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By Heart: ‘I so liked Spring’ + New Robert Frost Challenge

By Megan Willome 4 Comments

purple flowers out of focus

What do the thrushes sing? Ah Holy, Holy or Crack! Join us as we learn Charlotte Mew’s poem “I so liked Spring” By Heart.

Filed Under: A Poem in Every Heart, Blog, By Heart, Nature Poems, Spring Poems

Poems to Listen By: Moonstruck 05—Moonchild

By Laurie Klein 2 Comments

woman with braids in moonlight

The latest episode of Moonstruck in Laurie Klein’s Poems to Listen by reflects on poems that speak to childhood traumas with a poem by Lucille Clifton and Reuben Jackson’s poem about Trayvon Martin.

Filed Under: Blog, Lucille Clifton, Moon poems, Moonstruck, Patron Only, Poems to Listen By

Poet-a-Day: Meet Sandra Heska King

By Tania Runyan 11 Comments

Black cap gull sea Villanelle poem

Prompted to write a villanelle, Sandra Heska King created a container for sorrow and endings. You could try it, too.

Filed Under: Blog, How to Write a Form Poem, Poet-a-Day, poetry teaching resources, Villanelles

An Epic Told in 500 Sonnets: “The Gift of Life” by Amanda Hall

By Glynn Young 3 Comments

In “The Gift of Life: An Epic in Verse,” poet Amanda Hall employs some 500 sonnets to tell a story of love amid contemporary life and culture.

Filed Under: article, love poems, Poems, poetry, poetry reviews, Poets, Sonnets

Poet-a-Day: Meet Ashley M. Jones

By Tania Runyan 13 Comments

Birmingham Skyline View From Quarry

What can the villanelle offer a poet? Ashley M. Jones has a suggestion—and a container for obsession or sorrow.

Filed Under: Black Poets, Blog, English Teaching, How to Write a Form Poem, Poet-a-Day, poetry teaching resources, Villanelles, writer's group resources

Poet-a-Day: Meet Celia Lisset Alvarez

By Tania Runyan 8 Comments

Florida Palm Trees

Why write a sestina? Direct from Florida, poet Celia Lisset Alvarez gives you a few fabulous reasons.

Filed Under: Blog, How to Write a Form Poem, Poet-a-Day, poetry teaching resources, Poets, Political Poems, Sestina, writer's group resources

Lord of the Flies: Poem to a Conch

By Tania Runyan 1 Comment

Rocky sea for Lord of the Flies poem

Buried in the rich symbolism of Lord of the Flies, Tania Runyan finds a poem for the conch.

Filed Under: Blog, English Teaching Resources, Lord of the Flies, poetry prompt, writing prompt

Generosity of Perspective: Not So Scared

By Callie Feyen Leave a Comment

two-blue-boats-on-river

Callie Feyen reflects on Frankenstein, Auggie and Me, and the generosity of perspective in understanding another and being human together.

Filed Under: Blog, Generous

Pandemic Journal: An Entry on Pencil Balancing

By Laura Lynn Brown 7 Comments

Pandemic Journal Balancing Droplet

It’s the simple things that can show us the way. Join Laura Lynn Brown, and experience the Pentel GraphGear 500 drafting pencil’s power in the midst of the pandemic.

Filed Under: Blog, Pandemic Journal

Pandemic Journal: An Entry on Caring from a Distance

By Sandra Heska King 21 Comments

Pandemic Journal red buds

One of the great challenges of the pandemic is connecting with loved ones, especially our elders. Sandra Heska King reflects on caring for her father from 1500 miles away.

Filed Under: Blog, Pandemic Journal

Pandemic Journal: An Entry on How We Learn

By Rick Maxson 3 Comments

Pandemic journal sunset over industrial zone

Richard Maxson reflects on the miracles of our pandemic days, the occurrences that don’t just happen but are a result of hope, faith and effort.

Filed Under: Blog, Pandemic Journal

Creating an ‘I Love Poetry Moment’: Magic City’s Ashley M. Jones

By Megan Willome 4 Comments

For National Poetry Month, create an ‘I Love Poetry Moment,’ following the example of Ashley M. Jones and the Magic City Poetry Festival.

Filed Under: A Poem in Every Heart, Americana Poems, Black Poets, English Teaching Resources, Poems, poetry, Poets

Take Your Poet to Work Day: Mary Oliver

By Will Willingham 2 Comments

Mary Oliver Take Your Poet to Work Day

We’re getting ready to celebrate Take Your Poet to Work Day! Our 2019 poet collection features recently lost American national treasures like Mary Oliver.

Filed Under: Blog, Mary Oliver, Take Your Poet to Work Day

Ocean as Metaphor: “The Crossing Over” by Jen Karetnick

By Glynn Young 5 Comments

Sunrise in Scotland Karetnick The Crossing Over

“The Crossing Over,” the new poetry collection by Jen Karetnick, uses the ocean as metaphor, offering its bounty but demanding its sacrifices.

Filed Under: article, Nature Poems, Poems, poetry, poetry reviews, Poets

Introvert Paradise: To Find the Imperial Friend

By Rick Maxson 3 Comments

Introvert Paradise Spain

Richard Maxson understands the respite an introvert finds in the space of his own head in this tender piece about coming of age on an exotic international journey.

Filed Under: Blog, Friendship Project, Introvert Paradise, Patron Only

Memoir Notebook: Three Summers, Part 2: Bucking Hay

By Rick Maxson 9 Comments

Bucking Hay harvest

Richard Maxson continues his boyhood farming tale, reflecting on the harvest of transcendent memories cultivated in an alfalfa field.

Filed Under: Blog, Memoir Notebook, Patron Only

Commit Poetry: Romeo & Juliet’s Two Households

By Sandra Heska King 5 Comments

Commit Poetry Romeo & Juliet Ferns

Sandra Heska King winds up her memorization of selections from Romeo & Juliet among crayfish and shoulder-high ferns, considering the divisions of two houses.

Filed Under: Blog, Commit Poetry, Poetry Dare, Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare

Regional Tour: Of Alligators and Everglades

By Sandra Heska King 7 Comments

Alligator evergladesAlligator everglades

Sandra Heska King has all the adventure—and alligators—she could ever want right in her own backyard, in the Everglades.

Filed Under: Blog, nature, Nature Poems, Regional Tour

Poets and Poems: Tara Skurtu and “The Amoeba Game”

By Glynn Young 4 Comments

Girl on street Skurtu The Amoeba Game

In “The Amoeba Game,” poet Tara Skurtu explores her American and Romanian roots and writes about life, childhood, self-discovery, and identity.

Filed Under: article, book reviews, Books, Poems, poetry, poetry reviews, Poets

Committing Prufrock: The Path to Frost

By Sandra Heska King 7 Comments

Robert Frost The Road Not Taken

Memorizing The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock took Sandra Heska King on the road not taken (or, at least less frequently taken) and to memorization of Robert Frost as well.

Filed Under: Blog, Commit Poetry, Poetry Dare, Robert Frost

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