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Fields of Red 5

By Glynn Young 5 Comments

Editing the tweets into poems is work — but it’s fun work.

Filed Under: poetry, Twitter poetry

The Heart Aroused: Strategy and Soul

By Will Willingham 11 Comments

There’s an equal place in the psyche for both strategy and soul.

Filed Under: book club, poetry, poetry and business, poetry teaching resources, The Heart Aroused, writer's group resources

Fields of Red 4

By Glynn Young 12 Comments

A (very) short primer on editing tweets from our Twitter poetry parties

Filed Under: article, poetry, Twitter poetry

Journey into Poetry: Laura Boggess

By Laura Boggess 19 Comments

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I was afraid of poetry. And so, I avoided it.

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Angels: Wisp in Wyoming

By Joel Jacobson 7 Comments

Angels are surprising. Alarming. Unsettling. Captivating.

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The Heart Aroused: Embracing Fire

By Will Willingham 32 Comments

How can you give oxygen to the fire of your creative soul in business?

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Journey into Poetry: David Rupert

By David Rupert 19 Comments

Clam Shells Journey into Poetry tweetspeakpoetry.com

I now realize that poetry isn’t a tool to impress. It’s a way to reflect the soul.

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Twitter Poetry: Fields of Red 2

By Glynn Young 5 Comments

Here are the next six poems from our recent Twitter poetry party.

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Twitter Poetry: Fields of Red

By Glynn Young 8 Comments

Here are the first four Twitter poetry party poems, from a collection we’re calling “Fields of Red.” 

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The Writing Life: How to Be a Famous Author

By Tania Runyan 42 Comments

the writing life how to be a famous author

The writing life should be simpler than this, right? No, it’s not easy, and it never will be. Because we want to be famous. And that’s good, and not.

Filed Under: article, Attentiveness Poems, Catalog Poems, Courage Poems, Poems, poetry, poetry teaching resources, writer's group resources, Writing Life

Red Whistles at the Wolf

By Glynn Young 11 Comments

We’ve been celebrating the color red here this month at Tweetspeak, so red has been a bit on my mind.

Filed Under: article, color poems, love poetry, poetry

The Poet’s Life

By L.L. Barkat Leave a Comment

A hilarious look at what poets really do.

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Poet, Where Did You Get that Red?

By Angela Alaimo O'Donnell 8 Comments

Red Poems and Poets and Red

What is red? Red is Miracle, talisman and charm.

Filed Under: poetry, poetry teaching resources, writer's group resources

Journey Into Poetry: Will Willingham

By L.L. Barkat 7 Comments

Here at T. S. Poetry, nothing could make us happier than when a person discovers poems.

Filed Under: journey into poetry, poetry, writer's group resources

Lace Under the Stars

By Glynn Young 9 Comments

It was another Twitter poetry party, and the poetic lines just glistened.

Filed Under: poetry, Twitter poetry

Coming Home to Red

By Dave Malone 10 Comments

I was talking about words like a painter might talk about primary colors.

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A Sonnet’s Unlikely Resolution: John Milton On His Blindness

By Karen Swallow Prior 11 Comments

John Milton On His Blindness

One of the greatest poets who ever lived worries that his poetry is not good enough.

Filed Under: poems about writing, poetry, poetry teaching resources, writer's group resources

Alan Shapiro’s “Night of the Republic”

By Glynn Young Leave a Comment

Poet Alan Shapiro loads his minds-eye camera with film (or, these days, a disk)

Filed Under: article, book reviews, poetry, poetry teaching resources, writer's group resources

Tania Runyan’s “A Thousand Vessels”

By Glynn Young 3 Comments

A poetry review of A Thousand Vessels.

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Dave Malone’s “Under the Sycamore”

By Glynn Young 12 Comments

Quick: name a contemporary love poem.

Filed Under: article, book reviews, love poetry, poetry

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