Poetry at work? Yes, look for it especially in a crisis. Finding the poetry will suggest the path forward.
Poetry Classroom: Only So Much a Poem
Welcome to this month’s poetry classroom, with Paula J. Lambert. Today’s discussion: “There’s only so much a poem can hold.”
Poetry at Work: Dulce De Leche
When considering how to start a catered meal, it’s best to start with dessert, and seek the poetic details in the sweetness.
Poetry Classroom: The Hypochondriac’s Question
Welcome to this month’s poetry classroom, with poet Paula J. Lambert, author of The Sudden Seduction of Gravity. Today’s poem “The Hypochondriac’s Question to the Woman with Synesthesia”
Top 10 Poetry Sites to Follow for National Poetry Month
Who to follow for National Poetry Month (and maybe all year long). The best in poetry sites.
National Poetry Month: Phone Poets Project
Tweetspeak is teaming up with Patty Paine, of Diode Poetry Journal, to jumpstart a Phone Poets Project for National Poetry Month.
Poetry Classroom: The Burden of Too Much Meaning
Welcome to this month’s poetry classroom, with poet Paula J. Lambert, author of The Sudden Seduction of Gravity. We invite you to respond to the poems we’ll share here—their forms, images, sounds, meanings, surprises—ask questions of Paula and each other, and write your own poems along the way. The Burden of Too Much Meaning for […]
The 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.
Poetry at Work: Workplace Creativity
Poetry can be used for creativity at work in three ways: to restore, to clarify, to organize.
Poetry Classroom: My Daughter’s Hair
Welcome to this month’s poetry classroom with Tania Runyan. Today’s poem will leave you wanting red.
SNOW: a poem by James Longenbach
SNOW: a poem by James Longenbach
Poetry Classroom: Sestina for Brood XIII
We invite you to respond to the poems we’ll share here—their forms, images, sounds, meanings, surprises. Up today? A sestina.
Poetry Classroom: The Goldfish Pond
Welcome to this month’s poetry classroom, with poet Tania Runyan. Up today, the innocence and wisdom of the goldfish pond.
Poetry Classroom: Life Outside
Welcome to this month’s poetry classroom, with poet Tania Runyan, author of A Thousand Vessels and Simple Weight.
5 Great Ways for How to Write a Pantoum
Here are five great ways to write a pantoum. You weren’t looking for anything but great ways, right?
Journey into Poetry: Todd Davis
Poet Todd Davis shares his journey into poetry, inspired by his father.
Poetry Classroom: Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd
Welcome to this month’s poetry classroom, with author and literature professor Karen Swallow Prior. Now discussing The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd.
Dana Gioia’s “Pity the Beautiful: Poems”
It’s rather startling to read contemporary poetry that rhymes. And Pity the Beautiful: Poems by Dana Gioia is startling in exactly that way, and more. There’s a name for this, of course; we have to give everything a name: The “New Formalism.” It reaches back to a time when most poetry did indeed rhyme, and […]
A Valentine’s Playlist
Tweetspeak is here for you. We have the best love poems (print one off and tuck it in your pocket–it might come in handy), we have a Funny Valentine’s Playlist if you need to break the ice, and we have the sweetest list of romantic songs. All you have to do is Play.
That’s Amore: 10 of the Best Love Poems
Love’s big day is upon us, and we don’t want you to be without a good love poem, so we’ve gathered up a list of ten of our favorites. Maybe you have another you’d like to share in the comments?