What can the villanelle offer a poet? Ashley M. Jones has a suggestion—and a container for obsession or sorrow.
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Poet-a-Day: Meet Marjorie Maddox
Why write a pantoum? Poet Marjorie Maddox shares her reasons, on the wings of poetry and song.
Poet-a-Day: Meet Celia Lisset Alvarez
Why write a sestina? Direct from Florida, poet Celia Lisset Alvarez gives you a few fabulous reasons.
Poet-a-Day: Meet David K. Wheeler
How best to write tragedy? Poet David K. Wheeler suggests the soft sorrow of the pantoum.
What You Made Possible in 2021!
What you do for poetry and literacy—and what poetry and literacy do for you. It’s a partnership at Tweetspeak. And it means more kindness, generosity, and beautiful living.
The Progression of a Writing Life Part 1: Play
In a new four-part series, Charity Singleton Craig envisions a possible progression of the writing life through the lens of a snowboarder, beginning with the role of play.
Iowa Summer Writing Festival: There to Write
If you’re looking for a place to network, the Iowa Summer Writing Festival may not be the best for you. You’re there to write.
Seven Tips for Researching Family Heritage
Researching my historical novel “Brookhaven” taught me several important lessons for researching family heritage.
Poets and Poems: Seth Wieck and “Call Out Coyote”
In “Call Out Coyote: Poems,” Seth Wieck demonstrates a love and respect for the people, history, and geography of the Texas Panhandle.
Poet Liz Ahl Beats the Bounds
In three collections, poet Liz Ahl maps the geography and the boundaries of the people, places, and ideas she explores.
Poets and Poems: Sarah Carey and “Bloodstream”
In “Bloodstream: Poems,” Sarah Carey considers her family and her heritage, and how they’ve fused to shape the people she knows and loves.
Poets and Poems: Hedy Habra and “Under Brushstrokes”
In “Under Brushstrokes: Poems,” poet Hedy Habra takes us on a journey through art, culture, heritage and family.
Happy Thanksgiving, from Tweetspeak Poetry (and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)
Tweetspeak Poetry, and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, wish you a very happy Thanksgiving Day, with a poem on harvest.
Poet Sidney Lanier and the Lost Cause
As he began to write the manuscript that became his historical novel Brookhaven, author Glynn Young knew he would use a 19th century poet as a kind of infusion into the story.
When You Don’t Speak Czech or German
When you’re traveling in the Sudetenland, it helps to know the Czech or German language, specially if you like to eat.
Poets and Poems: Teow Lim Goh and “Bitter Creek”
“Bitter Creek: An Epic Poem” by Teow Lim Goh tells the story of Chinese immigration and how it affected the American West.
Poet Laura: Poetry in Space
Sandra Fox Murphy joins poets in bringing poetry to space in this month’s Poet Laura column.
“108”: An Ecothriller by Former Poet Laura Dheepa Maturi
“108” is an ecothriller by attorney, writer, and former Poet Laura Dheepa Maturi, and it is one wild ride of a read.
Poets and Poems: Christina Cook and “Roaming the Labyrinth”
In “Roaming the Labyrinth,” poet Christina Cook translates the poems of and writes about the French poet Marie-Claire Bancquart.
Longfellow’s “Paul Revere’s Ride”: Creating a National Legend
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s poem “Paul Revere’s Ride” was written at a perilous time in American history, when Civil War threatened.