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National Poetry Month: Mischief Café Prompt

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We’re celebrating National Poetry Month with an invitation to The Mischief Café. Join us with cinnamon toast, tea, and poem-writing to get the party started!

Filed Under: Mischief Café, National Poetry Month, Poetry for Life, poetry prompt, writing prompt, writing prompts

Watch Out: Poetry Can Hijack the Heart

By L.L. Barkat 4 Comments

Heart on Your Tie

Poetry, poetry. Oh, great poetry. This is the mantra of many who love the form, but it’s sometimes good to remind ourselves that, in and of itself, there is no purity to poetry. The bad actor can use it, as well as the good.

Filed Under: Blog, Citizens for a Saner Internet, Poetry for Life

Announcing a Beautiful Poetic Climate Book: Earth to Poetry

By T.S. Poetry 3 Comments

Earth to Poetry Teach Climate Resource With Ivy

We wanted to help creative teachers find a way to integrate climate into their subject areas in a poetic fashion. The result? Earth to Poetry.

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Between Friends: Poetry as Shorthand

By L.L. Barkat 10 Comments

Pink Rose of Friendship

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From Mountain to Mountain: The Power of Poetry for People Affected by Trauma

By Megan Willome 4 Comments

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Poet James Elsaesser, of the DASI Prevention Team in New Jersey, discusses the power of poetry to move people affected by trauma from mountain to mountain.

Filed Under: poetry, Poetry for Life, Writing

By Heart: “Let Evening Come” + New Frost “Stopping by Woods” Challenge

By Megan Willome 21 Comments

Jane Kenyon

The nights are short and sometimes the holidays are hard. Find comfort in this month’s By Heart column, in which we wrap up our memorization of Jane Kenyon’s “Let Evening Come.”

Filed Under: Blog, By Heart, Courage Poems, Farm Poems, Poems, poetry, Poetry for Life

A Not So Random Act of Poetry: The Red Brick Poetry Box

By Megan Willome 3 Comments

Red Brick Wall With Hope Poetry

Put up a poetry box and participate in Random Acts of Poetry Day, October 3. Red Brick Poetry in Crafton, Pennsylvania, leads the way.

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Poetry for Life Scholarship Winner: Maria A. Esguerra

By T.S. Poetry 2 Comments

Poetry for Life scholarship - mountain landscape

We announce the winner of this year’s Poetry for Life Scholarship, Maria A. Esguerra.

Filed Under: Blog, Nature Poems, Poetry for Life

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

Poetry for Life Scholarship Winner: Teja Dupree, of Johns Hopkins University

By T.S. Poetry 4 Comments

Teja Dupree Johns Hopkins The Writing Seminars Poetry for Life Scholarship Winner

Meet Teja Dupree, college sophomore from Woodbridge, Virginia, who is the 2017 winner of our Poetry for Life Scholarship.

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How to Keep Poetry Alive: Use The Growth Model

By L.L. Barkat 24 Comments

How to Keep Poetry Alive - Use Growth Model wisteria blossom

Literacy doesn’t end with invitations, nor maturity. To keep literacy alive, we can use The Growth Model of Education.

Filed Under: Poetry for Life, poetry teaching resources, The Growth Model of Education

A Window into Poetry and Change with Jane Hirshfield

By Glynn Young 4 Comments

Jane Hirshfield poetry and change

In times of great change – political, social, economic – we turn to poetry to make sense of what seems nonsensical, to comfort, to explain, says poet Jane Hirshfield.

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O Me, O, Miami: Expanding the Literary Culture of a Region One Poem at a Time

By Charity Singleton Craig 7 Comments

Miami Poetry Festival ©GESI SCHILLING

What if you had a goal for every person in your city to encounter a poem all in one month. Where would you start? O, Miami Poetry Festival, for one.

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Poets and Poems: Tina Barry and “Mall Flower”

By Glynn Young 9 Comments

In “Mall Flower, ” poet and writer Tina Barry combines poetry and short fiction to tell the story of a life – childhood, youth, and adulthood.

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The Joy of Poetry: As Much as She Could Carry

By Megan Willome 13 Comments

The Joy of Poetry Nancy Marie Davis Painting

Enjoy an excerpt of the newest title from T. S. Poetry Press, The Joy of Poetry: How to Keep, Save & Make Your Life with Poems.

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Celebrating National Poetry Month: The Joy of Poetry

By T.S. Poetry 29 Comments

The Joy of Poetry Yellow Flowers

Besides all the free National Poetry Month gifts and inspirational invitations, we’ve got a surprise we can’t wait to share with you. The Joy of Poetry.

Filed Under: Blog, English Teaching Resources, Finding Inspiration, journey into poetry, National Poetry Month, Poetry for Life, poetry teaching resources, writer's group resources

3 Cool Ways to Increase Your Poetry Reading

By Tania Runyan 5 Comments

If poetry makes you a better writer and reader, maybe you should read more poetry. Use these three methods to increase your poetry reading.

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Poetry for Life: Mind’s Eye Poetry – Rewriting Dementia

By Ann Kroeker 53 Comments

three birds on wire - Poetry for Life: Mind's Eye Poetry - Rewriting Dementia

Mind’s Eye Poetry connects with dementia patients, engaging their minds and memories to create poems on the spot.

Filed Under: Blog, poetry, Poetry for Life

Poetry for Life: Poems on the Underground

By Glynn Young 10 Comments

“Poems on the Underground” collects some 230 poems which have been posted on the London Underground since 1986.

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Poetry for Life: Transport It—on Seattle Buses

By Glynn Young 7 Comments

Seattle’s Poetry on Buses has been sharing poems with King County public transit riders since 1992. It’s a great example of “Poetry for Life.”

Filed Under: Blog, Poems, poetry, Poetry for Life, poetry news, Travel Poems

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