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Twitter Poems: Top Ten Poetic Tweets

By Will Willingham 2 Comments

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Looking for poetry on Twitter? Look no further than our latest Top Ten Poetic Tweets, featuring some of the best Twitter poems we’ve seen lately.

Filed Under: Blog, poetry, Top Ten Poetic Tweets, Twitter poetry

Poets and Poems: Siegfried Sassoon and “The War Poems”

By Glynn Young 6 Comments

TSP Dover lighthouse

Poet Siegfried Sassoon survived World War I and went on to a successful literary career, but he is best remembered for “the War Poems.”

Filed Under: Poems, poetry, poetry reviews, Poets, war poems

Top 10 Best Question Poems

By Will Willingham 12 Comments

Top 10 Question Poems

Here are 10 of the best question poems that give unexpected answers. How would you answer these same questions if the poem was yours?

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Poets and Poems: Robinson Jeffers and “Selected Poetry”

By Glynn Young 1 Comment

The Selected Poetry of Robinson Jeffers: Poets and Poems at Tweetspeak Poetry

Robinson Jeffers (1887-1962) was a significant poet in the 1920s and 1930s, and then forgotten until rediscovered by the environmental movement.

Filed Under: book reviews, Nature Poems, Poems, poetry and business, poetry reviews, Poets

PhotoPlay 2: Portrait of a Shell, Sand, and the Sea Poetry Prompt

By Heather Eure 25 Comments

Portrait of a Shell

We are dipping our toes in the ocean at here at Tweetspeak Poetry. Join us for PhotoPlay 2. Look closely. You might just find a poem tucked inside a shell.

Filed Under: Blog, Photo Play, Photography prompts, Poems, poetry, poetry prompt, poetry teaching resources, Sea Poems, Shell Poems, Themed Writing Projects, writing prompts

PhotoPlay Prompt: Portrait of a Shell, Sand, and the Sea

By Heather Eure 31 Comments

Portrait of a shell, sand, and sea

Our senses are heightened by the surrounding wonder of the sea and shore. Feel the sand beneath your feet. It’s time for a little PhotoPlay and Prompt.

Filed Under: Blog, Photo Play, Photography prompts, poetry, poetry prompt, poetry teaching resources, Sea Poems, Shell Poems, writing prompts

Sand, Shells & Sea Glass: Poetry Prompt and Playlist

By Heather Eure 54 Comments

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This month, be inspired by Sand, Shells & Sea Glass. Read the Poetry Prompt and listen along. Our new playlist will give you an ocean of sound to write by.

Filed Under: Blog, poetry, poetry prompt, poetry teaching resources, Sea Poems, Shell Poems, writing prompts

Top Ten Summer Poems

By Will Willingham 15 Comments

summer poems

To help you stretch out these summer days as long as possible, we’ve gathered up a great collection of summer poems, from dandelions to love on the beach to patio umbrellas and everything in between (including the mosquitoes).

Filed Under: Poems, poetry, shakespeare poems, Summer Poems

Eating and Drinking Poems: Seamus Heaney’s ‘Oysters’

By Kathryn Neel 8 Comments

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As you read Seamus Heaney’s poem “Oysters, ” perhaps you, too, will start to feel the pull of the tides in each salty bite.

Filed Under: Blog, Eating and Drinking Poems, Food Poems, Seamus Heaney

7 Chocolate Poems for Your Love (of Chocolate)

By Will Willingham 25 Comments

chocolate poems

Good love poems aren’t always about love. Sometimes, they are about chocolate (its own kind of love). Try this collection of rich, dark chocolate poems.

Filed Under: Blog, Chocolate, Chocolate Poems, love poems, Valentine's Day

Poets and Poems

About Every Day Poems Poem a Day

Poets and poems We feature a variety of articles on contemporary and historical poets. We also have a wonderful collection of poems—from haiku, sonnets, and villanelles to sestinas, pantoums, Twitter poems and more. Great for personal enjoyment, sharing, or using as teaching tools. Poems & Themes Adam & Eve Poems Alien Poems Americana Poems Angel […]

Twitter Poetry: Of Shells, Fireworks, and Novellas 2

By Glynn Young 4 Comments

For a moment in our recent TweetSpeak Twitter poetry jam, it appeared that @sethhaines might divert the flow of words into a ramble about a two-foot-long earthworm. But the poets resisted, barely, and all we left was an earthworm memory.

Filed Under: Poems, poetry, Twitter poetry

Twitter Poetry: Of Shells, Fireworks, and Novellas

By Glynn Young 6 Comments

twitter poetry shells

Glynn Young has five new poems from the recent Tweetspeak Twitter poetry jam, with prompts from the novella “The Novelist.”

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Poems of Complication 4

By Glynn Young 5 Comments

The final eight poems from last week’s poetry jam on Twitter are below. Poems of Complication 4 By @mdgoodyear, @llbarkat, @PoemsPrayers, @mxings, @togetherforgood, @cascheller, @mmerubies, @MonicaSharman, @DancinButterfly, @thegypsymama, @TchrEric and @KathleenOverby. Not to mention @shrinkingcamel. Edited by @glynn_poet. Tattooed Tears My tears are tattooed to me; I wear them well, flex for all to see […]

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Poems of Complication 1

By Glynn Young 5 Comments

Below are the first group of poems coming from our poetry jam on Twitter this past Tuesday. The prompts, courtesy of @mdgoodyear, came from lines from the following: “The Quaker Graveyard in Nantucket” by Robert Lowell; “Ode to the West Wind” by Percy Bysshe Shelley; “Ode to the Confederate Dead” by Allen Tate; “Ode on […]

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Tara and Birds: 2 Poems

By Glynn Young 5 Comments

Surreal poems of birds, corsets, a Chinese jar, and love.

Filed Under: Bird Poems, Cento Poems, love poems, love poetry, poetry, Surreal Poems, Twitter poetry

Whale Song: Poems

By Glynn Young 5 Comments

The whales, the sea, and the occasional dragonfly and blackbird. Love poems to make you dream.

Filed Under: Animal Poems, Bird Poems, Cento Poems, Dream Poems, love poems, love poetry, poetry, Sea Poems, Surreal Poems

The Animals Come to a Party: Poems

By Glynn Young 4 Comments

Hippos, camels, dragon flies, cake? It must be an animal poems party.

Filed Under: Bird Poems, Cake Poems, Camel Poems, love poems, poetry, Short Poems, Surreal Poems, Twitter poetry

Elizabeth Bishop: The Complete Poems 1927-1979

By Glynn Young 10 Comments

Dolphin poetry

Finding the poems of Elizabeth Bishop. Again. With “The Riverman.”

Filed Under: book reviews, Dream Poems, Poets

Poetry Prompt: Swell

By Heather Eure 16 Comments

Poetry Prompt: Swell

The ocean dances. It undulates and curls. Arches back and bends forward. Moving toward the finale. This week’s poetry prompt places you among the waves.

Filed Under: Blog, poetry prompt, poetry teaching resources, Sea Poems, writing prompts

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