As summer winds down, our Poet Laura, Donna Hilbert, encourages you to find a summer song by putting your non-dominant hand to paper.
Poet Laura: One Fine July Day
As the United States celebrates its 250th birthday Donna Hilbert, Tweetspeak’s Poet Laura, reflects on past Julys and a visit from the divine Lucy and Polly.
Poet Laura: Going Fishing with Dad
Our Poet Laura, Donna Hilbert, reflects on learning about the food chain with her father as we meander into these summer days.
Poet Laura: Mother in Satin
Donna Hilbert, Tweetspeak’s Poet Laura, remembers her mother and grandmother with satin, gravity, and asparagus.
Poet Laura: Not the Cruelest Month
Is April really the cruelest month? So says T.S. Eliot, but but it’s National Poetry Month and Chaucer — and Poet Laura Donna Hilbert — beg to differ.
Poet Laura: Written in March
For her March column, Poet Laura Donna Hilbert writes of spring poems, young love and March’s “purple shoes.”
Poet Laura: Month of Fevers
February—month of fevers—brings groundhogs, chocolate, Valentines and a new post full of heart from Poet Laura, Donna Hilbert.
Poet Laura: January Field Notes
Donna Hilbert, our Poet Laura for 2026, takes inspiration from Wallace Stevens for a January walk — perhaps you will too!
Poet Laura: Pelican brief, pod, pouch, scoop, or squadron
In the season of gifts and gratitude, Poet Laura Donna Hilbert reflects on the gift of joy, from pelicans to kindnesses.
Poet Laura: Trees, the Sea, Birds, Flowers, Poems
Meet our new Poet Laura, Donna Hilbert, with a look at her “super fabulous” favorite things: trees, the sea, birds, flowers, poems.
Poet Laura: The Verdant Respite of Portugal + New Poet Laura Introduction
Sandra Fox Murphy journeys through Portugal as she concludes the year and passes the feather to incoming Poet Laura, Donna Hilbert.
Poet Laura: In the Glow of the Desert
After time at sea, Tweetspeak’s Poet Laura, Sandra Fox Murphy, finds solace in the spacious skies and expansive stillness of the desert.
Poet Laura: In the Sway of Tides
Our Poet Laura, Sandra Fox Murphy, returns to her love of the sea for this month’s Poet Laura feature.
Poet Laura: Poetry in Space
Sandra Fox Murphy joins poets in bringing poetry to space in this month’s Poet Laura column.
“108”: An Ecothriller by Former Poet Laura Dheepa Maturi
“108” is an ecothriller by attorney, writer, and former Poet Laura Dheepa Maturi, and it is one wild ride of a read.
Poet Laura: Fables and Foxy Chickens
Sandra Fox Murphy—and Chaucer—find poems and chickens make for good company in Sandra’s latest Poet Laura column.
Poet Laura: Gardens and Grandpa
Sandra Fox Murphy, Tweetspeak’s Poet Laura, welcomes Spring with a reflection on gardening and flower poems.
Poet Laura: The Beats, National Poetry Month, and Earth Day
Sandra Fox Murphy, Tweetspeak’s Poet Laura, finds common ground with the Beat poets, National Poetry Month and Earth Day.
Poet Laura: The Consequence of Cats
Go on the prowl this month with Sandra Fox Murphy, our 2025 Poet Laura, for some cat poem sleuthing and housecat bossing.
Poet Laura: A Concert in the General Store
Sandra Fox Murphy writes about music’s intersections with time, place and poetry, travelling from a general store in West Virginia to the grackles on a power line in west Texas.