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A Random Random Acts of Poetry Day Wrap

By Will Willingham 1 Comment

Random Acts of Poetry

Maybe more intentional than it wants to let on, Random Acts of Poetry Day was an opportunity to haphazardly (wink, wink) spread some poetry love (and joy).

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It’s Random Acts of Poetry Day—And The World Could Still Use Kindness

By Will Willingham 1 Comment

2019 Random Acts of Poetry Day

In a world that still needs kindness, more than ever, we bring you Random Acts of Poetry Day and encourage you to “freshen the world with poems,” as Ted Kooser puts it.

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Random Highlights from Random Acts of Poetry Day

By Will Willingham 3 Comments

Random Acts of Poetry yellow flowers

We take stock of another richly celebrated Random Acts of Poetry Day with schools, city governments, libraries, refrigerators and … squirrels.

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It’s Random Acts of Poetry Day!

By Will Willingham 7 Comments

Do some good in the world today—and maybe change the course of someone’s life. Celebrate Random Acts of Poetry Day by sharing a poem, or listening for one.

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A Random Day of Poetry

By Will Willingham 8 Comments

Random Acts of Poetry Day rainbow seashell

We celebrated another day of Random Acts of Poetry, delighted by poems chalked and inked and memorized and read aloud in the public square. How did you spend the day?

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Make a Conscious Decision: It’s Random Acts of Poetry Day!

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Bubble float randomly for random acts of poetry day

Today is Random Acts of Poetry Day. Make a conscious decision to share a little random poetry in your world today. We could all use such an act of kindness.

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Confessions of Poetry

By Charity Singleton Craig 10 Comments

Confessions of poetry - chipmunk on tree

Charity Singleton Craig goes out with a plan to spread poetry around her community and is thwarted by 20 scurrying chipmunks.

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Random Sample: A Wrap-Up of Random Acts of Poetry Day

By Will Willingham 8 Comments

Random Acts of Poetry Day kids lined up at beach

Our celebration of Random Acts of Poetry Day was full of random poetic expressions popping up everywhere from cupcakes to the courthouse.

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It’s Random Acts of Poetry Day!

By Will Willingham 6 Comments

Random Acts of Poetry teddy bear on cardboard box

It’s Random Acts of Poetry Day, a day devoted to painting poetry in the public square. Share some poetry with your world (and make it better).

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Get Ready for Poetry on Two Sides of the Pond with Fun Shareable Graphics

By Will Willingham 4 Comments

Poetry on Two Sides of the Pond

Get ready for next week’s Poetry on Two Sides of the Pond with fun shareable graphics to celebrate Britain’s National Poetry Day and our Random Acts of Poetry Day.

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It Was So Random: Random Acts of Poetry Day

By Will Willingham 7 Comments

Random Acts of Poetry Day 2015 Wrapup

People all over the world celebrated Random Acts of Poetry Day, slipping poems under doors and taping them to bathroom mirrors. Here are the highlights.

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It’s Random Acts of Poetry Day!

By Will Willingham 6 Comments

Random Acts of Poetry Pin on a Wire Michelle Ortega

It’s Random Acts of Poetry Day, a day devoted to painting poetry in the public square, either literally or figuratively. Come along for some random fun.

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Angels Running, Barking, Singing – and Playing an Oboe

By Glynn Young 10 Comments

Our poetic prompt for March was angels.

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From Blush to Fiery Passion

By Glynn Young 13 Comments

Seventeen poems were submitted for our February prompt of “red, ” and they ranged from a mere hint of blush to an all-out fiery passion of RED. (I’m still fanning myself.)

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Can You Hear What She Sees?

By L.L. Barkat 3 Comments

The villanelle is a perfect form for sound-capturing, as it mimics a song.

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Baptizing a Cup

By L.L. Barkat 9 Comments

Baptism by coffee? See our featured poem for Random Acts of Poetry.

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Rust, Corrosion and Chrome: A Random Acts of Poetry Prompt

By L.L. Barkat 2 Comments

What is poetry? Maybe rust, oxygen, or chrome.

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Taking Poetry from the Young

By L.L. Barkat 1 Comment

Where does poetry come from? Anywhere we allow ourselves to find it.

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Get Historical in Pictures

By L.L. Barkat 2 Comments

If you want to join us, write a poem that focuses on a personal history—yours, an object’s, or another person’s.

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The Village Watched: A Random Act of Poetry

By L.L. Barkat 4 Comments

There were so many great conversations, visual and verbal, offered up for this month’s collaborative prompt between The High Calling’s PhotoPlay and Random Acts of Poetry.

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