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Top 10 Best Poems for Poem in Your Pocket Day

By Will Willingham 6 Comments

Best Poems for Poem in Your Pocket Day Old Pocket Watch

We don’t want you to be caught poem-less on Poem in Your Pocket Day. Choose one of these best 10 short poems to keep with you all day.

Filed Under: Blog, National Poetry Month, Pocket Poems, Short Poems, Top 10 Poetic Picks

National Poetry Month Poetry Dare: Wisława Szymborska’s “Could Have”

By Will Willingham 22 Comments

Wisława Szymborska Could Have

It’s difficult to explain good fortune, though that didn’t stop Wisława Szymborska from trying in her poem “Could Have.”

Filed Under: Blog, Catalog Poems, National Poetry Month, poetry, Poetry Dare, Wislawa Szymborska

National Poetry Month Poetry Dare: Wisława Szymborska’s “Conversation with a Stone”

By Will Willingham 16 Comments

Wisława Szymborska's Conversation with a Stone

Wisława Szymborska’s “Conversation with a Stone” evokes the infuriating sense of talking to a rock. That’s a good reason to love the poem.

Filed Under: Blog, National Poetry Month, Nature Poems, poetry, Wislawa Szymborska

National Poetry Month: Win 2 With Haiku, at Library Hotel

By T.S. Poetry 4 Comments

The library hotel

Now you can win a two-night stay at the Library Hotel in NYC. With your original haiku! National Poetry Month contest winners announced May 5.

Filed Under: National Poetry Month, Poetry Contests

National Poetry Month Poetry Dare: Wisława Szymborska’s “Vocabulary”

By Will Willingham 38 Comments

wislawa szymborska vocabulary

Join us for Week #1 of our National Poetry Month Poetry Dare. We’re looking at “Vocabulary” and “An Effort” by Wisława Szymborska. What did you read?

Filed Under: Blog, National Poetry Month, poetry, Poetry Dare, Wislawa Szymborska, writer's group resources

National Poetry Month Events: Pick a Poem for Library Hotel

By T.S. Poetry 15 Comments

Library Hotel National Poetry Month Pick a Poem Event

Library Hotel, Best American Poetry, and TS Poetry are asking you to pick a poem for the Library Hotel’s beautiful Poetry Garden. If your poem is chosen, you will receive a gift.

Filed Under: Blog, National Poetry Month

You Put Poetry on the Map!

By L.L. Barkat 16 Comments

Poetry on the Map Truett

From the Arabian peninsula to Seattle, we put poetry on the map this National Poetry Month.

Filed Under: Blog, National Poetry Month, Poems, poetry, visual poetry

National Poetry Month: poemcrazy: lights and mysteries

By Will Willingham 7 Comments

poemcrazy poetry

Join us as we wrap up our discussion of ‘poemcrazy’ with woolly mammoth, vikings, and writing to save your life.

Filed Under: Blog, book club, National Poetry Month, poemcrazy, poetry

Top 10 Poetry Sites to Follow for National Poetry Month

By Maureen Doallas 15 Comments

Top 10 Sites to Follow for National Poetry Month Duck in Golden Light

Who to follow for National Poetry Month (and maybe all year long). The best in poetry sites.

Filed Under: Blog, National Poetry Month, Poems, poetry, poetry teaching resources

National Poetry Month: poemcrazy: following words

By Will Willingham 50 Comments

national poetry month poemcrazy

We’re reading ‘poemcrazy: freeing your life with words’ together this month at Tweetspeak. Are you reading along?

Filed Under: Blog, book club, National Poetry Month, poemcrazy, poetry, poetry teaching resources, writer's group resources

National Poetry Month: Phone Poets Project

By L.L. Barkat 12 Comments

National Poetry Month Phone Poets

Tweetspeak is teaming up with Patty Paine, of Diode Poetry Journal, to jumpstart a Phone Poets Project for National Poetry Month.

Filed Under: Blog, National Poetry Month, Poems, poetry, poetry teaching resources, writing prompts

The Ticket Counter: National Poetry Month

By T.S. Poetry 7 Comments

Ticket Counter National Poetry Month

At Tweetspeak Poetry, we know you want *in* to the special experience of National Poetry Month. So we’ll be curating the best experiences for you, all month long.

Filed Under: Blog, National Poetry Month, Poems, poetry, poetry teaching resources, writer's group resources

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