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Poets and Poems: Susan Lewis

By Glynn Young 4 Comments

Poet Susan Lewis asks how we can fully understand each other, and she does it within the frameworks of both prose poetry and the more familiar verse form.

Filed Under: Attentiveness Poems, Blog, poetry reviews, Poets

Haiku in English: The First Hundred Years

By L.L. Barkat 18 Comments

Blossoms Haiku in English tweetspeakpoetry.com

One of the best resources for Haiku in English, this is a helpful book. Check out the wonderful sample haiku and maybe go haiku hunting in Emily Dickinson.

Filed Under: Attentiveness Poems, Blog, Haiku, Haiku Poems, Poems about poetry, poems about writing, poetry reviews, poetry teaching resources, Short Poems

Launching Love, Etc.

By T.S. Poetry 25 Comments

Red flower love poems

A day spent celebrating love—to launch Love, Etc. Sharing quotes, a live reading, chocolates. What’s not to love?

Filed Under: Attentiveness Poems, Blog, Hope Poems, poems about writing

Poetry Classroom: Thoreau Considers a Stone

By Todd Davis 12 Comments

Ice poems ice poetry

Welcome to this month’s poetry classroom. Up today, “Thoreau considers a stone.”

Filed Under: Attentiveness Poems, Blog, Dream Poems, Nature Poems, Poems, poetry, Poetry Classroom, poetry teaching resources

New Years Poems: New Year’s Observation from the Bench

By Will Willingham 7 Comments

new years poems

The Tweetspeak team offers our best wishes for a happy, creative, and prosperous new year, and a New Years poem to start your 2014.

Filed Under: Attentiveness Poems, Blog, Courage Poems, New Year's Poems, Poems, poetry, Short Poems

Image-ine Poetry: “Bedsheet” by Lisa Hess Hesselgrave

By Maureen Doallas 15 Comments

Image-ine Bedsheet Lisa Hesslegrave

Writing poetry from art ignites creativity and helps you become a better writer. Join Maureen Doallas in this Image-ine exercise based on “Bedsheet, ” a painting by Lisa Hess Hesselgrave.

Filed Under: Art, Attentiveness Poems, Blog, Childhood Poems, Creativity, Image-ine

Video Poems: The Painter by Dobby Gibson

By L.L. Barkat 3 Comments

Best Video Poems Steamy Pot

Best video poems. “The Painter, ” by Dobby Gibson. A man finds he will create if he pays attention to life.

Filed Under: Attentiveness Poems, Blog, Poems, poetry, Video Poems, Videos, visual poetry

Poetry Video: Historical Fragment

By T.S. Poetry 1 Comment

poetry cards

A poetry video that will make you stop and watch. Mesmerizing, as the cards fly.

Filed Under: Attentiveness Poems, Video Poems, Videos, visual poetry

Top Ten Poems from Every Day Poems

By Will Willingham 8 Comments

top ten poems

Every weekday morning, we send a carefully-chosen poem, along with beautiful artwork, out to eagerly awaiting inboxes around the world. Here are our top recent Every Day Poems.

Filed Under: Attentiveness Poems, Courage Poems, Every Day Poems, Family Poems, Father Poems, Funny Poems, Humorous Poems, love poems, love poetry, poetry

Poetry Classroom: Universe

By Julie L. Moore 7 Comments

Fir Snow Petals Poetry

Welcome to the poetry classroom. What is the power of looking up? Or writing down.

Filed Under: Attentiveness Poems, Hope Poems, Nature Poems, Poems, Poems about poetry, poetry, Poetry Classroom

Poetry Classroom: Something to Amaze

By Julie L. Moore 9 Comments

Birches Poetry

Welcome to the poetry classroom. Come discuss the effects of cataloging, sound, and subtle visuals.

Filed Under: Attentiveness Poems, Blog, Catalog Poems, Nature Poems, Poems, poetry, Poetry Classroom, poetry teaching resources, Short Poems, Weather Poems

Take Your Poet to Work: Rumi

By Will Willingham 14 Comments

Take Your Poet to Work - Rumi

Ever wish you could take your favorite poet along with you to work? You know, have Rumi help you mix the chemicals for that lab experiment you’re working on. Or serve up a poet on a stick along with the sandwiches to your lunch customers. With Take Your Poet to Work Day just around the corner, now you can.

Filed Under: Anniversary Poems, Attentiveness Poems, Blog, love poems, love poetry, Poems, poetry, poetry humor, poetry teaching resources, Rumi Poems, Short Poems, Take Your Poet to Work Day

Take Your Poet to Work: The Haiku Masters

By Will Willingham 29 Comments

Take Your Poet to Work Haiku Masters Cover

Our first poet collection releases for Take Your Poet to Work Day: The Haiku Masters (Matsuo Basho, Yosa Buson, Kobayashi Issa)

Filed Under: Attentiveness Poems, Blog, Cat Poems, Funny Poems, Haiku, Haiku Poems, Humorous Poems, Poems, poetry, Take Your Poet to Work Day

The Writing Life: How to Be a Famous Author

By Tania Runyan 42 Comments

the writing life how to be a famous author

The writing life should be simpler than this, right? No, it’s not easy, and it never will be. Because we want to be famous. And that’s good, and not.

Filed Under: article, Attentiveness Poems, Catalog Poems, Courage Poems, Poems, poetry, poetry teaching resources, writer's group resources, Writing Life

Poem: When Morning Comes

By Glynn Young 2 Comments

A poem of attentiveness, Russian sage, and the empty peach.

Filed Under: Attentiveness Poems, L.L. Barkat, Nature Poems, Poems, poetry

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