Tweetspeak Poetry

  • Home
  • FREE prompts
  • Earth Song
  • Every Day Poems—Subscribe! ✨
  • Teaching Tools
  • Books, Etc.
  • Patron Love

September: Tea for Two (the diary of a coffee quitter)

By Seth Haines 27 Comments

I am a helpless, habitual coffee drinker. For the most part, I don’t drink yuppie, frothy coffee. No, I drink the black stuff, the kind that tastes like ash. I drink it like it’s a badge of American masculinity, I guess. My grandpa used to say, “real men take their coffee the way God intended […]

Filed Under: Blog, poetry, Themed Writing Projects, writing prompts

August Rain: Morose Mother Goose

By Seth Haines 22 Comments

Nursery rhymes are often our first introductions to poetry. You’d be hard-pressed to find a youngster who was unaware of Jack’s broken crown, the shoe-dwelling woman with more children than the Duggars, or everyone’s favorite fall-on-your-bum game, “ring around the rosie.” But despite the sing-song rhythms and lyrical use of end rhyme, many of Mother […]

Filed Under: Blog, poetry, Themed Writing Projects

August Rain: Stormy Weather

By Seth Haines 32 Comments

There is a long-standing metaphorical marriage of rain and sorrow. Painters, film-makers, musical artists — they have all used tempestuous imagery to denote loss, grief, and sadness. In 1933 Harold Arlen and Ted Koehler penned “Stormy Weather, ” the quintessential breakup song first performed by Ethel Waters. Covered by greats like Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, […]

Filed Under: Blog, Themed Writing Projects, writing prompts

Songs for Our Theme this Month: Rain

By Seth Haines 7 Comments

Got a rain playlist? Share it here in the comment box 🙂 Photo by Emreterok. Creative Commons, via Flickr. Playlist by Seth Haines. _____   Buy Rumors of Water Now

Filed Under: Blog, Music, Themed Writing Projects

I am the Rain

By Charity Singleton Craig 16 Comments

The gerbera daisy that I had planted in an old green ceramic pitcher on my back porch isn’t red anymore. In fact, the red bloom shriveled and fell off weeks ago. But the stem and the leaves that were left behind, now they have died too. At least that’s my initial diagnosis. With my plastic […]

Filed Under: Blog, Themed Writing Projects

August Rain: The Decisive Moment

By Seth Haines 26 Comments

As a boy, I lived a spell in East Texas. Somewhere on the edge of the urban sprawl, my sister and I ran barefooted down dirt roads, sat under the shade of mesquite groves, and tromped through fields of briars to the neighbor-lady’s house with all the aquariums. We were home on the range and […]

Filed Under: Blog, Themed Writing Projects, writing prompts

August Rain: Introduction (and a bit of spiny poetry)

By Seth Haines 47 Comments

The heartland is ablaze. The five-o’clock news anchor tells us that Tower Mountain was kissed by lightning, that it went up like a harvest bonfire before emergency crews responded. “There have been more than 1, 000 wildfires in Arkansas this year, ” he says, “mostly in rural portions of the state.” He makes some awkward […]

Filed Under: Blog, Cento Poems, Themed Writing Projects, writing prompts

Book Spine Poetry

By Glynn Young 30 Comments

Wander around your basement or upstairs in your room. You’re sure to find a Cento Poem. We did.

Filed Under: article, Cento Poems, poetry, Themed Writing Projects

July Mosaics: Concrete Poetry

By Seth Haines 15 Comments

In the summer of 2008, the local Barnes & Noble invited Geoffrey Brock to read from his first book of Poetry, Weighing Light. Metal folding chairs were placed between the do-it-your self section and the clearance picture-book aisle. I’m not sure whether it was the ideal spot for a poetry reading, what with patrons whizzing through […]

Filed Under: Blog, Cento Poems, Every Day Poems, Themed Writing Projects, writing prompts

July Mosaics: Juxtaposition

By Matthew Kreider 17 Comments

Years ago, I had the privilege of rubbing eyeballs with royalty. Flanked by an impressive retinue of distinguished figure heads, the fair-skinned and curly-haired king stood before a hushed audience at my university and delivered a cultural manifesto on the artist’s role in creating the juxtaposition of political and religious imagery to benefit and protect society.

But I was more interested in his shoes.

Filed Under: Blog, Every Day Poems, Themed Writing Projects, writing prompts

July Mosaics: Community

By Matthew Kreider 21 Comments

A few days after we announced our July Mosaics project, someone left us a tiny confession in the comment box. “When this idea was first posted, wrote Rosanne Osborne, “I admit I was dubious, but it’s been amazing to me how generative the experience has been.”

Filed Under: Every Day Poems, poetry, Themed Writing Projects

July Mosaics: The Shards

By Matthew Kreider 24 Comments

Ben Henderson’s new wobble was supposed to be the secret weapon he needed to save his career.

Filed Under: Every Day Poems, poetry, Themed Writing Projects

June Jazz: Stimulation

By Matthew Kreider 16 Comments

We buy a couple of corn dogs and head over to the free stage. My eyes wander off and I see a teenage girl standing on the back of a motorized wheelchair, lurching left and right, while her driver zig-zags across Main Street like a Hollywood stunt driver. I’m thankful city planners have shut down the streets to car traffic. Not just for the jazz festival.

But so people can move, for four days, any way they choose.

Filed Under: Every Day Poems, poetry, Themed Writing Projects

June Jazz: Dance

By Matthew Kreider 22 Comments

Jazz is what happens to all of us — when somebody jumps out of her box.

