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It’s Poetry at Work Day 2023!

By Glynn Young 6 Comments

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It’s Poetry at Work Day 2023, and Tweetspeak Poetry has a number of resources to help you celebrate the day.

Filed Under: article, Poems, poetry, Poetry at Work, Poetry at Work Day, work poems

Tuesday, Jan. 11: It’s Poetry at Work Day 2022!

By Glynn Young 2 Comments

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For Poetry at Work Day 2022, consider the names of the people you’ve worked with or work with now. You’re going to find poetry!

Filed Under: article, Poems, Poetry at Work, Poetry at Work Day, work poems

It’s Poetry at Work Day — Discovering the Poetry of Gratitude

By Glynn Young 4 Comments

Poetry at Work Day 2019

Today is 2019 Poetry at Work Day, with a tale of how a book of poetry led to one of the writer’s best work projects — and to gratitude for the work.

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A Night of Cowboy Poetry — Poems, Songs, and Cowpunchers

By Megan Willome 12 Comments

Poetry, music, and cowpunchers took the stage for “A Cowboy’s Night in old Texas.” Megan Willome wore her red boots.

Filed Under: Americana Poems, Animal Poems, Ballad Poems, Blog, Funny Poems, Music, poetry, work poems

Celebrate! It’s Poetry at Work Day 2016!

By Glynn Young 9 Comments

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Poetry is in all work, speaking to us, singing to us. Download our resources, and come, celebrate Poetry at Work Day 2016 with us.

Filed Under: Blog, Books, Poems, poetry and business, Poetry at Home, Poetry at Work, Poetry at Work Day, poetry news, work poems

Ship, Sail, Boat: The Age of Sea Shanties Poetry Prompt

By Heather Eure 23 Comments

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Step back to the age of sailing & learn about the folk style of sea shanties. Join us & write one of your own. Here’s an opportunity to complain about work!

Filed Under: Blog, Boat Poems, poetry prompt, poetry teaching resources, Sail, Ship, Ship-Sail-Boat, Themed Writing Projects, work poems, writer's group resources, writing prompts

Poetry at Work: The Poetry of Institutional Memory

By Glynn Young 6 Comments

Institutional Memory

With access to technology, the Internet and new tools, organizations have come to believe institutional memory is not important. They’re wrong.

Filed Under: Door Photos, Emily Dickinson, poetry, poetry and business, Poetry at Work, work poems

Top 100 FedEx Small Biz Contest Finalists Poems

By Maureen Doallas 17 Comments

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The top 100 FedEx Small Business contest winners are in. And they are looking marvelously poetic. (Amusement at no extra charge.)

Filed Under: Blog, Funny Poems, Humorous Poems, work poems

Top Ten Tweets (and a thousand other things) from Poetry at Work Day

By Will Willingham 6 Comments

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From newsrooms to libraries, from the Scottish parliament to the coffee shop, Poetry at Work Day was celebrated around the world. Here are our highlights.

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Poetry in the Cubicle: The Weight of the Poem

By Rick Maxson 12 Comments

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What do you do with the poem you cannot write? You follow it. Even if it never leaves the four square walls of your office cubicle. Join Richard Maxson for Poetry at Work.

Filed Under: Blog, Poems about poetry, poetry, poetry and business, Poetry at Work, work poems

Poetry at Work: A Life-Changing Book

By L.L. Barkat 8 Comments

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Poetry at Work, a life-changing book? That is our great hope.

Filed Under: Blog, book reviews, Courage Poems, Hope Poems, poetry and business, Poetry at Work, work poems

Poetry at Work: Poetry and Business Life

By Scott Anderson 6 Comments

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Business and poetry, at least on the surface, appear to form an unlikely alliance. Scott Edward Anderson shows us why it’s not so unlikely after all.

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Infographic: Poetry at Work Day 2017

By Will Willingham 26 Comments

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Poetry at Work Day is coming January 14, 2014. To launch this year’s celebration, we’re releasing our brand new 2014 Poetry at Work Day infographic.

Filed Under: Blog, Infographics, poetry, poetry and business, Poetry at Work, Poetry at Work Day, work poems

Poetry at Work: The Poetry of Electronic Work

By Glynn Young 3 Comments

Like all work, the work of electronic communications contains an inherent poetry, perhaps several inherent “poetries.”

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Poetry at Work: The Poetry of the Interview

By Glynn Young 6 Comments

I was part of an interview team, talking individually with four candidates for a communication research job. Human Resources had provided us with a set of “behavioral interview” questions, which meant we would be asking things like “What’s the biggest failure you’ve ever experienced?” and “Where do you see yourself in 10 years?” We followed […]

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Poetry at Work: The Poetry of Crisis

By Glynn Young 2 Comments

Poetry at work? Yes, look for it especially in a crisis. Finding the poetry will suggest the path forward.

Filed Under: article, Poems, poetry, poetry and business, Poetry at Work, work poems

Poetry at Work: Workplace Creativity

By Glynn Young 6 Comments

Poetry can be used for creativity at work in three ways: to restore, to clarify, to organize.

Filed Under: article, Creativity, Poems, poetry, poetry and business, Poetry at Work, work poems

Poetry at Work Day, Done Good

By Will Willingham 4 Comments

We celebrated the first Poetry at Work Day all a-Twitter with work poems. A few highlights from the day.

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10 Great Poems About Work

By L.L. Barkat 31 Comments

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10 great poems about work, new and old. Boss poems, work-life poems, work poems about various industries. Thoughtful to humorous!

Filed Under: Blog, Poems, poetry, poetry and business, Poetry at Work, poetry teaching resources, work poems

Poetry at Work: The Poetry of Unemployment

By Glynn Young 6 Comments

Organizations see layoffs as business decisions; people affected see them as intensely personal. Unemployment is a part of work, and part of poetry at work.

Filed Under: Poems, poetry, poetry and business, Poetry at Work, Poets, work poems

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