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IX. “A Train Went Through” by Emily Dickinson

funeral procession on the road with the coffin being carried

< Return to Emily Dickinson Poems IX. A Train Went Through A train went through a burial gate, A bird broke forth and sang, And trilled, and quivered, and shook his throat Till all the churchyard rang; And then adjusted his little notes, And bowed and sang again. Doubtless, he thought it meet of him […]

Do You Remember the First Poetry Book You Bought?

By Glynn Young 9 Comments

Mirror Lake poetry book Four Quartets Eliot

The first book of poetry I ever bought was “Four Quartets” by T.S. Eliot, and it has followed me for more than 50 years.

Filed Under: article, Blog, Books, Children's Poetry, Children's Stories, Poems, poetry, T.S. Eliot

Poetry Club: Coffee Shop Collage—”Do the Shells Still Hear”

By T.S. Poetry 5 Comments

shells and sea-poetry collage

You’re invited to the poetry club, with our new adventure: Coffee Shop Collage. Bring an Every Day Poems line, and come make poetry collage!

Filed Under: Blog, Grief Poems, Poetry Club, Poetry Collage, poetry teaching resources

Poet Laura: I Surrender

By Dheepa R. Maturi 4 Comments

wall of sticky notes love

Writer Dheepa R. Maturi enters a hard period in life, and it strongly blocks her writing. But then she finds a surprising way through. You could, too.

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“The Solitary Reaper” by William Wordsworth

woman stands in field with sickle and stack of wheat

< Return to all Wordsworth poems The Solitary Reaper Behold her, single in the field, Yon solitary Highland Lass! Reaping and singing by herself; Stop here, or gently pass! Alone she cuts and binds the grain, And sings a melancholy strain; O listen! for the Vale profound Is overflowing with the sound. No Nightingale did […]

Poetry Prompt: Spanish Story—Just a Minute

By Callie Feyen Leave a Comment

spanish story yellow building

Join author Callie Feyen as she reads a Spanish-inspired story to children that opens up stories of her own life.

Filed Under: Blog, Books, poetry prompt, writing prompt, writing prompts

“Lines Written in Early Spring” by William Wordsworth

women dance in a field with cherry blossoms

< Return to all Wordsworth poems Lines Written in Early Spring I heard a thousand blended notes, While in a grove I sate reclined, In that sweet mood when pleasant thoughts Bring sad thoughts to the mind. To her fair works did Nature link The human soul that through me ran; And much it grieved […]

Poetry Prompt: Found in the Library

By Callie Feyen 13 Comments

A delightful tale of finding and being found in the library. With a dash of amusement. Join author Callie Feyen and write your own library poem.

Filed Under: Blog, Libraries, poetry prompt, poetry teaching resources, writer's group resources, writing prompt, writing prompts

Poet Laura: Embracing Guilty Pleasures: an Ode to Chocolate

By Dheepa R. Maturi 8 Comments

yellow leaves

This week our Poet Laura, Dheepa R. Maturi, hands you a permission slip to revel in simple (and complex) pleasures like chocolate.

Filed Under: Blog, Chocolate, Chocolate Poems, Poet Laura, poetry prompt

Poet Laura: New Year, New Lists

By Dheepa R. Maturi 15 Comments

Teacup with spoon and string

Dheepa R. Maturi, Poet Laura, ushers in the new year with a thoughtful perspective on resolutions and new year list-making.

Filed Under: Blog, Catalog Poems, New Year's Poems, Poet Laura, poetry prompt, writing prompt

Hidden, or Ignored, by History: “Afro-Creole Poetry” by Clint Bruce

By Glynn Young 7 Comments

Flowering trees Clint Bruce Afro Creole Poetry

With the poetry collection “Afro-Creole Poetry,” Clint Bruce opens a forgotten, or ignored, chapter in American history and poetry.

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

“A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens – and Megan Willome

By Glynn Young 1 Comment

Snowy road in England Willome

Megan Willome loves “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens, and she has created an edition that’s a joy to read.

Filed Under: article, book reviews, Books, Britain, Christmas Poems

Classic Biography: “Edgar Lee Masters” by Herbert Russell

By Glynn Young 1 Comment

Prairie Masters bio Russell

In his classic biography of Edgar Lee Masters, Herbert Russell tells the story of a writer defined by one single, enormously successful work.

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

Perspective: The Poet Takes a Bike Ride

By Megan Willome 3 Comments

Vancouver Island forests

How does a poet gain perspective? Megan Willome takes a bike ride—in Canada. Share your August reads, fellow poets!

Filed Under: Blog, book reviews, Essays, Perspective, poetry, Writing Life

Poetry Prompt: It Is the Poet Who Looks

By Callie Feyen Leave a Comment

It is the Poet who looks. Join Callie Feyen as she contemplates the wreck of the Wilhelm Gustloff while awaiting the results of a Covid test.

Filed Under: Blog, Poems, poetry, poetry prompt, poetry teaching resources, Poets, writer's group resources, writing prompts

Earth Song Book Club Announcement

By Rebecca D. Martin 6 Comments

bamboo forest

Rebecca D. Martin announces a new book club discussion of the symphonic nature poem collection edited by Sara Barkat, Earth Song.

Filed Under: Blog, book club, Earth Song, Ecopoetry, Nature Poems

“Eliot After ‘The Waste Land’” by Robert Crawford

By Glynn Young Leave a Comment

Tree in Lake Crawford bio of Eliot

With “Eliot After ‘The Waste Land,'” British poet and writer Robert Crawford completes his monumental biography of T.S. Eliot.

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

Children’s Book Club: ‘Hatchet’

By Megan Willome 5 Comments

moose in Grand Tetons

Put a little tough hope in your summer survival toolkit. Join us as we read “Hatchet” by Gary Paulsen for this month’s Children’s Book Club.

Filed Under: A Story in Every Soul, Blog, Children's Authors, Children's Book Club, Hope Poems

Perspective: The Madness of Don Quixote

By Megan Willome 6 Comments

three horses in a field

Madness is the coin that opens our hearts to story. Join us as we consider the madness and sanity of Cervantes’ Don Quixote.

Filed Under: A Story in Every Soul, Blog, Classic Books, Perspective

“The Bells” by Edgar Allan Poe

the bells poe

< Return to Edgar Allan Poe Poems The Bells I.         Hear the sledges with the bells—                  Silver bells! What a world of merriment their melody foretells!         How they tinkle, tinkle, tinkle,            In the icy air of night!         While the stars that oversprinkle         All the heavens, seem to twinkle            With a crystalline delight;          Keeping time, time, […]

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