In this week’s Poetry Club Tea Date, enjoy a new poetry prompt started with a line from L.L. Barkat’s “You Had Not Known.”
Pandemic Journal: An Entry on the Silver Skunk and the Mysterious Poet
A tale of a silver skunk, quiet talk of an unknown sonneteer, and friends at a distance together at York’s. Share in this surreal pandemic journal entry, with Callie Feyen.
Resilient Book Club: Part 1—Recognizing
In this week’s first installment of our book club of Resilient by Rick Hanson, Laura Boggess discusses the role of recognizing in meeting our needs, and considers the inner strengths of compassion, mindfulness and learning.
“Cross of Snow: A Life of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow by Nicholas Basbanes
“Cross of Snow” examines the lives of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and his wife Frances (“Fanny”), noting her significant contributions to his work.
Journey into Poetry: Karen Paul Holmes
From the first poem that broke her heart, all the way to Tracy K. Smith’s “The Slowdown,” it’s been a fulfilling (and surprising) poetry journey for Karen Paul Holmes.
New Workshop—The Joy of Poetry Begins Us
The Joy of Poetry Begins Us is an 8-week class about fostering community among those who love the written word. It’s about becoming people who move beyond the beautiful world of the poems themselves and into friendships and love.
A Ritual to Read to Each Other: Rumi & Mac Miller
Imagine Rumi as a rapper. Or Mac Miller as a mystic. Megan Willome explores the similarities between these two artists in our monthly column, A Ritual to Read to Each Other.
The Poetry Club Tea Date ✨ What We Would Give Up
In this week’s Poetry Club Tea Date, enjoy this poetry prompt based on a starter line from a Marie Howe poem.
The Book of Delights Book Club: Listening by the Lake
In this final installment of our book club discussion of The Book of Delights, Ross Gay writes of the small town wave and common decency.
Pandemic Journal: An Entry on Pencil Balancing
It’s the simple things that can show us the way. Join Laura Lynn Brown, and experience the Pentel GraphGear 500 drafting pencil’s power in the midst of the pandemic.
Poetry and Healing: “Waiting for Neruda’s Memoirs” by Laura Boggess
The novella “Waiting for Neruda’s Memoirs” by Laura Boggess tells a story of a woman haunted by voices and healed through the power of poetry.
10 Ways to Be a Totally Epic Literary Citizen
Maybe you’ve heard the concept of being a literary citizen? We’re taking it further, making it epic and inspiring. Come along if you want to dream and *be.*
Poetry Prompt: Stoop Sitting
Before summer ends, step outside for a little stoop sitting. Author Callie Feyen offers a poetry prompt about the place we call home.
By Heart: ‘I Have Wrapped My Dreams in a Silken Cloth’ + New Vachel Lindsay Challenge
In celebration of Take Your Poet to Work Day, join Megan Willome as she learns Countee Cullen’s “I Have Wrapped My Dreams in a Silken Cloth” by heart.
The Poetry Club Tea Date ✨ Oriole
Join us for this week’s Every Day Poems poetry club tea date! See the favorite lines shared by a reader. Catch the poem that came from it. Pen your own.
The Book of Delights Book Club: Simply Called Sharing What We Love
In this week’s book club discussion of The Book of Delights, Ross Gay riffs on the delight (and ethics) of simply sharing what you love.
Book Club Announcement: Resilient by Rick Hanson
In August, Laura Boggess leads our next book club discussion of Rick Hanson’s Resilient: How to Grow an Unshakeable Core of Calm, Strength, and Happiness. Join us!
How to Do Literary Analysis: An Experimental Reflection Based on The Yellow Wall-Paper
How do you do literary analysis? You might begin by treating it as a conversation between you, the reader, and the writer’s words. After all, the story wants to be heard. Let’s start with The Yellow-Wallpaper.
Poets and Poems: Paul Mariani and “Ordinary Time”
“Ordinary Time” by poet Paul Mariani reminds us of the small and almost forgotten things that make a life, and make a life sacred.
Waiting for Neruda’s Memoirs—It’s Here!
Lyrical and whimsical writer Laura Boggess brings us a sweetly inspiring story of one woman’s quest to put her life back together. Poetry plays a part. But not before a book gets delivered to the wrong house on a windy, impossible day.