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Take Your Poet to School Week: Eugene Field, the Poet of Childhood

By Glynn Young 3 Comments

Take Your Poet to School Week: Eugene Field, the Poet of Childhood

Eugene Field is perhaps the perfect poet for Take Your Poet to School Week. It was the schoolchildren of St. Louis who saved his house from demolition.

Filed Under: article, children, Children's Poetry, Children's Stories, Funny Poems, Poems, Poetry Classroom, poetry humor, Poets, Take Your Poet to School Week

Poe, Rilke, and Our Black Cat

By Glynn Young 15 Comments

Poe, Rilke, and Our Black Cat

This Halloween, your black cat can be the instrument of vengeance in the Poe story, or the amber-eyed feline in the poem by Rilke. Or it can be like Kiddy.

Filed Under: Animal Poems, article, Cat Poems, Halloween Poems, Poems, poetry, poetry humor, Poets

Don Paterson: Poet of Light and Dark in Life and in Ourselves

By Glynn Young 4 Comments

Don Paterson: Poet of Light and Dark in Life and in Ourselves

Don Paterson is an important voice in British poetry and letters. He writes of both the light and the dark in life and in ourselves.

Filed Under: Blog, book reviews, Books, Britain, Poems, poetry, poetry humor, poetry reviews, Poets, Scottish Poems, Scottish Poetry

Poets and Poems: Leon Stokesbury and “You Are Here”

By Glynn Young 8 Comments

Poets and Poems: Leon Stokesbury and “You Are Here”

“You Are Here” by Leon Stokesbury combines new poems and previously published poems to provide insight, emotion, and even humor.

Filed Under: Blog, Funny Poems, Humorous Poems, Poems, Poems about poetry, poetry, poetry humor, poetry reviews, Poets

Rentrement of Compulsion: How to Write a Rondeau Infographic

By LW Lindquist 11 Comments

Rentrement of Compulsion: How to Write a Rondeau Infographic

Feeling compelled to write a rondeau? Let our fun Rentrement of Compulsion infographic help get you started and learn how to write a rondeau poem.

Filed Under: Blog, Infographics, poetry, poetry humor, poetry teaching resources, Rondeau

The Natural Poetry of the Biking Trail

By Glynn Young 9 Comments

The Natural Poetry of the Biking Trail

The biking trail presents the opportunity to experience natural poetry, like snakes, squirrels, deer, wild turkeys, and bald eagles.

Filed Under: Blog, Poems, poetry, poetry humor

“Poetry: A Survivor’s Guide” by Mark Yakich

By Glynn Young 10 Comments

“Poetry: A Survivor’s Guide” by Mark Yakich

Poet and teacher Mark Yakich takes a serious and irreverent look at reading and writing poetry in “Poetry: A Survivor’s Guide.”

Filed Under: Blog, book reviews, Books, English Teaching, How to Write a Poem, Poems, poetry, Poetry Classroom, poetry humor, poetry reviews, poetry teaching resources

Top 10 Poetic Calvin & Hobbes Quotes

By LW Lindquist 11 Comments

Top 10 Poetic Calvin & Hobbes Quotes

Bill Watterson’s characters shed light on the creative imagination of a child. But the beloved comic strip is also quite poetic. Here are 10 great Calvin & Hobbes poems.

Filed Under: Blog, Calvin & Hobbes, Cat Poems, Funny Poems, poetry humor, Winter Poems

The 6 Most Overused Words in Poetry Reviews

By Glynn Young 62 Comments

The 6 Most Overused Words in Poetry Reviews

Six words are nominated for the “Most Overused Words in Poetry Reviews Hall of Fame.” And three more are contenders.

Filed Under: Blog, poetry humor, poetry reviews, poetry teaching resources

The Shakespeare Files: Sonnet 104 (Annotated)

By LW Lindquist 4 Comments

The Shakespeare Files: Sonnet 104 (Annotated)

The Shakespeare Files is a collection of annotations and exclamations on the poetry of William Shakespeare. Today, it’s Shakespeare’s Sonnet 104.

Filed Under: Blog, Poems, poetry, poetry humor, Shakespeare, Shakespeare Files, shakespeare poems, shakespeare sonnets, Sonnets

It’s National Poultry Month!

By tspoetry 64 Comments

It’s National Poultry Month!

Finally, it’s April. And we can start penning verse for National Poultry Month! Just another #smartfun opportunity from Tweetspeak Poetry.

Filed Under: Blog, National Poetry Month, National Poultry Month, poetry humor

Poets and Poems: Aaron Belz and “Glitter Bomb”

By Glynn Young 6 Comments

Poets and Poems: Aaron Belz and “Glitter Bomb”

Aaron Belz, often associated with the New York School, has a new collection of poems, “Glitter Bomb.” And it is a fun collection to read.

Filed Under: article, book reviews, Funny Poems, Humorous Poems, Poems, poetry, poetry humor, poetry reviews, Poets

The Best in Poetry: Top Ten Poetic Picks

By LW Lindquist 10 Comments

The Best in Poetry: Top Ten Poetic Picks

Trouble in the Little Free Libraries, the shocking truth about boredom, words to make your poetry legit, Neruda’s new old poems, and why Tim Tebow sells more books than Billy Collins. It’s the best in poetry (and poetic things in our latest Top Ten Poetic Picks.

Filed Under: Blog, poetry, poetry and business, Poetry at Work, poetry humor, poetry news, Top 10 Poetic Picks

Take Your Poet to Work: John Keats

By LW Lindquist 12 Comments

Take Your Poet to Work: John Keats

Romantic poet John Keats trained as an apothecary. He’d be a great help in the lab this afternoon. He’s the latest in our Take Your Poet to Work collection.

Filed Under: Blog, John Keats, poetry humor, Take Your Poet to Work Day

Take Your Poet to Work: Langston Hughes

By LW Lindquist 11 Comments

Take Your Poet to Work: Langston Hughes

Be the envy of your coworkers when you bring Langston Hughes to the office with you for Take Your Poet to Work Day on July 16. He’s our first poet of 2014.

Filed Under: Blog, English Teaching Resources, Langston Hughes, Poems, poetry, poetry humor, poetry teaching resources, Take Your Poet to Work Day

Take Your Poet to Work Day is Coming

By LW Lindquist 20 Comments

Take Your Poet to Work Day is Coming

Take Your Poet to Work Day is coming July 16. We have a brand new crew of poets that are eager for the chance to go to work with you.

Filed Under: Infographics, poetry, Poetry at Work, poetry humor, Take Your Poet to Work Day

Ode Poetry: To a Pet Peeve

By Heather Eure 40 Comments

Ode Poetry: To a Pet Peeve

Let’s celebrate the little things that drive us batty! Join us for this week’s poetry prompt— Ode poetry: to a Pet Peeve.

Filed Under: Blog, Ode Poems, Poems, poetry, poetry humor, poetry prompt, poetry teaching resources, writing prompts

Tweetspeak Poetry’s Top Ten Posts from the Last Month (or so)

By LW Lindquist 2 Comments

Tweetspeak Poetry’s Top Ten Posts from the Last Month (or so)

What are we reading at Tweetspeak Poetry? Catch up on the top posts from last month (or so). Featuring Claire Burge, Lakin Easterling, Daniel Sperry, Poets House and more.

Filed Under: Blog, poetry, poetry humor, poetry prompt, Top 10 Poetic Picks

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