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Can a Machine Write Better Than You?—5 Best (And Worst) AI Poem Generators

By Sara Barkat 8 Comments

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Ever wanted AI to write a poem for you? Well, you’re in luck—here are 5 best AI poem generators around, featuring Hades and Persephone.

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Making Peace With Paradise—Celebrate + Poetry Prompt!

By T.S. Poetry 10 Comments

making peace with paradise by tania runyan

Celebrate the release of the new book from one of your favorite poetry how-to authors. Check out Making Peace With Paradise + poetry prompt!

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Poetry Prompt: Start Your Writing with Inspiration

By Callie Feyen 4 Comments

How does a writer start writing? With inspiration. For Callie Feyen, that begins with a poem.

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Poetry Prompt: Just the Facts

By Callie Feyen 1 Comment

Just the facts, Ma’am becomes the beginning of poetry, when you take those facts and begin to stack them up. Try this Just the Facts prompt!

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Poetry Prompt: Purple Moths + Dragons

By Callie Feyen 4 Comments

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Join author Callie Feyen as she considers purple moths and dragons and the asymmetry of the world and herself.

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Perspective: Letters of Three

By Megan Willome 2 Comments

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Parenting is hard—sure—but writing believable parents is hard too. Megan Willome writes letters to three sets of fictional parents.

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Poetry Prompt: One Word to Take You Home

By Callie Feyen 2 Comments

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Join author Callie Feyen as she explores using one word to describe a tough experience and uses it to create a story.

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Tell the Bees—Event This Friday, August 5 + Prompt!

By L.L. Barkat 2 Comments

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Join us for bees poetry and some beekeeping chat. But, before that, pen your own poem where you tell the bees—or ask them—something.

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Poetry Prompt: Earth Song Nature Poems—Celebrate!

By T.S. Poetry 25 Comments

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Celebrate the Earth Song nature poems anthology by penning your own song to or from the earth. Whether mountains, floral majesties, or monarchs, the lyrics are yours to compose.

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Poetry Prompt: Observation Poems

By Callie Feyen Leave a Comment

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Observation poems lead to action. Join author Callie Feyen as she reads, writes, and acts on Dave Malone’s poem “Tornado Drill.”

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What I Learned Writing 30+ Crow Poems

By Megan Willome Leave a Comment

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Writing a lot of poems on a single subject can surprise the writer with unexpected gifts. Find out what Megan Willome learned while writing 30+ crow poems.

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Bee Hives & Dragon Claws: A Vision Board and a Manuscript

By Callie Feyen 1 Comment

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Are you stuck in your writing process? Try a vision board. Callie Feyen’s incorporates bee hives and dragon claws.

Filed Under: Become a Better Writer, Blog, Books, Creativity, Dave Malone, writer's group resources, Writing, writing prompt, writing prompts, Writing Rituals, Writing Tips

Poet Laura: Poems of Identity

By Karen Paul Holmes 2 Comments

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Poems of identity can orient us to who we are and who we want to continue to be—even against the odds of unkind or neglectful forces.

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How to Write a Rondelet

By Megan Willome 2 Comments

bison calf with mother

Tap your inner songwriter with today’s poetry prompt, featuring the rondelet poem form, with author Megan Willome.

Filed Under: A Poem in Every Heart, Animal Poems, Blog, Children's Poetry, poetry prompt, poetry teaching resources, Rondelet, writer's group resources, writing prompt, writing prompts

How to Write a Diamante

By Megan Willome 4 Comments

cow and egret blue flowers

The diamante poem has a shape that illustrates the connection between opposites. Learn how to write a diamante with this fun explanation + poetry prompt!

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Form Poetry for Children—And You!

By Megan Willome Leave a Comment

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Form poetry for children? Yes! But also for you, at any age. Writing a poem in form can wake up a sleepy idea and make it bright.

Filed Under: A Poem in Every Heart, Animal Poems, Blog, Children's Poetry, poetry prompt, poetry teaching resources, writer's group resources, writing prompt, writing prompts

Rescuing a Story through Poetry—How a Ghazal Saved a Dog!

By Megan Willome 2 Comments

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Is your story not working? Try rescuing a story through poetry! That’s what happened when a dog named Rascal met a ghazal.

Filed Under: Animal Poems, Children's Poetry, poetry prompt, poetry teaching resources, writer's group resources, writing prompt, writing prompts, Writing Tips

Poetry Prompt: Baseball Poems

By Callie Feyen 3 Comments

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Join author Callie Feyen as she pays tribute to her father-in-law, and baseball. Then prompts you to write baseball poems!

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Poetry Prompt: Haiku for Dreaming, Wishing, and Becoming

By Callie Feyen 6 Comments

If you can dream it, you can haiku it. Join author Callie Feyen as she shares how a new job is impacting her writing life.

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How To Read Poetry: Hermit Crab Essay 004

By Callie Feyen Leave a Comment

Silvereye (Zosterops lateralis)

How do you read poetry? “It is enough to enter,” says Todd Boss. Author Callie Feyen uses Todd’s poem to give you the easy secrets to poetry reading!

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