‘The Book of Joy’ is a poetry collection of 100 poems written over a full year, by poet L.L. Barkat. It focuses on small joys she discovered were available in any season—even the difficult ones.
Poetry Club Tea Date ✨ Magician
Get your favorite steep (or brew) and join us in writing a poem with a bit of magic in it.
“Paul Celan: A Life” by Anna Arno
Anna Arno has written a thoughtful, often somber biography of the poet Paul Celan, showing how tragedy underscored his poetry.
Reading Paul Celan for the First Time
The poetry of Paul Celan reflects the tragedies of his life, which included persecution, occupation, forced labor, and his murdered family.
Poets and Poems: Christian Wiman and “The Dance”
Poet Christian Wiman, in his new collection “The Dance,” writes poetry experiential and participative; you wade in and follow the current.
Learning by Poetry: Qui a, Who Has
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Poetry Club Tea Date ✨ Daily Practices
Get your favorite steep or brew and join us in a poetry club tea date, to write a poem based on Andrea Potos’s “Daily Practices.”
Poets and Poems: J.I. Kleinberg and “All of We”
In “All of We,” poet J.I. Kleinberg visualizes ideas and themes in 56 found poems associating words that define the concept of “we.”
Poetry Prompt: Oh, My Word
Words hold great power, even though they are simple slips of sound and meaning. Words can start things. And end things. Come write your own word poem!
Poet Laura: By Heart
As summer comes to a close, Donna Hilbert reflects on the poems that she turns to for comfort in times of loss, for direction, and for joy.
Poetry Club Tea Date ✨ The Pershing Hotel
Get your favorite steep or brew and join us in a poetry club tea date, to write a poem based on Angela Alaimo O’Donnell’s “The Pershing Hotel.”
Your Poems: The Beachy Poem Challenge
Remember The Beachy Poem Challenge? Here’s what showed up in your colorful poems…
Blankets & Boston Terriers: Interview with Tania Runyan
From making a room of one’s own with blankets and Boston terriers, to making peace with paradise, poet Tania Runyan shares about the writing life.
The Beachy Poem Challenge
The Beachy Poem Challenge is designed to help us spice up familiar images by introducing new summer pairings.
10 Things Poets & Writers Can Do with the Small Moments
The small moments add up. What if we reclaimed them for our creativity? What new art might bubble up? Or, what new life directions?
Poetry in Prose—Where Love Is Born
I love a good story. But it’s in the telling—in the sounds of the words, and in the echoes and depths of expression—that my love for a novel is born.
Bringing Characters to Life—1
When you want to bring a character to life, what do you reach for? Enjoy this sample of backstory. Then write a poem or vignette to try it out yourself.
New Video! — Otherside | Jason “Anchored Only by Memories”
Check out this video for the new novel ‘Otherside’: “Anchored by Memories.” — What are *you* anchored by?
Poet Laura: Going Fishing with Dad
Our Poet Laura, Donna Hilbert, reflects on learning about the food chain with her father as we meander into these summer days.
Top 5 Queer Walt Whitman Poems
Read this collection of top 5 queer Walt Whitman poems from the Calamus poems, in his exploration of the love of comrades.