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Poems to Listen By: Yondering—3: Open Road

By Laurie Klein 6 Comments

gravel road with poppies

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J.D. McClatchy Tells the Story of the Civil War — in Poetry

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Monocrhome flowering tree Civil War poets McClatchy

“Poets of the Civil War” by J.D. McClatchy is a small volume that manages to capture the magnitude of the American Civil War.

Filed Under: article, book reviews, Books, Poems, poetry, Poets, Walt Whitman, war poems

By Heart: ‘What Men Die For Lack Of’ + New Christina Rossetti Challenge

By Megan Willome 4 Comments

poky white weed

You’d be surprised by what men die for lack of. So, we’re going on a poem hunt to make things better. Plus, we’re learning an Abigail Carroll poem about poetry By Heart.

Filed Under: A Poem in Every Heart, Blog, By Heart, Carl Sandburg, Christina Rossetti, Emily Dickinson, John Keats, Mary Oliver, Robert Frost, Robert Louis Stevenson, Sylvia Plath, W. B. Yeats, Walt Whitman

By Heart: ‘A Noiseless Patient Spider’ + New Derek Mahon Challenge

By Megan Willome 3 Comments

sunset over rock promontory

Uncle Walt says spiders and souls have a lot in common. Our By Heart column considers Whitman’s ‘A Noiseless Patient Spider’ and Charlotte.

Filed Under: A Poem in Every Heart, Blog, By Heart, Poetry Memorization, Walt Whitman

Horace Traubel and the Final Words of Walt Whitman

By Glynn Young 1 Comment

Brooklyn Walt Whitman

Thanks to Horace Traubel, we know much about Walt Whitman’s last years, Brenda WIneapple says in “Walt Whitman Speaks.”

Filed Under: article, book reviews, Books, poetry, poetry reviews, Poets, Walt Whitman

Using Poetry to Reflect Upon the Civil War – Part 3: Walt Whitman

By Glynn Young 4 Comments

Divided field Walt Whitman

Walt Whitman celebrated the beginning of the Civil War, like many Americans on both sides. But as it dragged on, he — and his poetry — changed.

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Your Work Is Poetry: Poetry at Work Day 2018!

By Glynn Young 23 Comments

Happy Poetry at Work Day It's Time for a Poetry Break

Today is Poetry at Work Day 2018. Most poets have day jobs, because poetry isn’t that lucrative a profession. But poetry is inherent in all work.

Filed Under: article, Emily Dickinson, Maya Angelou, Poems, poetry, Poetry at Work, Poetry at Work Day, Poets, T.S. Eliot, Wallace Stevens, Walt Whitman

Walt Whitman in Brooklyn: Newspapers and “Leaves of Grass”

By Glynn Young 11 Comments

Walt Whitman lived for 22 years in Brooklyn, and the city exerted a powerful influence on his poetry, especially “Leaves of Grass.”

Filed Under: Americana Poems, Blog, New York Literary, Poems, poetry, Poets, Walt Whitman

Coloring Page Poems: A Noiseless Patient Spider by Walt Whitman

By Will Willingham 2 Comments

A Noiseless Patient Spider by Walt Whitman Coloring Page Poem

Our coloring page poems series brings the fun stress relief of coloring pages and poetry together, today with Walt Whitman’s “A Noiseless Patient Spider.”

Filed Under: Coloring Page Poems, Nature Poems, poetry, poetry teaching resources, Walt Whitman

Take Your Poet to Work: Walt Whitman

By Will Willingham 15 Comments

Take Your Poet to Work Walt Whitman cover

We round out the 2015 Take Your Poet to Work Day poet collection with today’s release of America’s poet, Walt Whitman.

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