Bethany Rohde takes on an experiment in “no incoming words” and finds her creative interests take new turns in this collage essay.
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Poetry Prompt: The Phoenix
The bottom line with the phoenix, regardless of its colors, is the bird’s rebirth or regeneration, most usually from the ashes of a fire that consumed the prior bird.
Poets and Poems: L.L. Barkat and “Beyond the Glass”
With “Beyond the Glass,” poet L.L. Barkat followed a month of writing prompts and broke though seven years of a writing block.
World War II Had Its Poets, Too
It wasn’t just World War I. Two anthologies illustrate the prolific outpouring of poetry during World War II.
10 Ways to Help Your Favorite Introverted Author—Day 1: The Basic
Your favorite introverted author would love your help (though they might not ask). Here is one way you can begin.
Poets and Poems: Alfred Nicol and “After the Carnival”
Poet Alfred Nicole, in his new collection “After the Carnival,” finds both the evil and the good in human existence.
Poet Laura: Gardens and Grandpa
Sandra Fox Murphy, Tweetspeak’s Poet Laura, welcomes Spring with a reflection on gardening and flower poems.
Poets and Poems: Michelle Ortega and “When You Ask Me, Why Paris?”
In ‘When You Ask Me, Why Paris?’, poet Michelle Ortega reflects on a Paris of both place and memory—and the hints of Paris you stumble over in New York City and even in your own hometown.
50 States of Generosity: Iowa
From bridges to baseball, to fun food at the fair, Iowa’s got something for everyone. Sandra Heska King will meet you there.
Poets and Poems: Luci Shaw and “An Incremental Life”
In “An Incremental Life,” poet Luci Shaw takes stock of the personal, the poetic, and the sacred with the sense of experience lived.
Poets and Poems: Emily Patterson and “So Much Tending Remains”
In “So Much Tending Remains,” poet Emily Patterson watches her child grow from birth to toddlerhood, reflecting what parenthood means.
10 Great Resources for Teaching the Civil War
Not all Civil War teaching resources are created equal. Both primary and secondary sources enabled me to write a Civil War novel, and they can help you to teach it. Here are the best resources you’ll want when planning & teaching!
Making & Unmaking Meaning: Interview with Wendy Wisner
Wendy Wisner makes meaning in the prose world, while she sometimes tries to unmake it in the poetry world. Join her in “making less sense” with a fun poetry prompt!
Poets and Poems: Marjorie Maddox and “Seeing Things”
This Collection is a story of three generations of women, a story of depression, abuse, and dementia. If I gave the story a title, it might be “Broken Things, Mending.”
Religion and Poetry Do Mix – and Mix Well
Understanding the strong connection between religion and poetry can be both insightful and richly rewarding.
Giving Voice : Interview with Karla Van Vliet
Karla Van Vliet is a beautiful soul who will draw you deeper into poetry’s art and art’s poetry. Come learn about her work with asemic writing—and try your own hand at it!
Poet Laura: A Concert in the General Store
Sandra Fox Murphy writes about music’s intersections with time, place and poetry, travelling from a general store in West Virginia to the grackles on a power line in west Texas.
Essays: Benjamin Myers Takes on Ambiguity and Belonging
In “Ambiguity & Belonging,” poet Benjamin Myers has assembled a collection of essays about place, education, and poetry.
Poets and Poems: Louis MacNeice and “Autumn Journal”
Published in the spring of 1939, “Autumn Journal” by poet Louis MacNeice captured the spirit of the era – and the change coming.
What Remains: The Collected Poems of Hannah Arendt
“What Remains: The Collected Poems of Hannah Arendt” gathers the 70 often moving poems philosopher Arendt wrote from 1923 to 1962.