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Another Poetry at Work Day is in the Books

By LW Willingham 6 Comments

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Another Poetry at Work Day is in the books. Come see how we celebrated all around the world.

Filed Under: Blog, Poetry at Work, Poetry at Work Day

It’s Poetry at Work Day — Discovering the Poetry of Gratitude

By Glynn Young 4 Comments

Poetry at Work Day 2019

Today is 2019 Poetry at Work Day, with a tale of how a book of poetry led to one of the writer’s best work projects — and to gratitude for the work.

Filed Under: article, poetry, poetry and business, Poetry at Work, Poetry at Work Day, poetry news, work poems

Poetry Prompt: Thankful Acrostics When Poetry Feels Like It’s Gone

By Callie Feyen 17 Comments

Settle Yourself In the Middle of Everything

Callie Feyen believed she’d lost the poetry of teaching, but Megan Willome showed her that poetry (and teaching) hadn’t lost *her.*

Filed Under: Acrostics, Blog, poetry, Poetry at Work, poetry prompt, poetry teaching resources, Thanksgiving Poems, The Joy of Poetry, writer's group resources, writing prompt, writing prompts

It’s Take Your Poet to Work Day!

By LW Willingham 4 Comments

All the Poets

It’s Take Your Poet to Work Day! Choose a poet, color and cut out and glue it to a Popsicle stick to delight your coworkers with the best kind of poetry at work.

Filed Under: Blog, poetry and business, Poetry at Work, Take Your Poet to Work Day

The Poetry of Farming: “Water at the Roots” by Philip Britts

By Glynn Young 2 Comments

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“Water in the Roots,” a collection of the writings and poetry of Philip Britts, describes the life, faith, and farming practices of the Bruderhof community.

Filed Under: article, Farm Poems, Poems, poetry, Poetry at Work, poetry reviews, Poets

How We Spent Our Poetry at Work Day

By LW Willingham 8 Comments

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We celebrated Poetry at Work this week in libraries, theatres, coffee shops, and government offices. We celebrated on ships, in the street, and probably even on the moon.

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Your Work Is Poetry: Poetry at Work Day 2018!

By Glynn Young 23 Comments

Happy Poetry at Work Day It's Time for a Poetry Break

Today is Poetry at Work Day 2018. Most poets have day jobs, because poetry isn’t that lucrative a profession. But poetry is inherent in all work.

Filed Under: article, Emily Dickinson, Maya Angelou, Poems, poetry, Poetry at Work, Poetry at Work Day, Poets, T.S. Eliot, Wallace Stevens, Walt Whitman

Poetry at Work Day Infographic

By LW Willingham 3 Comments

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Share our 2018 Poetry at Work Day Infographic with your coworkers and get ready to celebrate on January 9. They’ll thank you come performance review time.

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2018 Poetry at Work Day Poster

By LW Willingham 9 Comments

Poetry at Work Day Poster 2018

Poetry at Work Day is soon approaching. Get ready to celebrate poetry in your workplace and download our new free Poetry at Work Day poster.

Filed Under: poetry, Poetry at Work, Poetry at Work Day

More Poetry, Less Stress—5 Helpful Tips

By L.L. Barkat 22 Comments

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Can poetry help you reduce stress? L.L. Barkat has 5 helpful tips to practice more poetry, less stress.

Filed Under: Blog, Poetry at Work, Poetry for Life, Self Care

Fill in the Blank Verse for Poetry at Work Day

By LW Willingham 5 Comments

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2017’s Poetry at Work Day left a few blanks to fill in, but also offered asteroid-mission limericks and a neurological rage against the dying of the light.

Filed Under: Blog, poetry, Poetry at Work, Poetry at Work Day

It’s Poetry at Work Day 2017! Join with Us to Celebrate!

By Glynn Young 11 Comments

Hay Rake Poetry at Work Day

It’s Poetry at Work Day 2017! Join Tweetspeak Poetry in celebrating how poetry infuses our work and our workplaces, whatever and wherever they are.

Filed Under: article, poetry, Poetry at Work, Poetry at Work Day, poetry news

2017 Poetry at Work Day Poster

By tspoetry 4 Comments

The annual worldwide celebration of Poetry at Work Day is coming January 10. Start getting your workplace ready with our free new 2017 poster designs.

Filed Under: Blog, poetry and business, Poetry at Work, Poetry at Work Day

Top 10 Science Poems

By LW Willingham 6 Comments

Top 10 Science Poems - bottle at Heidleberg Apothacary Museum

Is it possible that without science there might be no poetry? Or could the opposite be true? Test the hypothesis with 10 great science poems.

Filed Under: Poems, poetry, Poetry at Work, Science Poems

Philip Levine and Kristen Dupard Discuss “What Work Is”

By tspoetry 2 Comments

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Kristen Dupard and Philip Levine discuss their shared love of poetry and Levine’s poem “What Work Is.”

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Poetry at Work Day: Math, Science, the Moon (well, Asteroids)

By LW Willingham 15 Comments

Poetry at Work Day 2016

It seems as though the whole universe participated in this year’s Poetry at Work Day celebration. Here are our highlights of the day.

Filed Under: Math-Science-Technology, poetry and business, Poetry at Work, Poetry at Work Day

Celebrate! It’s Poetry at Work Day 2016!

By Glynn Young 9 Comments

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Poetry is in all work, speaking to us, singing to us. Download our resources, and come, celebrate Poetry at Work Day 2016 with us.

Filed Under: Blog, Books, Poems, poetry and business, Poetry at Home, Poetry at Work, Poetry at Work Day, poetry news, work poems

2016 Poetry at Work Day Poster

By LW Willingham 7 Comments

Poetry at Work Day poster without ID jpeg

As we prepare for this year’s Poetry at Work Day, we are delighted to offer you our new Poetry at Work Day poster for 2016.

Filed Under: poetry and business, Poetry at Work, Poetry at Work Day

Top 10 Found Poem Lines from Forbes—The Whopper Edition

By L.L. Barkat 11 Comments

Top 10 Found Poem Lines from Forbes

Can you put a little poetry into the NASDAQ? Give it a try with a found poem line or poem starter from an issue of Forbes.

Filed Under: Blog, Forbes Found Poems, Found Poems, poetry and business, Poetry at Work, poetry prompt

Healing with Poetry: Interview with Fred Foote (Part 3)

By Maureen Doallas 1 Comment

Fred Foote Interview Healing with Poetry

Maureen Doallas concludes her interview with Fred Foote, retired Navy Medical Corps physician who leads the Warrior Poetry Project in Bethesda, Maryland.

Filed Under: Blog, Interview, Interviews, poetry, Poetry at Work

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