Two finalists for the National Book Critics Circle Award for poetry, Willie Perdomo and Saeed Jones, have produced poems of music, remembrance and pain.
Twitter Poems: Top Ten Poetic Tweets
Looking for poetry on Twitter? Look no further than our latest Top Ten Poetic Tweets, featuring some of the best Twitter poems we’ve seen lately.
Poets and Poems: Christian Wiman and “Once in the West”
Christian Wiman grew up in West Texas, and the poems of his “Once in the West” reflect that upbringing and geography.
Top 10 Best Fairy Tale Poems
From Cinderella to Midas, Rumpelstiltskin to Red Riding Hood, we’ve gathered up a basket full of 10 best Fairy Tale Poems to skip through the woods with.
Poets and Poems: Jake Adam York and “Abide”
Published posthumously, “Abide” is Jake Adam York’s continued memorial to the 126 people who died from 1954 to 1968 in the civil rights movement.
The Best in Poetry: Top Ten Poetic Picks
Writing your way to a better life, Langston doodles, literary restaurant reviews and becoming mermaids. It’s our Top Ten Poetic Picks.
Poets and Poems: Dave Malone’s “O: Love Poems from the Ozarks”
These love poems by Dave Malone are part of the geography of the Ozarks, and the interior geography of a profound, passionate love.
Twitter Poems: Top Ten Poetic Tweets
Looking for poetry on Twitter? Look no further than our latest Top Ten Poetic Tweets, featuring some of the best Twitter poems we’ve seen lately.
Poets and Poems: Louise Gluck and “Faithful and Virtuous Night”
“Faithful and Virtuous Night, ” the latest poetry collection by Louise Gluck, gives us 24 poems that seem to be small, beautiful movies.
Love Poems: Roses Are Red
With Valentine’s Day approaching, discover the history of the “Roses are red” poem and reimagine it with us—maybe even as a sestina—in our new Roses are Red Poetry Prompt.
Poets and Poems: David Harsent and “Fire Songs”
“Fire Songs” by David Harsent, winner of the 2014 T.S. Eliot Prize for best poetry collection in the U.K., is poetry at its most stunning and arresting.
Poets and Poems: Hugo Williams and “I Knew the Bride”
British poet Hugo Williams has written a painful and beautiful collection of poems with “I Knew the Bride.” These are poems with the immediacy of mortality.
Top Ten Favorites from Poetry at Work Day 2015
As our third annual celebration of Poetry at Work Day concludes, we give you our top ten highlights, 47 tweets at a time.
Today is Poetry at Work Day!
Today is Poetry at Work Day, and Tweetspeak Poetry, and its co-sponsors Slice Magazine and Scratch Magazine, invite you to celebrate the day with us.
Twitter Poems: Top Ten Poetic Tweets
Looking for poetry on Twitter? Look no further than our latest Top Ten Poetic Tweets, featuring some of the best Twitter poems we’ve seen lately.
Edvard Munch – Poet?
Edvard Munch is known for his paintings, especially “The Scream.” But he was also a poet, and wrote many entries in his private journals in poetic form.
Poets and Poems: William Stafford and “Ask Me”
William Stafford had a unique poetic voice that transcended literary movements. “Ask Me: 100 Essential Poems” provides a window into that voice.
The Gift of a Day: Poetry Prompt
On a day like Christmas, gifts are the center, and ultimately can act as symbols of the deeper gift of sacred space and sharing.
Learning about Christmas Poems
Poets over the ages have written Christmas verse, but some Christmas poems turn out to be written by someone else! Includes great Christmas poem examples.
Wallace Stevens and Walking the Landscape
Landscape has been an inspiration to poets, including Wallace Stevens, who comes along for a hike near St. Louis to help find the poetry of the landscape.