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Poet-a-Day: Meet Tom C. Hunley

By Tania Runyan 1 Comment

lion cub couple

How can a mashup lead to a sonnet like Tom C. Hunley’s? See the cool exercise that can make it happen.

Filed Under: Blog, How to Write a Form Poem, Poet-a-Day, poetry teaching resources, Sonnets

Poet-a-Day: Meet Elise Paschen

By Tania Runyan 1 Comment

Inner dome at St Stephen Walbrook

Elise Paschen shows us how it’s all about teleutons if you want your mysterious possibility in your sestina.

Filed Under: Blog, How to Write a Form Poem, Poet-a-Day, poetry teaching resources, Sestina

Poet-a-Day: Meet Ron Wallace

By Tania Runyan 2 Comments

Gold Wheat Provence France-Mrs. Goldwasser teacher poem

When your ode is also a sonnet. Ron Wallace shows how a golden form poem decided to play with expectations (and intentions).

Filed Under: Blog, How to Write a Form Poem, Ode Poems, Poet-a-Day, poetry teaching resources, Sonnets

Poet-a-Day: Meet Isaac Willis

By Tania Runyan 2 Comments

Berlin facade architecture-Sonnet for an Architect Poem

When you begin a poem, do you ever feel like a particular form is calling? Isaac Willis shares why he chose the sonnet for this architect love poem…

Filed Under: Blog, How to Write a Form Poem, Poet-a-Day, poetry teaching resources, Sonnets

Poet-a-Day: Meet Maureen E. Doallas

By Tania Runyan 8 Comments

Penmon Lighthouse Anglesey Beach Quiet Sea Meditation Poem

What if you want to match a physical sensation to a poetic form? Maureen E. Doallas shows you how, in this pantoum from ‘How to Write a Form Poem.’

Filed Under: Blog, How to Write a Form Poem, Pantoum, Poet-a-Day

Poetry Prompt: Dance with Form

By Callie Feyen 3 Comments

Ready to travel into the world of form poetry? Join author Callie Feyen as she compares dreaming with writing poetry.

Filed Under: Blog, Dream Poems, English Teaching Resources, Form It, Haiku, How to Write a Form Poem, Ode Poems, poetry prompt, poetry teaching resources, Rondeau, Sestina, writer's group resources, Writing, writing prompt, writing prompts

National Poetry Month Book Giveaway—Tell Us Your Personal Poetry Story to Enter!

By T.S. Poetry 34 Comments

How to Write a Poem How to Read a Poem How to Write a Form Poem Book Trio Giveaway

You could win two books from the popular “How To” trio, when you tell us your poetry story. You can tell it in prose or poetry. We might even ask to publish it!

Filed Under: Blog, Featured, Give Poetry, How to Write a Form Poem, How to Write a Poem

Poet-a-Day: Meet David Wright

By Tania Runyan 3 Comments

Louise McKay Los Angeles cellist-Music Poem by David Wright

How can you discover your poetic habits and create new ones that change your poetic music? Poet David Wright’s cello-based sonnet shows the way.

Filed Under: Blog, How to Write a Form Poem, Poet-a-Day, Sonnets

Poet-a-Day: Meet Katie Manning

By Tania Runyan 9 Comments

Sunset in Howth - Dublin, Ireland Clouds and Light Ecclesiastes Poem Katie Manning

What happens when you begin to erase parts of a text? Can poetry rise to the surface? Katie Manning made it so, with the book of Ecclesiastes.

Filed Under: Blackout Poems, Blog, Found Poems, How to Write a Form Poem, Poet-a-Day

Poet-a-Day: Meet Chip Livingston

By Tania Runyan 2 Comments

Punta del Este Uruguay Pueblo White Chip Livingston Pantoum

What is your region inspiring you to write? For poet Chip Livingston, the shores of Uruguay simply begged to speak through a pantoum.

Filed Under: Blog, How to Write a Form Poem, Pantoum, Poet-a-Day

Road Trip!—Great Poets Read for National Poetry Month

By T.S. Poetry 4 Comments

Midwest Missouri Bluffs Road Trip Poems

Take a poetic trip with this fine group of talented poets—in a capstone evening reading event for National Poetry Month. Bring your travel mug and keys!

Filed Under: Blog, Featured, How to Write a Form Poem, National Poetry Month

Poet-a-Day: Meet Ashley M. Jones

By Tania Runyan 13 Comments

Birmingham Skyline View From Quarry

What can the villanelle offer a poet? Ashley M. Jones has a suggestion—and a container for obsession or sorrow.

Filed Under: Black Poets, Blog, English Teaching, How to Write a Form Poem, Poet-a-Day, poetry teaching resources, Villanelles, writer's group resources

Reading Generously: ‘How to Write a Form Poem’ by Tania Runyan

By Megan Willome 4 Comments

orange fruit on a branch

Form poetry: not just for grad school anymore. Welcome to your guided tour of ‘How to Write a Form Poem,’ by Tania Runyan.

Filed Under: Blog, How to Write a Form Poem, Reading Generously

Poet-a-Day: Meet Marjorie Maddox

By Tania Runyan 8 Comments

Pink Magnolia Poet-a-Day Mary Poppins poem

Why write a pantoum? Poet Marjorie Maddox shares her reasons, on the wings of poetry and song.

Filed Under: Blog, Childhood Poems, English Teaching Resources, How to Write a Form Poem, Interviews, Pantoum Poems, Poet-a-Day, poetry, poetry teaching resources, Poets, writer's group resources

Poet-a-Day: Meet Celia Lisset Alvarez

By Tania Runyan 8 Comments

Florida Palm Trees

Why write a sestina? Direct from Florida, poet Celia Lisset Alvarez gives you a few fabulous reasons.

Filed Under: Blog, How to Write a Form Poem, Poet-a-Day, poetry teaching resources, Poets, Political Poems, Sestina, writer's group resources

National Poetry Month: How to Write a Form Poem!

By T.S. Poetry 5 Comments

How to Write a Form Poem Porch

We’re delighted to announce a wonderful writing book that’s sure to inspire you this National Poetry Month! How to Write a Form Poem: A Guided Tour of 10 Fabulous Forms.

Filed Under: Blog, Featured, How to Write a Form Poem, poetry teaching resources, writer's group resources

Poet-a-Day: Meet David K. Wheeler

By Tania Runyan 4 Comments

Wallace Idaho waterfall Poet-a-Day David K. Wheeler

How best to write tragedy? Poet David K. Wheeler suggests the soft sorrow of the pantoum.

Filed Under: Americana Poems, Blog, English Teaching Resources, Grief Poems, How to Write a Form Poem, Pantoum, Pantoum Poems, Poet-a-Day, poetry teaching resources, writer's group resources

Your Poet Laura Has Been Up to Something (About Form Poetry)

By Tania Runyan 12 Comments

Rock line on beach

Tweetspeak’s official Poet Laura, Tania Runyan, has been hard at work finishing up her latest title, How to Write a Form Poem. Get a sneak peek at what’s coming.

Filed Under: How to Write a Form Poem, Poet Laura

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