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“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

Poets and Poems: Jessica De Guyat and “Fording the Stream”

By Glynn Young 1 Comment

The poetry collection “Fording the Stream” by British poet Jessica De Guyat is centered in the idea of place, be it Lindisfarne, Iona, or the French Midi.

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

Take Your Poet to Work Day: Countee Cullen

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Countee Cullen Take Your Poet to Work Day

We continue our 2020 Take Your Poet to Work celebration with fabulous poet Countee Cullen.

Filed Under: Black Poets, Blog, Countee Cullen, poetry and business, Take Your Poet to Work Day

Take Your Poet to Work: Lucille Clifton

By Will Willingham 1 Comment

Lucille Clifton Take Your Poet to Work Day Cover

We kick off the 2020 Take Your Poet to Work celebration with beloved poet Lucille Clifton.

Filed Under: Black Poets, Blog, Lucille Clifton, poetry and business, Take Your Poet to Work Day

Rethinking the Role of the Poet: Essays by Micah Mattix

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“The Soul Is a Stranger in This World” by Micah Mattix takes a refreshing look at familiar contemporary poets—and at the role of poetry itself.

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

It Was a Marvelous Year: “The Making of Poetry” by Adam Nicholson

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In “The Making of Poetry,” Adam Nicolson tells the story of William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge in 1797-98, when they created some of the greatest poetry written in the English language.

Filed Under: article, book reviews, Books, Literary Analysis, Poems, poetry, poetry reviews, Poets, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, William Wordsworth

Great Poetry as Seen by Comic Artist Julian Peters

By Glynn Young 6 Comments

In “Poems to See By,” comic artist Julian Peters illustrates 24 well-known poems, and in the process interprets meaning and adds understanding.

Filed Under: Art, article, book reviews, Books, poetry

A Ritual to Read to Each Other: Reading Classics

By Megan Willome 6 Comments

Thursday Next

Join author Megan Willome as she reads classics in the new column, A Ritual to Read to Each Other. What beloved book or poem do you want to protect?

Filed Under: A Ritual to Read to Each Other, A Story in Every Soul, Classic Books, William Wordsworth

Simon Armitage, the New British Poet Laureate

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Simon Armitage is the new British poet laureate, and his most recent collection, “The Unaccompanied,” shows a poet at the top of his art.

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By Heart: “I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud” + New Poetry Challenge

By Megan Willome 2 Comments

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Join author Megan Willome as she learns Wordsworth’s “I Wandered Lonely As a Cloud” By Heart and considers authorship.

Filed Under: Blog, By Heart, nature, Nature Poems, Poems, Poets

Naomi Shihab Nye: Young People’s Poet Laureate

By Megan Willome 7 Comments

Naomi Shihab Nye

Author Megan Willome takes a trip to the library with Young People’s Poet Laureate Naomi Shihab Nye. Refreshments will be served.

Filed Under: Childhood Poems, children, Children's Activities, Children's Authors, Children's Poetry, Children's Stories

Take Your Poet to Work Day: W. S. Merwin

By Will Willingham 1 Comment

Take Your Poet to Work W. S. Merwin

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

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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

Take Your Poet to Work Day: Tony Hoagland

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

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Take Your Poet to Work Day: C. D. Wright

By Will Willingham 5 Comments

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We’re getting ready to celebrate Take Your Poet to Work Day! Our 2019 poet collection kicks off with with American poet C. D. Wright.

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Reader, Come Home: “Little Rhymes for Lowly Plants”

By Megan Willome 6 Comments

Reader Come Home

Join us for deep reading with author Megan Willome as we discuss a poetry collection about plants for Poetic Earth Month. And share your March pages for our Reader, Come Home column.

Filed Under: nature, Nature Poems, Poems, Poetic Earth Month, Reader Come Home

It’s Take Your Poet to School Week!

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Take your Poet to School Week girl on swing

Join teachers, students and librarians around the globe to kick off National Poetry Month with the fun and delight of Take Your Poet to School Week, including our favorites, Talk Like a Poet Day and Poet in a Cupcake Day!

Filed Under: National Poetry Month, Take Your Poet to School Week

Gratitude Poetry Prompt: Look For the Constants

By Callie Feyen 6 Comments

When something is confusing, can we find something constant and move towards that?

Author Callie Feyen’s only advice for understanding poetry is to compare it to a middle school group chat conversation gone awry.

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

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