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By Heart: “Kindness” + Wordsworth Challenge

By Megan Willome 10 Comments

Naomi Shihab Nye

Join author Megan Willome as she learns Naomi Shihab Nye’s “Kindness” By Heart and throws in a few thoughts on “The Sound of Music.”

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William Wordsworth: “The Prelude” and the Poetry of Revision

By Glynn Young 8 Comments

Lights in Field William Wordsworth

Some 24 manuscripts, dated from 1798 to 1839, exist for “The Prelude, ” the autobiographical poem by William Wordsworth; they show the poetry of revision.

Filed Under: Blog, Britain, English Teaching, poetry, Poets, William Wordsworth

William Wordsworth and the Language of the Common Man

By Glynn Young 4 Comments

Rickety pier into lake William Wordsworth

Influenced by the American and French revolutions, William Wordsworth wrote poetry that used common language and spoke to feelings and imagination.

Filed Under: Blog, Britain, Poems, poetry, Poets, William Wordsworth

Take Your Poet to Work: William Wordsworth

By Will Willingham 19 Comments

Take Your Poet to Work Day - William Wordsworth Featured

Take Your Poet to Work Day is coming on the third Wednesday in July. For 2016, that’s July 20! We kick off the release of this year’s poet collection with English Romantic poet William Wordsworth.

Filed Under: Blog, Moon poems, Nature Poems, Poems, poetry, Take Your Poet to Work Day, William Wordsworth

An Updated Take on Keats’s Odes by Anahid Nersessian

By Glynn Young 2 Comments

Plum Blossom Keats Anahid Nersessian

“Keats’s Odes: A Lover’s Discourse” by Anahid Nersessian looks at the poet’s six great idea through a feminist/Marxist lens.

Filed Under: article, book reviews, Books, John Keats, Ode Poems, Poems, Poets

Poet Laura: Sideways on a Boat — on Snafus and Haiku

By Dheepa R. Maturi 4 Comments

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Tweetspeak’s Poet Laura, Dheepa R. Maturi, finds humor, solace and haiku in the wake of a sinking boat and tragedy avoided.

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Poets and Poems: Andrea Potos and “Her Joy Becomes”

By Glynn Young 8 Comments

Ice on twig Andrea Potos Her joy Becomes

In “Her Joy Becomes,” poet Andrea Potos invites the reader into her mind and her heart to experience what her mother meant to her.

Filed Under: article, book reviews, Books, Grief Poems, joy poems, Poems, poetry, poetry reviews, Poets

It’s Been a Good Year for Poetic Biographies and Anthologies

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Pumpkins Poetic biographies and anthologies

The year 2022 is shaping up as one of the best in recent memory for the publication of poetic biographies and anthologies.

Filed Under: article, Books, Poems, poetry, poetry news, poetry teaching resources, Poets

“Addressed to the Same” by John Keats

self portrait of the older Haydon

< Return to All John Keats Addressed to the Same Great spirits now on earth are sojourning; He of the cloud, the cataract, the lake, Who on Helvellyn’s summit, wide awake, Catches his freshness from Archangel’s wing: He of the rose, the violet, the spring, The social smile, the chain for Freedom’s sake: And lo!—whose […]

Experiencing Nature and the Earth with “Earth Song” by Sara Barkat

By Glynn Young 1 Comment

Kirkjufell Earth Song Barkat

The 93 poems of Earth Song, collected by Sara Barkat, focus on the earth as an immediate, real place—avoiding abstract, theoretical poetry.

Filed Under: article, book reviews, Books, Ecopoetry, Poems, poetry, poetry reviews, Poets, Sara Teasdale

Poetry Prompt: Earth Song Nature Poems—Celebrate!

By T.S. Poetry 25 Comments

earth song nature poems climate poems daylilies

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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Earth Song: A Nature Poems Experience

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Earth Song-Nature Poems-Climate Poetry

Enter into the Poetry of Earth Song Earth Song was born from a pivotal moment of personal connection with nature, while the world seemed burning with pandemic fever and climate fire. This anthology of eco-poetry gathered by editor Sara Barkat is infused with vision and care. Holding the collection is like cradling a rare crystal […]

Poets and Poems: Donna Hilbert and “Threnody”

By Glynn Young 3 Comments

Riisitunturi National Park Lapland

“Threnody” by poet Donna Hilbert reminds us that lament is inspired by grief, which is in turn inspired by deep love.

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By Heart: ‘What Men Die For Lack Of’ + New Christina Rossetti Challenge

By Megan Willome 4 Comments

poky white weed

You’d be surprised by what men die for lack of. So, we’re going on a poem hunt to make things better. Plus, we’re learning an Abigail Carroll poem about poetry By Heart.

Filed Under: A Poem in Every Heart, Blog, By Heart, Carl Sandburg, Christina Rossetti, Emily Dickinson, John Keats, Mary Oliver, Robert Frost, Robert Louis Stevenson, Sylvia Plath, W. B. Yeats, Walt Whitman

Poet Laura: On Independence Day I Found a Butterfly

By Laura Boggess 4 Comments

row of colorful pinwheels in tokyo

The butterfly heralds the arrival of summer and invites childlike wonder. Our Poet Laura, Laura Boggess, shares a butterfly story and three butterfly poems.

Filed Under: Blog, Butterfly Poems, Poet Laura, William Wordsworth

Poet-a-Day: Meet Jill Baumgaertner

By Tania Runyan Leave a Comment

rolling hills and lake at Keswick and Derwent Water

The repetitive rural images of the Lake District provided inspiration for Jill Baumgaertner’s “Cumbria Pantoum.” What will inspire yours?

Filed Under: Blog, English Teaching Resources, Pantoum, Pantoum Poems, Poet-a-Day, poetry teaching resources

Poet-a-Day: Meet Richard Pierce

By Tania Runyan 2 Comments

Tall grass in sunset

Can the villanelle come round again? Poet Richard Pierce responds to Dylan Thomas’s famous villanelle with a powerful one of his own.

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

“30 Poems to Memorize (Before It’s Too Late)” by David Kern

By Glynn Young 15 Comments

In “30 Poems to Memorize (Before It’s Too Late),” editor David Kern and 13 other contributors remind us of why we love poetry.

Filed Under: article, book reviews, Books, Memory, Poems, poetry, Poetry Memorization, Poets

Take Your Poet to Work Day: Zoom Pandemic Edition

By Will Willingham 8 Comments

Take Your Poet to Work Day Zoom

When poets celebrate Take Your Poet to Work Day during a pandemic, it’s likely total pandemonium. Join Lucille Clifton, William Shakespeare, Emily Dickinson & more in a Zoom chat.

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Take Your Poet to Work Day: Tania Runyan

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Tania Runyan Take Your Poet to Work Day Cover

Our 2020 Take Your Poet to Work Day ready-for-work poet collection features our first living poet, Tweetspeak’s Poet Laura, Tania Runyan.

Filed Under: Blog, poetry and business, Take Your Poet to Work Day

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