us we need the “cadence of praise.” We need the Ode.

Filed Under: Animal Poems, Blog, love poems, love poetry, Nature Poems, Ode Poems, Poems, poetry

Twitter Poetry: Top Ten Poetic Tweets

By Will Willingham 2 Comments

twitter poetry top ten poetic tweets

Sometimes, it so happens we read a tweet and say to ourselves, “That’s poetry.” It’s Twitter Poetry. Maybe it didn’t even mean to be a poem, but it’s a poetic thing all the same. It’s a way of using words well.

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

Memoir Notebook: The Bright Orders

By Anthony Connolly 16 Comments

black and white main street

By way of our Memoir Notebook, we want you to meander, get caught up, find yourself taken to places you hadn’t intended to go (but are so glad, in the end, that you went). Today, Wm. Anthony Connolly talks about ghosts and Olympia Café.

Filed Under: Become a Better Writer, Blog, Memoir Notebook

The Faraway Nearby Book Club: Tears and the Ice Queen

By Will Willingham 15 Comments

the faraway nearby the ice queen

Through Hans Christian Andersen’s tale of The Ice Queen, Rebecca Solnit shares the healing power and warmth of tears. Join us for this week’s discussion of The Faraway Nearby.

Filed Under: Blog, book club, Books, The Faraway Nearby

The Poetry of Walking, History and Houses

By Glynn Young 4 Comments

Poetry of walking, houses

A stroll, even in familiar neighborhoods, can prompt reflection, imagination, discovery, and insight. Perhaps it could be called the poetry of walking.

Filed Under: Blog, Grief Poems, Poems, poetry, Poets, Writing in Place

Ode To Rice Krispies: Playlist and Poetry Prompt

By Heather Eure 33 Comments

ode to rice krispies

Welcome to this month’s poetry prompt and playlist! Listen along with us and write an ode to Rice Krispies, or your favorite breakfast cereal.

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

English Teaching Resources: Incidentally, That Lego Could Earn You Six Figures

By L.L. Barkat 23 Comments

English teaching resources that include legos? Yes. That lego could earn you big money someday. Go ahead, play.

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

Become a Better Writer: 5 Things the Theater Taught Me About Writing

By Dena Dyer 14 Comments

become a better writer lessons from the theatre

Dena Dyer explores lessons she learned about how to become a better writer through her work in the theater.

Filed Under: Become a Better Writer, Blog, Writing Business Tips, Writing Life, Writing Tips

Top 100 FedEx Small Biz Contest Finalists Poems

By Maureen Doallas 17 Comments

top 100 fedex small business contest winners poems

The top 100 FedEx Small Business contest winners are in. And they are looking marvelously poetic. (Amusement at no extra charge.)

Filed Under: Blog, Funny Poems, Humorous Poems, work poems

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