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Poetry Club Tea Date ✨ The Poet

By T.S. Poetry 11 Comments

the tea

Get your favorite steep (or brew) & join us in writing a poem based on “The Poet” by Yone Noguchi.

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Every Day Poems: Community Mandalas + New Poetry Club Invitation!

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yellow door community mandalas

Join the next Every Day Poems club activity, and craft a Wish List poem to celebrate that time of year when we look for wishes to come true.

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Every Day Poems: Community Centos + New Poetry Club Invitation!

By T.S. Poetry 1 Comment

mandala-simple-3-Tea Cup

Come enjoy the lovely centos created by your fellow poetry club members. Then receive your invitation to November’s club activity!

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Every Day Poems: Community Collages + New Poetry Club Invitation!

By T.S. Poetry 21 Comments

Bethany collage Anya Silver "Kindness"

Peek in on the community collages offered for our last Every Day Poems poetry club activity. Then maybe get inspired for a collage of your own!

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Happy Birthday, Every Day Poems!

By T.S. Poetry 9 Comments

birthday cake every day poems

Every Day Poems turns twelve today. A dozen years of poetry love. A dozen years of inspiration. Come write a birthday poem in celebration!

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Poetry Club Tea Date ✨ The Color of Eyes

By T.S. Poetry 13 Comments

the tea

Get your favorite steep (or brew) & join us in writing a poem based on “The Color of Eyes Is the Color of Soul” by Xueyan.

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The Poetry Club Tea Date ✨ First Fall

By T.S. Poetry 2 Comments

the tea

In this week’s Poetry Club Tea Date, enjoy a new poetry prompt started with a line from “First Fall” by Maggie Smith.

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The Poetry Club Tea Date ✨ Braiding His Hair

By T.S. Poetry 10 Comments

the tea

In this week’s Poetry Club Tea Date, enjoy a new poetry prompt started with a line from “Braiding His Hair” by Alison Luterman.

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5-Minute Refresh: Proof of Thought

By T.S. Poetry

Peaceful Ocean

Give your soul a 5-minute refresh with this invitation to breathe deeply and meditate on a life-giving line of poetry.

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The Poetry Club Tea Date ✨ Baby by Madison Julius Cawein

By T.S. Poetry 9 Comments

the tea

In this week’s Poetry Club Tea Date, enjoy a new poetry prompt started with a line from “Baby” by Madison Julius Cawein.

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The Poetry Club Tea Date ✨ A Clock in the Square

By T.S. Poetry 7 Comments

the tea

In this week’s Poetry Club Tea Date, enjoy a new poetry prompt started with a line from The Clock in the Square by Adrienne Rich.

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5-Minute Refresh: The Door that Opens

By T.S. Poetry

Relaxing Water and Sky

Give your soul a 5-minute refresh with this invitation to breathe deeply and meditate on a life-giving line of poetry.

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The Poetry Club Tea Date ✨ Peacock Feather

By T.S. Poetry 33 Comments

the tea

In this week’s Poetry Club Tea Date, enjoy a new poetry prompt started with a line from Effie Lee Newsome’s “Peacock Feather.”

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The Poetry Club Tea Date ✨ What We Would Give Up

By T.S. Poetry 11 Comments

the tea

In this week’s Poetry Club Tea Date, enjoy this poetry prompt based on a starter line from a Marie Howe poem.

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The Poetry Club Tea Date ✨ Oriole

By T.S. Poetry 16 Comments

Grass bokeh poetry club

Join us for this week’s Every Day Poems poetry club tea date! See the favorite lines shared by a reader. Catch the poem that came from it. Pen your own.

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The Poetry Club Tea Date ✨ This Has Been a Summer

By T.S. Poetry 8 Comments

Poetry Club Tea Date

Join us for this week’s Every Day Poems poetry club tea date! See the favorite lines shared by a reader. Catch the poem that came from it. Pen your own.

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The Poetry Club Tea Date ✨ Every Morning

By T.S. Poetry 21 Comments

the tea

Join us for this week’s Every Day Poems poetry club tea date! See the favorite lines shared by a reader. Catch the poem that came from it. Pen your own.

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Poem Presents—A Poem Is a Gift No Distance Can Erase

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It’s simple to participate. Just find a few poems of beauty, comfort, or hope to share—from a site like Poetry Foundation.

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Poems From the Coffee Shop: Pine Needle Tea and Small Kindnesses

By L.L. Barkat 9 Comments

Pine Needle Tea in Wednesday Cup

It’s not your ordinary coffee shop that serves pine needle tea. But then, these are no ordinary times. Come talk poetry, wholeness, and kindness with L.L. Barkat, over a cup of white pine tea.

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Poems From the Coffee Shop—Chamomile and Wild Honeyed Bread

By L.L. Barkat 12 Comments

Coffee Shop Homemade Barley Bread

What happens when your coffee shop has no shop? Join author L.L. Barkat for a discussion of the poem “Rider” and thoughts on resilience.

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