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A Poetry Dare for Will Oldham, the Anti-Poetry Guy

By Megan Willome 13 Comments

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Will Oldham’s June 1, 2012 column in Poetry magazine from the Poetry Foundation has sparked a lot of controversy. It’s actually pretty poetic.

Filed Under: Blog, Poems about poetry, poetry, Poetry Dare

Poetry: The Teachers Who Teach Us

By Glynn Young 7 Comments

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The teachers we have in middle school and high school can have a profound influence on how we understand and appreciate poetry throughout our lives.

Filed Under: article, Blog, Poems, poetry

Poets and Poems: Seamus Heaney

By Glynn Young 12 Comments

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Appreciating poets and poems even more by reading Seamus Heaney’s “Opened Ground” alongside Frank O’Driscoll’s “Stepping Stones, ” whose interviews add depth to the poems.

Filed Under: article, book reviews, Books, Getting Published, Interviews, Poems, poetry, poetry reviews, Poets, Seamus Heaney

Bottled & Canned: A Secret Poetry Prompt

By T.S. Poetry 13 Comments

Clear Glass Bottle Poetry

Think of a secret you want or need to preserve. Put it in a bottle or can. Will it go in easily? This is poetry. We don’t need to know the actual secret.

Filed Under: Blog, Bottled & Canned, Courage Poems, Hope Poems, Poems, poetry, poetry prompt, poetry teaching resources, Themed Writing Projects, writing prompts

Ten Great Writing Playlists & Poetry Prompts

By T.S. Poetry 3 Comments

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Do you have a favorite playlist you listen to while you write poetry? We’re featuring ten of our favorite themed writing playlists.

Filed Under: Blog, Music, poetry

Poetry Review: Frank Bidart’s “Metaphysical Dog”

By Glynn Young 3 Comments

Frank Bidart’s latest poetry collection, Metaphysical Dog, should be read as one long poem rather than 39 individual poems.

Filed Under: article, book reviews, Family Poems, Poems, Poems about poetry, poetry, poetry reviews

Top Ten Poetic Picks

By Will Willingham 7 Comments

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Being literally incorrect, Sesame Street’s “Sons of Poetry, ” Walter White & Walt Whitman, why ask why you need an editor. It’s our Top Ten Poetic Picks.

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

Book Club: Dorothy Parker’s Elbow: Tattoos on Writers, Writers on Tattoos

By Will Willingham 5 Comments

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Whether one is inked from head to toe or repelled by the very notion of a tattoo, there’s no escaping that tattoos fascinate. Join us in September for a new book club selection, Dorothy Parker’s Elbow: Tattoos on Writers, Writers on Tattoos.

Filed Under: Blog, book club, Books, poetry, Tattoos on Writers (Dorothy Parker's Elbow)

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

Poetry at Work: Casey at the Bat

By Glynn Young 4 Comments

The 1888 popular poem “Casey at the Bat” has much to teach us about the over-confidence and pride that leads to failure at work.

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

Bottled & Canned: Surprise Poetry Prompt

By T.S. Poetry 17 Comments

Dolls in Cans Poetry

Have you ever opened a can, only to find something unexpected? Now’s your chance.

Filed Under: Blog, Bottled & Canned, love poems, love poetry, Poems, poetry, poetry prompt, Themed Writing Projects, writer's group resources, writing prompts

Operation Poetry Dare: What a Poetry Buddy Is For

By Megan Willome 28 Comments

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When we dared poetry-avoidant Nancy Franson to read a poem a day, we arranged for her to have a Poetry Buddy to read along and ask questions. Today Megan Willome shares her side of the Poetry Dare.

Filed Under: Blog, Every Day Poems, poetry, Poetry Dare

Is Poetry Going to the Dogs?

By Glynn Young 24 Comments

Is Poetry Going to the Dogs?

What he did for cats, Francesco Marciuliano has now done for dogs: “I Could Chew on This, and Other Poems by Dogs.”

Filed Under: Animal Poems, Dog Poems, Funny Poems, Humorous Poems, Poems, poetry, poetry reviews, Poets

Bottles & Cans: A Playlist and Poetry Prompt

By T.S. Poetry 15 Comments

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Can you put bottles and cans in your poems? Join us for our new Bottled & Canned theme, and a brand new playlist and poetry prompt.

Filed Under: Blog, Bottled & Canned, Music, Poems, poetry, poetry teaching resources, Rock Song Poems, Themed Writing Projects, writer's group resources, writing prompts

Top Ten Poems from Every Day Poems

By Will Willingham 8 Comments

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Every weekday morning, we send a carefully-chosen poem, along with beautiful artwork, out to eagerly awaiting inboxes around the world. Here are our top recent Every Day Poems.

Filed Under: Attentiveness Poems, Courage Poems, Every Day Poems, Family Poems, Father Poems, Funny Poems, Humorous Poems, love poems, love poetry, poetry

Blokes Who Write Bad Poetry: Black Bart

By Kimberlee Conway Ireton 17 Comments

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With twenty-seven robberies and two poems to his credit, Black Bart was a legend. Kimberlee Conway Ireton answers with a poem to Black Bart.

Filed Under: Blog, Funny Poems, Humorous Poems, Poems, poetry

Operation Poetry Dare: For the Love

By Nancy Franson 38 Comments

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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

Poet in New York: Federico García Lorca

By Glynn Young 2 Comments

A new edition of Federico García Lorca’s “Poet in New York” adds depth and understanding to what we know about the poet.

Filed Under: article, book reviews, Books, poetry, Poets

Poetry Classroom: Nuthatch

By Julie L. Moore 7 Comments

Nuthatch Bird Poetry

It’s poetry’s fault, this feathered specificity. Birds can’t be just birds anymore.

Filed Under: Bird Poems, Blog, Poems, Poems about poetry, poetry, Poetry Classroom, poetry teaching resources, Short Poems

Rock ‘n Roll Poetry Prompt: Instrumental

By T.S. Poetry 9 Comments

Rock Song Poetry Acres Wild Jethro Tull

Rock music contains poetry, as do the instruments and voices that speak it. Jethro Tull’s “Acres Wild” shows us the way.

Filed Under: Blog, Hope Poems, love poems, love poetry, Music, Poems, poetry, Rock Song Poems, writing prompts

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