We begin our 50 States of Generosity series with a focus on New York and its state bird: the Eastern bluebird.
Poetry Prompt: For the Birds
What do you need to push away from in order to take flight? Join Callie Feyen as she considers resistance as a mighty force that’s not just for the birds.
By Heart: “The Darkling Thrush” + New Longfellow Challenge
Join author Megan Willome as she learns Thomas Hardy’s ‘The Darkling Thrush’ By Heart. This poem has it all: desolation, Hope, and ecstatic caroling.
Flying Machines Poetry Prompt: Wing Envy
Never mind the naysayers, this is your chance. It’s your turn to fly. Read about the humorous poem, “Darius Green and His Flying Machine” and learn a bit about those who thought flight was for the birds. Preen your feathers and write some high-flying poetry with us!
Coloring Page Poems: The Darkling Thrush by Thomas Hardy
Our coloring page poems series brings the fun stress relief of coloring pages and poetry together, today with Thomas Hardy’s “The Darkling Thrush.”
Poets and Poems: Laurie Klein and “Where the Sky Opens”
“Where the Sky Opens” by Laurie Klein shows how poems can help us navigate major life changes.
How to Write a Poem: Jealous Poem Stacks
English Teaching Resources: Poem stacks are good for starting something. Good for jealous days.
Poets and Poems: Ted Hughes’ “Crow”
In Poets and Poems, we look at Ted Hughes’ “Crow, ” published in 1970, representing a significant shift for the poet and a milestone in 20th century poetry.
Walk to Work with a Poet: The Wallace Stevens Walk
Take the Wallace Stevens Walk with us, following the stones engraved with the stanzas of “Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird” in Hartford, Connecticut.
Poetry Classroom: Nuthatch
It’s poetry’s fault, this feathered specificity. Birds can’t be just birds anymore.
Poetry Classroom: Killdeer
Welcome to the poetry classroom! Come discuss “Killdeer.”
Poet Focus: Marianne Moore
For all of her modernist associations, Marianne Moore’s poetry didn’t exactly fit the category. There’s a richness, almost a lushness, in many of her poems that’s absent from the moderns. She ranged over history and literature — Rome and Greece, Britain and Ireland, and America — as well as music and the natural world.
32 Flavors And Then Some (a Phoenix Poetry Prompt)
The phoenix is a classic theme in literature, poetry, and music. This week Seth Haines has a poetry prompt with the phoenix and Ani Difranco’s 32 Flavors.
The Opalescent Swallow (A Poetry Prompt)
Join Seth Haines for a new poetry prompt on the swallow, from this month’s Swan, Swallow, the Phoenix theme.
Swans, Swallows, and the Phoenix (A Poetry Prompt)
Seth Haines kicks off the month of May with a new poetic playlist on our Swans, Swallow, Phoenix theme, and a brand new poetry prompt to boot.
Stories of the Bees 2: Swan Poems
From bees, our recent Twitter poetry party began to transition to swans.
Tara and Birds: 2 Poems
Surreal poems of birds, corsets, a Chinese jar, and love.
Whale Song: Poems
The whales, the sea, and the occasional dragonfly and blackbird. Love poems to make you dream.
The Animals Come to a Party: Poems
Hippos, camels, dragon flies, cake? It must be an animal poems party.
Poems of the Ruby Moon
Surreal poems on work, love, and the ruby moon.