Tania Runyan offers guidelines for how to write a college application essay, including some no-no’s (and yes-yes’s).
Top 10 Best Pillow Poems
As Poem on Your Pillow Day approaches, we’ve rounded up 10 great Pillow Poems so you can bring the joy of poetry to someone you love.
Indiana Poet Laureate Shari Wagner
Charity Singleton Craig meets Indiana Poet Laureate Shari Wagner and considers how to make poetry more accessible to more people.
2016 Pulitzer Prize: “Ozone Journal” by Peter Balakian
“Ozone Journal’ by Peter Balakian, winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for poetry, challenges, provokes, and helps us to see in a different light.
Poetry Prompt: Celebrity Pillows
Which celebrity is worthy of having their face printed on a pillow? Poem on Your Pillow Day is coming up and we’re having fun imagining which celebrity should be on a pillow, with a poem on top. Join us!
Memoir Notebook: Waterfall of Sweet Dreams—Part I: The Call
That is exactly how he thought of acting—as just another job. One day Richard Maxson looked up the number of Columbia Pictures Studios and made the call.
Top 10 Pocket Poets and Their Poems
It’s Poem in Your Pocket Day. What better way to celebrate than with one of these 10 great pocket poets (and their poems) in your pocket.
The Joy of Poem on Your Pillow Day
Part of the joy of poetry is the delight of surprise, and what better surprise than to find a poem on your pillow. Poem on Your Pillow Day is coming May 3.
British Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy
British Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy, the first woman to hold the post, writes powerful and beautiful poetry.
Poetry Prompt: A Pirate On Aging
Join us as we consider a day in the life of an aging pirate and how they might spend their retirement years. Come aboard, me hearties, and write pirate poems with us!
How to Write a College Application Essay: What’s it All About?
Amidst all the data surrounding grades and test scores and class ranking, Tania Runyan assures us the college essay is a chance to just be yourself. Isn’t that a relief?
The Best in Poetry: Top Ten Poetic Picks
Beverly Cleary’s 100th birthday, using your hands to help your head, Ohio’s new poet laureate and radiologist in chief. Our Top 10 Poetic Picks is back.
“The Joy of Poetry” by Megan Willome
“The Joy of Poetry” by Megan Willome tells the story of her mother and herself, what poetry can do in a person’s life, and what it does in all of our lives.
The Pirate’s Code Poetry Prompt
Who knew that pirates had a set of rules while they were out pillaging and plundering? Join us and learn more about the pirate code of conduct and write your own pirate bylaws with poetry.
Memoir Notebook: In the Jingle Jangle Morning, 1965
A young Richard Maxson takes off in the Jingle Jangle Morning of Bob Dylan’s “Tambourine Man” on a cross country road trip and into his own Tomorrowland.
Top 10 Best Poems About Wood
How many poems would a woodchuck write if a woodchuck could write poems? We have ten great poems about wood to make any woodchuck smile.
The Joy of Poetry: As Much as She Could Carry
Enjoy an excerpt of the newest title from T. S. Poetry Press, The Joy of Poetry: How to Keep, Save & Make Your Life with Poems.
Poetic Voices: Lucia Cherciu and Sarah Nichols
Recent poetry collections by Lucia Cherciu and Sarah Nichols reflect the poetry of exile, but in very different ways – exile from one’s country and voluntary exile and isolation.
Pirate Poems: A Pirate’s Life For Me Prompt
Pirate poems! Freedom, adventure on the open sea, long work hours, battles, treasure, and a fantastic wardrobe—the stuff of a pirate’s life (and poems).
Celebrating National Poetry Month: The Joy of Poetry
Besides all the free National Poetry Month gifts and inspirational invitations, we’ve got a surprise we can’t wait to share with you. The Joy of Poetry.