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Poetry Review: A Clown at Midnight

By Glynn Young 2 Comments

A review of the recently published collection “A Clown at Midnight: Poems, ” by Andrew Hudgins.

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Poetry Classroom: After

By Marjorie Maddox 10 Comments

Dandelion Grief Poetry

Want a great poetry discussion? Start with simple breathing.

Filed Under: Blog, Grief Poems, Poems, poetry, Poetry Classroom, poetry teaching resources, Short Poems

Take Your Poet to Work: Pablo Neruda

By Will Willingham 43 Comments

Take Your Poet to Work Pablo Neruda 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 Pablo Neruda.

Filed Under: Blog, love poems, love poetry, Poems, poetry, Poets, Take Your Poet to Work Day

Mirror, Mirror (A Poetry Prompt)

By Seth Haines 32 Comments

Seth Haines starts out our June Mirror, Mirror theme with a musical reflection — our June poetry prompt playlist of mirror tunes.

Filed Under: Blog, Music, Poems, writing prompts

Poetry Classroom: Meteorology

By Marjorie Maddox 17 Comments

Poetry Storm Clouds

Welcome to our poetry classroom with Marjorie Maddox Hafer. Today we’re discussing the relief in a storm.

Filed Under: Blog, Grief Poems, Poems, poetry, Poetry Classroom, poetry teaching resources, Weather Poems

Take Your Poet to Work: Sara Teasdale

By Will Willingham 55 Comments

Take Your Poet to Work Sara Teasdale

Take your favorite poet with you to work for Take Your Poet to Work Day coming up July 17. This week we’re featuring Sara Teasdale.

Filed Under: Blog, Poems, Poetry at Work, poetry humor, Sara Teasdale, Take Your Poet to Work Day

“Some Kiss We Want”, by Rumi, Video by Daniel Austin Sperry

By T.S. Poetry 4 Comments

Some Kiss We Want Poem Shareable Graphic

Rumi: Some Kiss We Want. Spoken word poetry and cello.

Filed Under: Blog, Poems, poetry, Rumi Poems, Spoken Word Poems, Videos

This Week’s Top Ten Poetic Picks

By Will Willingham 9 Comments

top ten poetry picks

The Poetry Industry’s World Domination Tour: from finding poetry’s public to Shakespeare’s entrepreneurial bent. It’s This Week’s Top 10 Poetic Picks.

Filed Under: Blog, Poems, poetry, Top 10 Poetic Picks

Poetry Classroom: Mohawk January

By Daniel Bowman 16 Comments

Poetry Ashes

Come discuss poetry with us. Today’s poem includes the Mohawk Valley.

Filed Under: Blog, Poems, poetry, Poetry Classroom, poetry teaching resources

32 Flavors And Then Some (a Phoenix Poetry Prompt)

By Seth Haines 8 Comments

Feathers

The phoenix is a classic theme in literature, poetry, and music. This week Seth Haines has a poetry prompt with the phoenix and Ani Difranco’s 32 Flavors.

Filed Under: Bird Poems, Blog, Poems, Swans Swallows Phoenix, Themed Writing Projects

The Shakespeare Files: Sonnet 116 (Annotated)

By Will Willingham 16 Comments

shakespeare files

Annotations and exclamations on the poetry of William Shakespeare. First up in the Shakespeare Files: Sonnet 116.

Filed Under: Blog, Poems, poetry, poetry humor, Shakespeare, Shakespeare Files, Sonnets

Poetry Classroom: Directions

By L.L. Barkat 6 Comments

Poetry Compass by Walt Stoneburner

Head right through the toothed wheel, through going home, through can’t go home again? It’s Poetry Classroom time.

Filed Under: Blog, Learn, Poems, poetry, Poetry Classroom, poetry teaching resources

3 Star Trek Poems: Into Darkness

By Sara Barkat and Sonia Joie 3 Comments

Star Trek poems

In honor of the 2013 Trekkies high holy day (the debut of the new movie Into Darkness, opens May 16th), we’re featuring Star Trek poems.

Filed Under: Blog, Poems, poetry, Star Trek Poems, Student Writing, Villanelles, writing prompts

Poetry Classroom: April Poem

By Daniel Bowman 13 Comments

poetry fog by gmeaders_ch

Welcome to this month’s poetry classroom. Today we’re discussing ‘April Poem’ with poet Daniel Bowman.

Filed Under: Poems, poetry, Poetry Classroom, poetry teaching resources

Poetry Classroom: The Wait

By Daniel Bowman 11 Comments

Poetry Hair

Welcome to this month’s poetry classroom with poet Daniel Bowman. Today we’re discussing plum-haired November.

Filed Under: Blog, Poems, poetry, Poetry Classroom

Swans, Swallows, and the Phoenix (A Poetry Prompt)

By Seth Haines 8 Comments

Seth Haines kicks off the month of May with a new poetic playlist on our Swans, Swallow, Phoenix theme, and a brand new poetry prompt to boot.

Filed Under: Bird Poems, Blog, Poems, poetry, Swans Swallows Phoenix, Themed Writing Projects, writing prompts

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

Poetry Classroom: Walking Through the Dream

By Daniel Bowman 21 Comments

plum tree poetry

Welcome to this month’s poetry classroom with Daniel Bowman. Today we’re discussing walking through the dream of a stranger.

Filed Under: Blog, Poems, poetry, Poetry Classroom, poetry teaching resources

Poetry Classroom: The Night Sky

By Paula J Lambert 17 Comments

Poetry Night Sky by Dicktay2000

Welcome to this month’s poetry classroom, with Paula J. Lambert. Today we’re talking about the night sky as a time machine.

Filed Under: Blog, Poems, poetry, Poetry Classroom, poetry teaching resources

Twitter Poetry: Spinning Tickets for a Prayer Wheel

By Glynn Young 5 Comments

It was some Twitter poetry party. Get ready for a bank, some actors, fish, a scarlet waterfall, and bananas. Bananas?

Filed Under: Blog, love poems, love poetry, Poems, poetry, Twitter poetry

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