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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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Filed Under: active, Blog, Earth Song, Ecopoetry, Food Poems, Nature Poems, Patron Only, Podcasts, Poems to Listen By

Poet Laura: Dark Humor & Smarts in the Same Poem

By Karen Paul Holmes 3 Comments

log cabin on creek

In this month’s columns from Karen Paul Holmes, our Poet Laura invites us to write a dark humor poem using a sample Rupert Fike poem.

Filed Under: Blog, Food Poems, Funny Poems, Poet Laura, poetry prompt

Poet Laura: To the Moon, Poetry!

By Tania Runyan 6 Comments

New York Pizzeria

Should the Poet Laura leave poems about Chicago or New York on the moon? Let the pizza decide.

Filed Under: Blog, Food Poems, Poet Laura

Poet Laura: Life is Like a Box of Chocolate Poems

By Tania Runyan 13 Comments

Life is Like a Box of Chocolate Poems

In this month’s column, inaugural Poet Laura Tania Runyan nibbles around the edges of the chocolate poem box and comes up with some thoughtful delights.

Filed Under: Blog, Chocolate Poems, Food Poems, Poet Laura

Poetry Prompt: Cookie Poems

By Callie Feyen 1 Comment

What’s the best cookie you ever ate? Why was it so good? Join author Callie Feyen for a poetry prompt about cookies and a couple of fantastic friends.

Filed Under: Blog, Chocolate, Food Poems, poetry, poetry prompt, writer's group resources, writing prompt, writing prompts

Afternoon Tea (and Poetry) with Tracy K. Smith’s podcast “The Slowdown”

By Megan Willome 14 Comments

When author Megan Willome needs an afternoon pick-me-up, she cues up ‘The Slowdown’ with U.S. Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith.

Filed Under: Black Poets, Blog, Food Poems, Podcasts, poem a day, Poetic Earth Month, poetry, Poets, Tea

Writing Prompt: Play With Your Food

By Callie Feyen 5 Comments

Rainbow Carrots Play With Your Food Writing Prompt

Creative nonfiction writer, Callie Feyen, takes help from poet Tania Runyan to write food poetry. Come along and craft your own poem or story—purple carrots optional!

Filed Under: Blog, Farm Poems, Food Poems, poetry, poetry prompt, poetry teaching resources, writer's group resources, writing prompt, writing prompts

Eating and Drinking Poems: Anne Overstreet’s “Under Heaven”

By Laura Lynn Brown 3 Comments

Eating and drinking poems pomegranate

Laura Lynn Brown recalls willing herself to eat some pomegranate seeds because she wanted to enjoy the food as much as she enjoyed the word, paired with Anne Doe Overstreet’s “Under Heaven” in the latest Eating & Drinking Poems.

Filed Under: Blog, Eating and Drinking Poems, Food Poems

Eating and Drinking Poems: Stephen Murabito’s “Alone with the Artichokes”

By Laura Lynn Brown 22 Comments

Artichoke cut open

For poet Stephen Murabito, artichokes are a food of regret. Laura Brown prepares them a little differently, with Murabito’s poem “Alone with Artichokes.”

Filed Under: Blog, Eating and Drinking Poems, Food Poems, Pittsburgh Literary

Eating and Drinking Poems: Barbara Crooker’s “Ode to Olive Oil”

By Laura Lynn Brown 19 Comments

Barbara Crookers Ode to Olive Oil

Laura Lynn Brown offers a reflection on Barbara Crooker’s “Ode to Olive Oil” and a tasty recipe of white beans with sage to go with it.

Filed Under: Blog, Eating and Drinking Poems, Food Poems

Eating and Drinking Poems: Storytelling and Luci Shaw’s “Eating the Whole Egg”

By Laura Lynn Brown 15 Comments

Luci Shaw Eating the Whole Egg two eggson dark tabletop

Any family story has multiple versions: what I remember, what you remember, what really happened. Laura Brown reflects on truth, fact, and the whole egg.

Filed Under: Blog, Eating and Drinking Poems, Food Poems

Eating & Drinking Poems: Savoring Succotash

By Laura Lynn Brown 18 Comments

Savoring Succotash

Is succotash something to be suffered or savored? Laura Lynn Brown offers a warm reflection on the dish, with a savory succotash poem and Thanksgiving recipes.

Filed Under: Blog, Eating and Drinking Poems, Food Poems, Recipes

Thank You Notes: Potatoes, Parsnips, and Other Root Vegetables

By T.S. Poetry 26 Comments

golden-potatoes-poetry-prompt

Thank You Notes is a monthly prompt that focuses on expressing our thanks to a particular person, place, or thing. This month, we’re crafting thank-you’s to potatoes, parsnips, and other root vegetables.

Filed Under: Blog, Food Poems, Poems, poetry, Thank You Notes, Themed Writing Projects, writer's group resources, writing prompt, writing prompts

Circus & Carnival Poetry Prompt: Deep Fried and On a Stick

By Heather Eure 6 Comments

circus_and_carnival

This week’s Circus & Carnival poetry prompt celebrates a guilty pleasure: Carnival food. Where else can you write a poem about corn dogs?

Filed Under: Blog, Circus & Carnival, Food Poems, poetry prompt, poetry teaching resources, Themed Writing Projects, writer's group resources, writing prompts

Poetry Prompt: Cookie of Good Fortune

By Heather Eure 51 Comments

Cookie of Good Fortune

We think every cookie is full of good luck. Especially when they’re chocolate chip! Join our poetry prompt & bake up your own cookie of good fortune.

Filed Under: Blog, Food Poems, poetry prompt, poetry teaching resources, writing prompts

Bread, Pastries, & Pies: Photo Play 2

By Heather Eure 36 Comments

Bread, Pastries, and Pies

Explore the Photo Play 2 contributions from our community. Share your made-from-scratch poem inspired by all the different Bread, Pastries, & Pies you see.

Filed Under: Blog, Food Poems, Photo Play, Photography prompts, poetry prompt, poetry teaching resources, writing prompts

Photo Play: Bread, Pastries, and Pies

By Heather Eure 50 Comments

Bread, Pastries, & Pies

Food photography can be poetry for the eyes, especially when its Bread, Pastries, & Pies. Join us as we pass around the baked goods. It’s Photo Play time!

Filed Under: Blog, Food Poems, Photo Play, Photography prompts, poetry prompt, poetry teaching resources, writing prompts

Bread, Pastries, Pies Playlist & Prompt

By Heather Eure 134 Comments

Bread, Pastries, and Pies

This month’s playlist is a mouth-watering buffet of sweet musical delights. Listen along, share a pastry poem, and think about your New Year’s diet later.

Filed Under: Blog, Food Poems, Music, poetry prompt, poetry teaching resources, writing prompts

Eating and Drinking Poems: May Swenson’s “Strawberrying”

By Kathryn Neel

eating and drinking poems strawberrying tweetspeak poetry

In honor of the last days of summer, Kathryn Neel shares an old family recipe for strawberry ice cream to go with May Swenson’s poem, “Strawberrying.”

Filed Under: Eating and Drinking Poems, Food Poems, Nature Poems, Summer Poems

Eating and Drinking Poems: Seamus Heaney’s ‘Oysters’

By Kathryn Neel 8 Comments

eating and drinking poems seamus heaney oysters

As you read Seamus Heaney’s poem “Oysters, ” perhaps you, too, will start to feel the pull of the tides in each salty bite.

Filed Under: Blog, Eating and Drinking Poems, Food Poems, Seamus Heaney

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