We noted a few days ago that Marcus Goodyear had posted an article on TweetSpeak Poetry in Books & Culture, published by Christianity Today. Micah Mattix, who authors the First Thoughts blog for First Things, took exception to something Marcus said, or thought he said, and posted an article about the Books & Culture article. […]
Article on Poet Joseph Brodsky
Today the Wall Street Journal published a fine article on poet Joseph Brodsky, who received the Nobel Prize for literature in 1987 and served as U.S. Poet Laureate in 1991 and 1992. The article, by Len Aron, is a review of “Josephy Brodsky: A Literary Life” by Lev Loseff, but also serves as a wonderful […]
TweetSpeak Poetry Gets Famous
Marcus Goodyear has written an article for Christianity Today’s Books & Culture on TweetSpeak Poetry – how it started, what it evolved into, and where it may be headed. Key events in the creation: Bradley Moore (aka Shrinking Camel) didn’t understand hashtags, and L.L. Barkat and Glynn Young had begun to rediscover poetry via Twitter. […]
Neruda’s Memoirs, Sneak Preview
We’ve got a cover for Maureen E. Doallas’s upcoming poetry collection, Neruda’s Memoirs. And here’s an excerpt of the title poem (Neruda’s Memoirs 🙂 ) … 2 Neruda said the closest thing to poetry is a loaf of bread or a ceramic dish or a piece of wood lovingly carved. So he poured his words […]
Delicate Machinery Cover Question
Tell us… which do you like better? The one to the left, or the one below? You can click on the covers to see larger versions. A description of Anne and a link to her poetry is here.
Barbies at Communion named ERB Honor Book
A Leopard’s Smile 2
Below are four additional poems from Tuesday’s Twitter poetry party. The prompts for the jam all came from the play Richard II, by Wiliam Shakespeare.
A Leopard’s Smile
It was a small but wildly enthusiastic group that met Tuesday night for the Twitter poetry party.
The Ghosts This Time of Year
A tradition fallen out of fashion, I find it a shame we’re not often telling ghost stories at Christmas time.
Random Acts of Poetry: Noel Ghosts
In a Random Acts of Poetry celebration, poet David K. Wheeler has invited us to write about our Christmas ghosts: past, present, or future.
As Easy as Pie 2
Below are seven more poems from our recent poetry jam (or was it poetry pie?) on Twitter.
As Easy As Pie
The Twitter poetry party topic was pie.
Governments of Tea 7 (and the finale)
The final six poems from our recent Twitter poetry party.
Governments of Tea 6
Below are six more poems edited from our recent Twitter poetry party, all inspired and prompted by The Republic of Tea
Governments of Tea 5
Here are five more poems from our recent Twitter poetry party, with the prompts taken from The Republic of Tea
Governments of Tea 4
Tea poems you can drink up. Including Orion, catholic schools, and jazz. Not your ordinary fare.
Governments of Tea 3
Here are six more poems from our recent Twitter poetry party on Tea
Governments of Tea 2
Here are the next four poems from our recent Twitter poetry party. The subject of tea takes a business, then political, and finally a personal, turn.
Governments of Tea
Well, everyone brought a teacup filled with tea to our recent Twitter poetry party
Robotics in Verse 4
This completes the series of poems from July’s Twitter poetry party here at TweetSpeak Poetry.