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Poets and Poems: S.R. Jakobi and “Antiques & Curios”

By Glynn Young 4 Comments

The 96 poems of “Antiques & Curios” by S.R. Jakobi tell the story of a love affair between an older man and younger woman, one that continues in memory.

Filed Under: article, book reviews, Books, love poems, love poetry, Poems, poetry, poetry reviews, Poets

Poets and Poems: Daniel Leach and “Voices on the Wind”

By Glynn Young 4 Comments

“Voices on the Wind” by poet Daniel Leach is a collection of classical poetry centered in a rich tradition bubbling below the surface of modern poetry.

Filed Under: article, Classic Poetry, love poetry, Nature Poems, Poems, poetry, poetry reviews, Poets

Poets and Poems: Ollie Bowen and “On the Occasion of a Wedding”

By Glynn Young 2 Comments

Apple Buds Ollie Bowen

“On the Occasion of a Wedding,” the debut collection by poet Ollie Bowen, celebrates various kinds of love shared by two people.

Filed Under: article, book reviews, Books, love poems, love poetry, Poems, poetry, poetry reviews, Poets

Gratitude Poetry Prompt: Mystery of Marriage

By Callie Feyen 8 Comments

Author Callie Feyen looks to explain twenty years of marriage as a mysterious – albeit lovely – poem.

Filed Under: Blog, Language Arts, love poetry, poetry, poetry teaching resources, writer's group resources, writing prompt, writing prompts

“Love Songs”: Claiming Sara Teasdale for St. Louis

By Glynn Young 4 Comments

Yellow Rose Sara Teasdale

Sara Teasdale lived 34 of her 48 years in St. Louis; she was born and buried there, and St. Louis can claim her as one of its own poets.

Filed Under: article, Books, love poems, love poetry, Poems, poetry, Sara Teasdale

Poets and Poems: Dave Malone and “You Know the Ones”

By Glynn Young 16 Comments

Wall textures You Know the Ones Dave Malone

Dave Malone may write about his beloved Missouri Ozarks, but the poems he writes are universal, and about family, friends, and geography.

Filed Under: article, book reviews, Geography Love, love poems, love poetry, Poems, poetry, poetry reviews, Poets

St. Valentine’s Day: A Girl, a Priest, and a Letter

By Glynn Young 10 Comments

Rose St Valentine's Day

St. Valentine’s Day may be a huge industry today, but it started with an imprisoned priest, a young girl, and a letter in ancient Rome.

Filed Under: article, love poems, love poetry, Poems, poetry, Poets, Valentine's Day

“Unmarked,” by Dave Malone

By T.S. Poetry 6 Comments

Unmarked love poem by Dave Malone shareable graphic

Dave Malone contemplates all that remains unmarked by calendars in his love poem, Unmarked.

Filed Under: Blog, Dave Malone, love poems, love poetry, Video Poems

“Tiny Machine,” by Dave Malone

By Dave Malone 2 Comments

Tiny Machine Love Poem by Dave Malone shareable graphic

What does the lover hold in her hand on Sundays? Tiny Machine, a beautiful love poem.

Filed Under: Blog, Dave Malone, love poems, love poetry, Videos

Poets and Poems: Dave Malone’s “O: Love Poems from the Ozarks”

By Glynn Young 11 Comments

Poems from the Ozarks Horse and Girl

These love poems by Dave Malone are part of the geography of the Ozarks, and the interior geography of a profound, passionate love.

Filed Under: Books, love poems, love poetry, Poems, poems about writing, poetry, poetry reviews, Poets

10 Luscious Love Poem Books for Your Valentine

By L.L. Barkat 10 Comments

Red Valentine Flower

Yes, Valentine’s Day is just around the corner, but there is still time to treat your Love to one or more of these luscious love poem books.

Filed Under: Blog, book reviews, Books, love poems, love poetry, Valentine's Day

Write Your Own Shakespearean Sonnets: Juliet’s Aubade

By T.S. Poetry 13 Comments

write Romeo and Juliet Shakespeare sonnet

Sonnet about Romeo and Juliet? This is one you simply won’t want to miss. Then maybe try your hand at one of your own.

Filed Under: love poems, love poetry, shakespeare sonnets, Sonnets

Poetry Prompt: The One That Got Away

By Heather Eure 35 Comments

the one that got away

Our poetry prompt beckons you to gather among friends at the Tweetspeak Bait and Tackle. We’re spinning tales about the catch we just couldn’t hold on to.

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

Laura Inman and “The Poetic World of Emily Brontë”

By Glynn Young 7 Comments

Emily Bronte Tweetspeak Poetry

“The Poetic World of Emily Brontë” by Laura Inman is a wonderful way to be introduced to her poetry, seen through the lens of her novel “Wuthering Heights”

Filed Under: book reviews, Classic Poetry, English Teaching, love poetry, Nature Poems, Poems, poetry reviews, Poets

Poets and Poems: Boris Pasternak and “February”

By Glynn Young 7 Comments

Boris Pasternak "February" Tweetspeak Poetry

“February: Poems” by Boris Pasternak reflect the poet (and novelist’s) experience of living in a Russia marked by war, revolution, civil war, and oppressive communism.

Filed Under: Classic Poetry, Humanity Poems, love poetry, Poems, poetry and business, Poets, Russian Poets

Take Your Poet to Work: W. B. Yeats

By Will Willingham 20 Comments

Take Your Poet to Work W.B. Yeats

Have you chosen your favorite poet for Take Your Poet to Work Day? W. B. Yeats joins our growing collection of ready-for-work poets today.

Filed Under: love poems, love poetry, Poems, Poets, Take Your Poet to Work Day, W. B. Yeats

Poets and Poems: J.P. Dancing Bear’s “The Abandoned Eye”

By Glynn Young 3 Comments

Poets and Poems For Abandoned Eye

The poems in J.P. Dancing Bear’s “The Abandoned Eye” cut like razor blades, removing what we use to hide and obscure.

Filed Under: Blog, book reviews, Humanity Poems, love poems, love poetry, Poems, poetry, poetry reviews, 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

Ode to the Ode

By Marjorie Maddox 15 Comments

ode to a frog

Whether its in praise of a stapler, an old t-shirt or a frog, Marjorie Maddox tells us we need the “cadence of praise.” We need the Ode.

Filed Under: Animal Poems, Blog, love poems, love poetry, Nature Poems, Ode Poems, Poems, poetry

Coming Home to Scotland and Scottish Poetry

By Ann Kroeker 39 Comments

Castle Clouds Scotland Scottish Poetry

Surprised by Scotland, a writer finds herself taken by her past, her present with Scottish poets, and maybe (who knows) her future.

Filed Under: Blog, George MacDonald, Grief Poems, love poems, love poetry, poetry, Robert Burns, Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish Poetry

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