Filed Under: Every Day Poems, poetry, Themed Writing Projects

June Jazz: ‘Sweet Jazz O’ Mine’

By Matthew Kreider 23 Comments

Jazz great Art Blakey #once said, “Music washes away the dust of every day life.” With a pair of drumsticks, he did just that, uncovering a new style of bebop drumming. He gave music a new shine.

Poetry scrubs us down with a back-and-forth hygiene, too.

Filed Under: Every Day Poems, poetry, Themed Writing Projects

May Play: Results

By Matthew Kreider 8 Comments

May Play began with a chance conversation with the owner of a candy shop.

Filed Under: Every Day Poems, poetry, Themed Writing Projects, writing prompts

June Jazz: Improv

By Matthew Kreider 25 Comments

Light pours through the west end and floods the wooden floors of our home. James is in the front room, dancing. His clunky, horse-like heels stomp to a syncopated rhythm, following the dizzy-eyed direction of his four-year-old vision, rather than my music.

Filed Under: Every Day Poems, poetry, Themed Writing Projects

May Play: Stretching

By Matthew Kreider 20 Comments

Sometimes we start poetry with a history of strains and tight muscles. For many of us, this month’s May Play felt like therapy, a chance to purge ourselves of some lactic acid and develop more elasticity.

Filed Under: Every Day Poems, poetry, Themed Writing Projects, writing prompts

May Play: Conversations

By Matthew Kreider 37 Comments

Leah wasn’t quite ready to play. Sharing her poetry still felt like a risk.

A few months ago she discovered Every Day Poems and began clicking around. She spent $2.99 on our poetry daily subscription. She found intriguing writing prompts and colorful features. Most importantly, she encountered conversations.

Filed Under: Blog, Every Day Poems, poetry, Themed Writing Projects

May Play: Spontaneity

By Matthew Kreider 17 Comments

The elementary school and playground which captivated my attention as a child was torn down many years ago. A bench surrounded by flowers is all that remains.

Filed Under: Every Day Poems, poetry, Themed Writing Projects

« Previous Page
Next Page »

Take How to Read a Poem

Get the Introduction, the Billy Collins poem, and Chapter 1

get the sample now

Welcome to Tweetspeak

New to Tweetspeak Poetry? Start here, in The Mischief Café. You're a regular? Check out our July Menu

Patron Love

❤️

Welcome a little patron love, when you help keep the world poetic.

The Graphic Novel

"Stunning, heartbreaking, and relevant illustrations"

Callie Feyen, teacher

read a summary of The Yellow Wallpaper

meet The Yellow Wallpaper characters

How to Write Poetry

Your Comments

  • bethany on Top 10 Tips for a Summer Staycation
  • Sandra Fox Murphy on Poet Laura: Poetry in Space
  • Rick Maxson on Poet Laura: Poetry in Space
  • Laura Boggess on Poet Laura: Replenishing the Imagination

Featured In

We're happy to have been featured in...

The Huffington Post

The Paris Review

The New York Observer

Tumblr Book News

Stay in Touch With Us

Browse by Topic

Learn to Write Form Poems

How to Write an Acrostic

How to Write a Ballad

How to Write a Catalog Poem

How to Write a Ghazal

How to Write a Haiku

How to Write an Ode

How to Write a Pantoum

How to Write a Rondeau

How to Write a Sestina

How to Write a Sonnet

How to Write a Villanelle

5 FREE POETRY PROMPTS

Get 5 FREE inbox poetry prompts from the popular book How to Write a Poem

Shakespeare Resources

Poetry Classroom: Sonnet 18

Common Core Picture Poems: Sonnet 73

Sonnet 104 Annotated

Sonnet 116 Annotated

Character Analysis: Romeo and Juliet

Character Analysis: Was Hamlet Sane or Insane?

Why Does Hamlet Wait to Kill the King?

10 Fun Shakespeare Resources

About Shakespeare: Poet and Playwright

Top 10 Shakespeare Sonnets

See all 154 Shakespeare sonnets in our Shakespeare Library!

Explore Work From Black Poets

About Us

  • • A Blessing for Writers
  • • Our Story
  • • Meet Our Team
  • • Literary Citizenship
  • • Poet Laura
  • • Poetry for Life: The 5 Vital Approaches
  • • T. S. Poetry Press – All Books
  • • Contact Us

Write With Us

  • • 5 FREE Poetry Prompts-Inbox Delivery
  • • 30 Days to Richer Writing Workshop
  • • Poetry Prompts
  • • Submissions
  • • The Write to Poetry

Read With Us

  • • All Our Books
  • • Book Club
  • • Every Day Poems—Subscribe! ✨
  • • Literacy Extras
  • • Poems to Listen By: Audio Series
  • • Poet-a-Day
  • • Poets and Poems
  • • 50 States Projects
  • • Charlotte Perkins Gilman Poems Library
  • • Edgar Allan Poe Poems Arts & Experience Library
  • • William Blake Poems Arts & Experience Library
  • • William Shakespeare Sonnet Library

Celebrate With Us

  • • Poem on Your Pillow Day
  • • Poetic Earth Month
  • • Poet in a Cupcake Day
  • • Poetry at Work Day
  • • Random Acts of Poetry Day
  • • Take Your Poet to School Week
  • • Take Your Poet to Work Day

Gift Ideas

  • • Every Day Poems
  • • Our Shop
  • • Everybody Loves a Book!

Connect

  • • Donate
  • • Blog Buttons
  • • By Heart
  • • Shop for Tweetspeak Fun Stuff

Copyright © 2025 Tweetspeak Poetry · FAQ, Disclosure & Privacy Policy