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Poetry for Life: Take a Poet Home with You in Seattle
It’s poetry for life – and it surrounds you. Look for it and help Tweetspeak Poetry celebrate it. We’re starting in Seattle.
The Writing Life: Beginnings, Pt. 1
The athlete of the family lives in the shadow of her brother while secretly dreaming of a writing life of her own.
My Life as a Cento
Cento (Lat. “patchwork”). A verse composition made up of lines selected from the work or works of some great poet(s) of the past. —The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry & Poetics Like most poets, I have a notebook. Mine is a chunky tablet, 5×7 inches, with a large spiral binding and two thick boards that serve […]
Secret Poetry Love Notes
Today I received so many little love notes, I just had to let you know.
Dana Gioia Defines the Enchantment in Poetry
The aim of poetry is enchantment, writes poet Dana Gioia in his new collection of essays on poetry and culture.
Poet Laura: The Beats, National Poetry Month, and Earth Day
Sandra Fox Murphy, Tweetspeak’s Poet Laura, finds common ground with the Beat poets, National Poetry Month and Earth Day.
Poets and Poems: Emily Patterson and “So Much Tending Remains”
In “So Much Tending Remains,” poet Emily Patterson watches her child grow from birth to toddlerhood, reflecting what parenthood means.
10 Great Resources for Teaching the Civil War
Not all Civil War teaching resources are created equal. Both primary and secondary sources enabled me to write a Civil War novel, and they can help you to teach it. Here are the best resources you’ll want when planning & teaching!
Poet Laura: A Concert in the General Store
Sandra Fox Murphy writes about music’s intersections with time, place and poetry, travelling from a general store in West Virginia to the grackles on a power line in west Texas.
Poets and Poems: Claude Wilkinson and “Soon Done with the Crosses”
In “Soon Done with the Crosses,” poet Claude Wilkinson explores the burdens we humans carry, as he looks to the natural world for meaning.
Bonbons: Awe & Wonder Journal
The Awe & Wonder Journal bonbon is made with love and the following ingredients: • Inspiring quotes from… – Walt Whitman – Mahmoud Darwish – Jake Eagle – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle – Okakura Kakuzo – Laurie Klein – William Wordsworth • Gentle and beautiful poems by L.L. Barkat • Explanation of how to practice awe & wonder in […]
Jay Parini Has 16 Robert Frost Poems to Memorize
In “Robert Frost: Sixteen Poems to Learn by Heart,” Jay Parini has written a great introduction to the poet and reasons to memorize his work.
Poetry Club: Notebook It
You needn’t always be taking big steps to develop a meaningful, life-altering poetry practice. That’s why we love this simplest of ideas.
Once Upon a Poet: An Interview with Laurie Klein
The seeds of poetry saved Laurie Klein. And now she’s counting doors in ways you’ll want to hear about.
Poet Laura: The Tapestry of Poetry
In this month’s Poet Laura, Michelle Rinaldi Ortega visits the Met Cloisters and invites readers to pen a Mixtape poem.
Herman Melville, a Poet of the Civil War
Herman Melville turned from fiction to poetry, and his first collection aimed at memorializing and making sense of the Civil War.
Poets and Poems: Anna Lewis and “Memory’s Abacus”
“Memory’s Abacus,” the first poetry collection by Anna Lewis, captures the essence of family life lived well.
XLII. “Bring Me the Sunset” by Emily Dickinson
< Return to Emily Dickinson Poems XLII. Bring Me the Sunset Bring me the sunset in a cup, Reckon the morning’s flagons up, And say how many dew; Tell me how far the morning leaps, Tell me what time the weaver sleeps Who spun the breadths of blue! Write me how many notes there be […]
Poets and Poems: Claude Wilkinson and “World Without End”
In “World Without End,” Claude Wilkinson writes poetry that communicates the beauty and meaning of both the seen and the unseen.