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Profile of Photographer Pai-Shih Lee

By Charity Singleton Craig 8 Comments

Learn more about the man behind the camera of some of the most breathtaking images you’ll see featured at Tweetspeak Poetry, Taiwanese photographer Pai-Shih Lee.

Filed Under: Blog, Featured Photographer, Nature Poems

Take Your Poet to Work: Seamus Heaney

By Will Willingham 9 Comments

Take Your Poet to Work Day Seamus Heaney cover

Take Your Poet to Work Day is coming on the third Wednesday in July. For 2016, that’s July 20! This week, meet Irish poet Seamus Heaney.

Filed Under: Blog, Nature Poems, Poems, poetry, Seamus Heaney, Take Your Poet to Work Day

Top 10 Best Garden Poems

By Will Willingham 1 Comment

Top 10 Garden poems - red maple leaf in green ferns

While you wait for your flowers to bloom and your garden to produce its fruit, enjoy this collection of 10 great garden poems.

Filed Under: Bee Poems, Blog, Flower Poems, Garden Poems, Nature Poems, Poems, poetry

Take Your Poet to Work: William Wordsworth

By Will Willingham 20 Comments

Take Your Poet to Work Day - William Wordsworth Featured

Take Your Poet to Work Day is coming on the third Wednesday in July. For 2016, that’s July 20! We kick off the release of this year’s poet collection with English Romantic poet William Wordsworth.

Filed Under: Blog, Moon poems, Nature Poems, Poems, poetry, Take Your Poet to Work Day, William Wordsworth

Be Our Poetry Buddy: “Moonrise” by D. H. Lawrence

By Will Willingham 4 Comments

D. H. Lawrence Moonrise

Extend the Joy of Poetry by being our Poetry Buddy. This week, we’re reading “Moonrise” by D. H. Lawrence together. Join us?

Filed Under: Blog, Every Day Poems, Moon poems, Nature Poems, Poems, poetry, The Joy of Poetry

Top 10 Best Night Poems

By Will Willingham 5 Comments

Top 10 Night Poems silver grass against night sky

Poets have forever been writing about the night, both those things that go bump and the things that delight. Enjoy a sampling in this collection of 10 great night poems.

Filed Under: Blog, Dream Poems, Moon poems, Nature Poems, Night Poems, Poems, poetry

Top 10 Best Poems About Wood

By Will Willingham 4 Comments

Top 10 Poems About Wood rough fence post with wire

How many poems would a woodchuck write if a woodchuck could write poems? We have ten great poems about wood to make any woodchuck smile.

Filed Under: Blog, Nature Poems, Poems, poetry, Tree Poems

Coloring Page Poems: The Darkling Thrush by Thomas Hardy

By Will Willingham 3 Comments

Coloring Page Poems The Darkling Thrush by Thomas Hardy

Our coloring page poems series brings the fun stress relief of coloring pages and poetry together, today with Thomas Hardy’s “The Darkling Thrush.”

Filed Under: Bird Poems, Blog, Coloring Page Poems, Nature Poems, Poems, poetry, poetry teaching resources

Coloring Page Poem: She Walks in Beauty by Lord Byron

By Will Willingham 6 Comments

She Walks in Beauty Poem Shareable Graphic

Our coloring page poems series brings the fun stress relief of coloring pages and poetry together, today with Lord Byron’s “She Walks in Beauty.”

Filed Under: Blog, Coloring Page Poems, Nature Poems, Poems, poetry teaching resources

Coloring Page Poems: The Tyger by William Blake

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Coloring Page Poems William Blake Tyger Tyger tiger in trees

Our coloring page poems series brings the fun stress relief of coloring pages and poetry together, today with William Blake’s “TheTyger.”

Filed Under: Animal Poems, Blog, Coloring Page Poems, Nature Poems, Poems, poetry, poetry teaching resources

Coloring Page Poems: Meeting at Night by Robert Browning

By Will Willingham 5 Comments

Coloring Page Poems Robert Browning Meeting at Night

Our coloring page poems series brings the fun stress relief of coloring pages and poetry together, today with Robert Browning’s “Meeting at Night.”

Filed Under: Blog, Boat Poems, Coloring Page Poems, Moon poems, Nature Poems, Poems, poetry, poetry teaching resources

Coloring Page Poems: The Dandelion by Vachel Lindsay

By Will Willingham 3 Comments

The Dandelion by Vachel Lindsay Coloring Page Poem

Our coloring page poems series brings the fun stress relief of coloring pages and poetry together, today with Vachel Lindsay’s “The Dandelion.”

Filed Under: Blog, Coloring Page Poems, Nature Poems, poetry teaching resources

Poets and Poems: Laurie Klein and “Where the Sky Opens”

By Glynn Young 20 Comments

Where the Sky Opens Review Laurie Klein

“Where the Sky Opens” by Laurie Klein shows how poems can help us navigate major life changes.

Filed Under: Bird Poems, Blog, Nature Poems, poetry, poetry reviews, Poets

Coloring Page Poems: A Noiseless Patient Spider by Walt Whitman

By Will Willingham 2 Comments

A Noiseless Patient Spider by Walt Whitman Coloring Page Poem

Our coloring page poems series brings the fun stress relief of coloring pages and poetry together, today with Walt Whitman’s “A Noiseless Patient Spider.”

Filed Under: Coloring Page Poems, Nature Poems, poetry, poetry teaching resources, Walt Whitman

Coloring Page Poems: Brother Bruin

By Will Willingham 2 Comments

Coloring Page Poems Brother Bruin by Christina Rossetti bear photo

Our coloring page poems series brings the fun stress relief of coloring pages and poetry together, today with Christina Rossetti’s “Brother Bruin.”

Filed Under: Animal Poems, Christina Rossetti, Coloring Page Poems, Nature Poems

Top 10 Winter Poems

By Will Willingham 20 Comments

Top 10 Winter Poems

Enjoy these 10 great winter poems to bring the color back to the season.

Filed Under: Nature Poems, Poems, poetry, Winter Poems

A Month of Keats: Keats and Hampstead Heath

By Glynn Young 3 Comments

The poet John Keats is intimately connected with Hampstead Heath, and our Keats Walk in Hampstead in north London traces many of the paths he followed.

Filed Under: Blog, John Keats, Nature Poems, Ode Poems, Poems, poetry, Poets

A Month with Keats: Poetry, Religion and Politics

By Glynn Young 8 Comments

Our Keats Walk in Hampstead in north London explores the poet and the political and (anti)religious influences on John Keats’ life and poetry.

Filed Under: Blog, English Teaching, John Keats, Literary Tour, Nature Poems, Ode Poems, Poems, poetry, Poets

A Month with Keats: A Walk into His Life

By Glynn Young 7 Comments

A “Keats Walk” in Hampstead and Hampstead Heath in north London is a window into John Keats’ poetry, passions, and life.

Filed Under: Blog, John Keats, Literary Tour, Nature Poems, poetry, Poets

Poets and Poems: Wendell Berry and “Terrapin”

By Glynn Young 8 Comments

The poems of “Terrapin and Other Poems” by Wendell Berry contain an essential and childlike innocence; the illustrations by Tom Pohrt match that innocence.

Filed Under: Animal Poems, article, Children's Poetry, Humorous Poems, Nature Poems, Poems, poetry, poetry reviews, Poets

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