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Poetry Prompt: The Alphabet—Letter Poems

By Callie Feyen 5 Comments

What letters can you find among animals and insects?

Let’s take a look at the alphabet and see what creatures crawl and spring from letters we know so well. Then, it’s time to write letter poems!

Filed Under: Blog, L.L. Barkat, poetry prompt, poetry teaching resources, Rumors of Water, The Alphabet, writer's group resources, writing prompt, writing prompts

How to Start a Revolution in a Reading Notebook

By Megan Willome 31 Comments

How can you start a revolution, one little step at a time? It might just begin by keeping a reading notebook. Discover how.

Filed Under: Become a Better Writer, L.L. Barkat, Literacy for Life, Patron Only, Reading and Books, Writing Tips

Secrets of “The Golden Dress”: Interview With Illustrator Gail Nadeau

By Megan Willome 12 Comments

Learn the secrets of ‘The Golden Dress’ by L.L. Barkat, illustrated by Gail Nadeau and tuck a little something into your next creation.

Filed Under: Blog, book reviews, Fairytales, Interview, L.L. Barkat, Literacy Starts With Love, New Release!, The Golden Dress

The Color of Your Creativity

By Sandra Heska King 23 Comments

Chartreuse umbrella color of creativity

Sandra Heska King finds her creativity in the color chartreuse. What color is your creativity?

Filed Under: Creativity, L.L. Barkat

Life Notes: What’s Your Happiest Moment?

By L.L. Barkat 18 Comments

happiest-moment-fall-flowers

What’s your happiest moment? We reach into the past in this “Life Notes” edition, to a high-armed couch and a mountain, to try to answer the question.

Filed Under: Blog, L.L. Barkat, Life Notes

Poetry for Life: Take a Poet Home with You in Seattle

By Glynn Young 22 Comments

It’s poetry for life – and it surrounds you. Look for it and help Tweetspeak Poetry celebrate it. We’re starting in Seattle.

Filed Under: article, L.L. Barkat, poetry, Poetry for Life, Poets

Poets and Poems: L.L. Barkat’s “Love, Etc.”

By Glynn Young 2 Comments

Red flower love etc poems

Love Etc. reminds us what eternity is, and what part of it is contained within ourselves.

Filed Under: book reviews, Books, L.L. Barkat, love poems, love poetry, Poems, poetry, poetry reviews

Favorite InsideOut Poems

By Glynn Young 1 Comment

Dream and love poems, from the pollen of a sunflower to blue sky and a curry leaf. Plus, a poem on the pain of senility.

Filed Under: Blog, Dream Poems, Family Poems, Grief Poems, L.L. Barkat, love poems, love poetry, Poems, poetry, poetry reviews, Short Poems

InsideOut: Poems by L.L. Barkat

By Glynn Young 4 Comments

Dream Poems Sunset

A year outside brings us to a year inside. Poems of nature, dreams, sensual love. Divided by seasons, the poems explore the range of human experience.

Filed Under: Blog, book reviews, Dream Poems, Farm Poems, L.L. Barkat, poetry

Poem: When Morning Comes

By Glynn Young 2 Comments

A poem of attentiveness, Russian sage, and the empty peach.

Filed Under: Attentiveness Poems, L.L. Barkat, Nature Poems, Poems, poetry

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