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To Bless the Space Between Us Book Club: Thresholds, Homecomings & States of Heart
In this week’s To Bless the Space Between Us, we consider John O’Donohue’s blessings for thresholds, homecomings and states of heart.
Eating & Drinking Poems: Jake York’s ‘United States of Barbecue’
Kathryn Neel’s post features Jake Adam York’s poem ‘United States of Barbecue’ and a delicious lemon barbecue sauce recipe coaxed from a secretive chef.
Poets and Poems: Jack Bedell and “Against the Woods’ Dark Trunks”
In “Against the Woods’ Dark Trunks,” poet Jack Bedell writes about the land and legends of south Louisiana.
Children’s Book Club: ‘Vitamina T for Tacos’
An entire alphabet book about tacos? In Spanglish? Join our Children’s Book Club and read “Vitamina T for Tacos.”
Poet-a-Day: Meet Christopher Patchel
What purposes does the art form of haiku serve best? Christopher Patchel considers this question, with the perspective of a graphic designer.
Poet-a-Day: Meet Rick Maxson
When Rick Maxson heard his wife singing, in a rare moment of freedom from pain, it needed a poem to hold his wonder. It needed a rondeau.
Poet-a-Day: Meet Monica Sharman
What poem do you really need to write, but can’t? The hiddenness of the acrostic might be just your poetic ticket. It was for Monica Sharman.
Poet-a-Day: Meet Megan Willome
When you’re going round in grief, the rondeau might be your poetic form. Megan Willome found hers at mile 37.
Poet-a-Day: Meet John Drury
What are the challenges and opportunities of the ghazal? John Drury explores the answers with you, in the rain…
Poet-a-Day: Meet Aaron Brown
Grief has the quailty of a kaleidoscope. So does the ghazal poem form. Aaron Brown mourns, through the ghazal, his war-torn city in Chad.
Poet-a-Day: Meet Sandra Heska King
Prompted to write a villanelle, Sandra Heska King created a container for sorrow and endings. You could try it, too.
Poet-a-Day: Meet Claire Bateman
What can you find in a Field Guide? Maybe a poem with a corolla, breaking open. Claire Bateman did.
Poet-a-Day: Meet Benjamin Myers
It’s difficult to tell a story with a sestina. And that’s exactly why Benjamin Myers explored a Muse story with this hard-to-hold form.
Poet-a-Day: Meet John Poch
What two things must your villanelle have—to make it minimally successful? Find out in this Echo and Narcissus poem from poet John Poch!
Poet-a-Day: Meet Jill Baumgaertner
The repetitive rural images of the Lake District provided inspiration for Jill Baumgaertner’s “Cumbria Pantoum.” What will inspire yours?
Poet-a-Day: Meet Todd C. Truffin
A soccer coach inspiring a villanelle? It could happen. (Indeed, it did, in this villanelle from Todd C. Truffin.)
Poet-a-Day: Meet Gabriel Spera
Can a sonnet be funny? (Should it be, especially if a household “disaster” is in progress?) Gabriel Spera chose amusement…
Poet-a-Day: Meet Janet Aalfs
A lost red button calls out to become an ode for a wider memory in Janet Aalfs’ touching poem about her mother and more.
Poet-a-Day: Meet John Stevenson
What do all Japanese poems have in common that might change how you view haiku? John Stevenson explores the answer…