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Is Poetry Going to the Dogs?

By Glynn Young 24 Comments

Is Poetry Going to the Dogs?

What he did for cats, Francesco Marciuliano has now done for dogs: “I Could Chew on This, and Other Poems by Dogs.”

Filed Under: Animal Poems, Dog Poems, Funny Poems, Humorous Poems, Poems, poetry, poetry reviews, Poets

Top Ten Poems from Every Day Poems

By Will Willingham 8 Comments

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Every weekday morning, we send a carefully-chosen poem, along with beautiful artwork, out to eagerly awaiting inboxes around the world. Here are our top recent Every Day Poems.

Filed Under: Attentiveness Poems, Courage Poems, Every Day Poems, Family Poems, Father Poems, Funny Poems, Humorous Poems, love poems, love poetry, poetry

Blokes Who Write Bad Poetry: Black Bart

By Kimberlee Conway Ireton 17 Comments

black bart poetry

With twenty-seven robberies and two poems to his credit, Black Bart was a legend. Kimberlee Conway Ireton answers with a poem to Black Bart.

Filed Under: Blog, Funny Poems, Humorous Poems, Poems, poetry

Now Look Who’s Writing Poetry: Cats

By Glynn Young 27 Comments

Upside down cat

Cats write poems about family, work, play, and existence in I Could Pee on This by Francesco Marciuliano.

Filed Under: Animal Poems, article, Blog, Cat Poems, Funny Poems, Humorous Poems, poetry, poetry reviews, Short Poems

Take Your Poet to Work: T.S. Eliot

By Will Willingham 39 Comments

Take Your Poet to Work T S Eliot cover

Take your favorite poet with you to work for Take Your Poet to Work Day coming up July 17. This week we’re featuring poet T.S. Eliot.

Filed Under: Cat Poems, Funny Poems, Humorous Poems, poetry, poetry humor, T.S. Eliot, Take Your Poet to Work Day

Take Your Poet to Work: The Haiku Masters

By Will Willingham 28 Comments

Take Your Poet to Work Haiku Masters Cover

Our first poet collection releases for Take Your Poet to Work Day: The Haiku Masters (Matsuo Basho, Yosa Buson, Kobayashi Issa)

Filed Under: Attentiveness Poems, Blog, Cat Poems, Funny Poems, Haiku, Haiku Poems, Humorous Poems, Poems, poetry, Take Your Poet to Work Day

How to Write a Sonnet Infographic: Quatrain Wreck

By Will Willingham 35 Comments

quatrain wreck how to write a sonnet infographic

Want to write a sonnet? Don’t want to write a sonnet, but you have to? Either way, our Sonnet Infographic will help you laugh and write your way through.

Filed Under: Blog, Funny Poems, Humorous Poems, Infographics, poetry humor, poetry teaching resources, Sonnets

I See You in There: the Villanelle

By David K Wheeler 17 Comments

Red Feathers How to Write a Villanelle

Like most poetry built on refrains, the villanelle steers away from narrative ideals, away from conversation and linear exchange

Filed Under: Grief Poems, Humorous Poems, Poems, poetry, poetry teaching resources, Villanelles, writer's group resources

A Tabloidian Twepic of Twitter Poems

By Glynn Young 4 Comments

An epic set of Twitter poems that treads the ground of aliens, vampires, and angels.

Filed Under: Alien Poems, Angel Poems, Camel Poems, Cento Poems, Funny Poems, Humorous Poems, Poems, poetry, Short Poems, Twitter poetry, Vampire Poems

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