The next six poems edited from the recent Tweetspeak Twitter Poetry jam, with the prompts from Annie Dillard’s “Tickets for a Prayer Wheel.”
Poetry Classroom: April Poem
Welcome to this month’s poetry classroom. Today we’re discussing ‘April Poem’ with poet Daniel Bowman.
Honk if You Were a Teenage Swan (A Poetry Prompt)
Write a coming-of-age poem inspired by Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale “The Ugly Duckling” in this week’s poetry prompt from Seth Haines.
This Week’s Top 10 Poetic Picks
Tattoos as art, trading guns for art, pigs writing poetry, and taking poetry into outer space. It’s another week of our Top Ten Poetic Picks.
WordCandy Sweet Bloggers Roundup: Truffles
Our WordCandy Sweet Bloggers have lifted another collection of chocolate truffles from the beautiful quote box.
Poetry at Work: The Airport Security Check-In
A random selection of people in an airport security line becomes the occasion for two strangers to create a poem of chance, understanding, and meaning.
Poetry Classroom: The Wait
Welcome to this month’s poetry classroom with poet Daniel Bowman. Today we’re discussing plum-haired November.
Swans, Swallows, and the Phoenix (A Poetry Prompt)
Seth Haines kicks off the month of May with a new poetic playlist on our Swans, Swallow, Phoenix theme, and a brand new poetry prompt to boot.
This Week’s Top Ten Poetic Picks
Madonna recites Neruda, Kennedy memorizes Colderidge, Seinfeld drinks coffee. It’s poetry and more in Our Top Ten Poetic Picks.
You Put Poetry on the Map!
From the Arabian peninsula to Seattle, we put poetry on the map this National Poetry Month.
National Poetry Month: poemcrazy: lights and mysteries
Join us as we wrap up our discussion of ‘poemcrazy’ with woolly mammoth, vikings, and writing to save your life.
Poetry at Work: The Poetry of the Commute
A daily commute to work is filled with the poetry of Dickinson, Eliot, Homer, the Romantics, and the 18th century Age of Reason, in one short six-mile ride.
Poetry Classroom: Walking Through the Dream
Welcome to this month’s poetry classroom with Daniel Bowman. Today we’re discussing walking through the dream of a stranger.
Night at the Classroom (A Poetry Prompt)
Making Grendel from paper mâché? Perhaps you’d rather just write a creature poem. Seth Haines has a new poetry prompt from literature’s greatest creatures.
This Week’s Top Ten Poetic Picks
Shakespeare conspiracy theories, lizard poetry, and who in the world owns your second-hand book? Seth Haines has a brand new week of our Top Ten Poetic Picks.
National Poetry Month: poemcrazy: Open the Window
Poems and dreams gather fragments of our days and piece them back together in whimsical, even frightening ways. Join us for our latest ‘poemcrazy’ discussion.
Poetry at Work: The Poetry of the Organization Chart
I’m likely to date myself here, but when I first worked for a large organization, one of the most important documents one could be given was the organization chart. The chart made sense of the organization, in this case a large corporation. It demonstrated order, logic, rationality, and control. It provided a compass or map, […]
Custard the Cowardly Dragon (A Poetry Prompt)
A Tweetspeak poetry prompt involving Ogden Nash, Custard the cowardly dragon, and light verse.
Poetry Classroom: The Night Sky
Welcome to this month’s poetry classroom, with Paula J. Lambert. Today we’re talking about the night sky as a time machine.
This Week’s Top 10 Poetic Picks
85 poets, 85 Pulitzer works, learning to read at 85. It’s a brand new week of great poetry links in Our Top (85 minus 75) Poetic Picks.