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

By Will Willingham 3 Comments

top ten poetry posts

What are we reading at Tweetspeak Poetry? Catch up on the top posts from last month (or so). Featuring Glynn Young, Charity Singleton Craig, The Unknown Contributor, Julie L. Moore, Nancy Franson, and more.

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

The Horribly Tragic Deaths of Many of My Favourite Characters—Poem 1, Holmes and Watson

By Sara Barkat 8 Comments

holmes and watson poem

In the spirit of Edward Gorey, a series of illustrations and poems that chronicle the demise of favorite literary characters. Poem 1: Holmes and Watson.

Filed Under: Blog, Horribly Tragic Deaths of Many of My Favourite Characters, Humorous Poems, Literary Humor, Poems, poetry, poetry humor, Short Poems, Student Writing

Twitter Poetry: Top Ten Poetic Tweets

By Will Willingham 5 Comments

We’re hosting a Twitter Poetry Party tonight. To get you warmed up, here are ten of the best poetic tweets we’ve seen in the last few weeks

Filed Under: Blog, poetry, poetry humor, Top Ten Poetic Tweets, Twitter poetry

Operation Poetry Dare: Poetry Brain

By Nancy Franson 23 Comments

Operation Poetry Dare

Can everyone write poetry? Or only those with a poetry brain? Looks like Nancy Franson is trying to talk herself out of writing a poem as her Poetry Dare continues.

Filed Under: poetry, Poetry Dare, poetry humor

Operation Poetry Dare: For the Love

By Nancy Franson 38 Comments

the poetry dare

Can poetry be taught or learned? Or is it a relationship one enters into? Nancy Franson continues her experimental reading in the Poetry Dare. Settle down now. Drink some cranberry juice.

Filed Under: Blog, poetry, Poetry Dare, poetry humor, poetry teaching resources

Serious Fun: How We Spent Take Your Poet to Work Day

By Will Willingham 23 Comments

take your poet to work silverstein

From Neruda driving the morning commute to T.S. Eliot settling down for a good night’s sleep, we celebrated Take Your Poet to Work Day around the world. Enjoy a recap of our favorite images and tweets.

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

It’s Take Your Poet to Work Day!

By Will Willingham 8 Comments

take your poet to work neruda and teasdale in grass

When we first conceived of Take Your Poet to Work Day, I had no idea how complicated it would be to wrangle a herd of poets out the door and off to the job. And once we got going, it didn’t get any easier. Eliot kept trying to take the wheel.

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

Take Your Poet to Work Day is July 19, 2017 (Infographic)

By Will Willingham 21 Comments

take your poet to work day infographic cover

Wednesday, July 17, is Take Your Poet to Work Day. Our infographic has 6 easy ways you can celebrate the day.

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

Take Your Poet to Work: Edgar Allan Poe

By Will Willingham 11 Comments

Take Your Poet to Work Edgar Allan Poe cover

Ever wish you could take your favorite poet to work? Now you can. Edgar Allan Poe joins our featured poets for Take Your Poet to Work Day on July 17.

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

Take Your Poet to Work: Rumi

By Will Willingham 14 Comments

Take Your Poet to Work - Rumi

Ever wish you could take your favorite poet along with you to work? You know, have Rumi help you mix the chemicals for that lab experiment you’re working on. Or serve up a poet on a stick along with the sandwiches to your lunch customers. With Take Your Poet to Work Day just around the corner, now you can.

Filed Under: Anniversary Poems, Attentiveness Poems, Blog, love poems, love poetry, Poems, poetry, poetry humor, poetry teaching resources, Rumi Poems, Short Poems, Take Your Poet to Work Day

Operation: Poetry Dare

By Nancy Franson 97 Comments

poetry dare

Follow the journey of Nancy Franson, the mildly poetry-avoidant subject of a poem-a-day experiment.

Filed Under: poems every day, poetry, Poetry Dare, poetry humor

Take Your Poet to Work: T.S. Eliot

By Will Willingham 43 Comments

Take Your Poet to Work T S Eliot cover

Take your favorite poet with you to work for Take Your Poet to Work Day coming up July 17. This week we’re featuring poet T.S. Eliot.

Filed Under: Cat Poems, Funny Poems, Humorous Poems, poetry, poetry humor, T.S. Eliot, Take Your Poet to Work Day

Image-ine: Barbie Crime

By Sara Barkat 11 Comments

Barbie Crime Story-1

Who committed the Barbie crime? The dolls (and the horse) are on the Barbie case.

Filed Under: Art, Image-ine, poetry humor, Student Writing

Take Your Poet to Work: Sara Teasdale

By Will Willingham 55 Comments

Take Your Poet to Work Sara Teasdale

Take your favorite poet with you to work for Take Your Poet to Work Day coming up July 17. This week we’re featuring Sara Teasdale.

Filed Under: Blog, Poems, Poetry at Work, poetry humor, Sara Teasdale, Take Your Poet to Work Day

Poetry Comics: The Poetry Industry

By Will Willingham 7 Comments

Poetry Industrial Park Comic by Lyla Willingham Lindquist

Did you know? The Poetry Industry has its own park.

Filed Under: Blog, poetry, poetry humor

The Shakespeare Files: Sonnet 116 (Annotated)

By Will Willingham 16 Comments

shakespeare files

Annotations and exclamations on the poetry of William Shakespeare. First up in the Shakespeare Files: Sonnet 116.

Filed Under: Blog, Poems, poetry, poetry humor, Shakespeare, Shakespeare Files, Sonnets

Tweetspeak Exclusive: Yet Another Emily Dickinson Daguerreotype Discovered

By Will Willingham 7 Comments

The recent discovery of a third daguerreotype of Victorian-era poet Emily Dickinson has historians scratching their heads.

Filed Under: Blog, Emily Dickinson, poetry, poetry humor, poetry news

How to Write a Sonnet Infographic: Quatrain Wreck

By Will Willingham 41 Comments

quatrain wreck how to write a sonnet infographic

Want to write a sonnet? Don’t want to write a sonnet, but you have to? Either way, our Sonnet Infographic will help you laugh and write your way through.

Filed Under: Blog, Funny Poems, Humorous Poems, Infographics, poetry humor, poetry teaching resources, Sonnets

Must-Have Infographic: Read a Poem Today

By Will Willingham 15 Comments

Buy a year of happy mornings today (and become a better writer). Every Day Poems, just $5.99 Want a Sonnet Infographic? Try Quatrain Wreck: On How to Write a Sonnet Infographic by Will Willingham. ________________ How to Read a Poem uses images like the mouse, the hive, the switch (from the Billy Collins poem)—to guide readers […]

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

The Anthologist: Motion

By Will Willingham 13 Comments

I found Paul Chowder at the Tip O’Neill building. He was in the passport office cajoling the bureaucrats into renewing his travel documents just days before his departure to Switzerland for some big international poetry doings because he didn’t realize he’d expired. I was there for my once-a-decade passport renewal even though I had no […]

Filed Under: Blog, book club, poetry humor, poetry teaching resources, The Anthologist, writer's group resources, writing prompts

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