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By T.S. Poetry 2 Comments

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A free e-book exclusive for Tweetspeak patrons, just in time to celebrate Poetic Earth Month!

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Poems to Listen By: Earth Song—1: Beefsteak

By Laurie Klein 4 Comments

red fall leaves with bokeh

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Earth Song Book Club: Poems in the Silence

By Rebecca D. Martin 7 Comments

dock in silence in sunset

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Earth Song Book Club: Garden Poems

By Rebecca D. Martin 2 Comments

Leafy greens in garden

In this week’s Earth Song discussion, Rebecca Martin starts smack dab in the middle of garden poems.

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Earth Song Book Club: Force of Nature

By Rebecca D. Martin 9 Comments

misty rocky shore

In this week’s book club discussion, Rebecca Martin moves through the poems in Earth Song as a force of nature.

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Earth Song Book Club: The Wild Places

By Rebecca D. Martin 11 Comments

yellow buds in spring trees

In this week’s Earth Song book club, Rebecca Martin considers the power of poems to transport the reader to another place, whether the woodlands or the wilds.

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Earth Song Book Club Announcement

By Rebecca D. Martin 6 Comments

bamboo forest

Rebecca D. Martin announces a new book club discussion of the symphonic nature poem collection edited by Sara Barkat, Earth Song.

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Experiencing Nature and the Earth with “Earth Song” by Sara Barkat

By Glynn Young 1 Comment

Kirkjufell Earth Song Barkat

The 93 poems of Earth Song, collected by Sara Barkat, focus on the earth as an immediate, real place—avoiding abstract, theoretical poetry.

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Poetry Prompt: Earth Song Nature Poems—Celebrate!

By T.S. Poetry 25 Comments

earth song nature poems climate poems daylilies

Celebrate the Earth Song nature poems anthology by penning your own song to or from the earth. Whether mountains, floral majesties, or monarchs, the lyrics are yours to compose.

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Poets and Poems: David Russell and “An Ever River”

By Glynn Young 2 Comments

The poems of “An Ever River” by British poet David Russell remind us that we are part of a larger whole that continues, even when damaged and mended.

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National Poetry Month: Tony Hoagland and a Stolen Earth + Group Poetry Dare

By Will Willingham 3 Comments

Tony Hoagland Real Estate

Tony Hoagland writes words he cannot find, and plays to our baser instincts to call us to greater things in search of a stolen earth.

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Writing Prompt: Science Fiction and Ecopoetry

By Kortney Garrison 12 Comments

Science Fiction and Ecopoetry Dandelion

Reports on the state of the planet’s future can sound like dystopian science fiction. Can they also be a clarion call that enlivens our creativity? Join us as we write about our interconnection to the world we’re part of.

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