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Take Your Poet to Work: Wisława Szymborska

By Will Willingham 12 Comments

Take Your Poet to Work Day Wisława Szymborska cover

Meet Polish poet Wisława Szymborska as we continue our preparations for celebrating Take Your Poet to Work Day on July 15.

Filed Under: Blog, Cat Poems, poetry, Take Your Poet to Work Day, Wislawa Szymborska

Poetic Voices: Rachel Heimowitz and J.L. Jacobs

By Glynn Young 8 Comments

In recent collections Rachel Heimowitz and J.L. Jacobs deal with the sense of place – contemporary Israel and the places of childhood and imagination.

Filed Under: book reviews, Childhood Poems, Poems, Poetic Voices, poetry, poetry reviews, Poets

Loki Goodness Campaign 7: At the Salon

By Anonymous 3 Comments

Loki The Avengers Goodness Campaign 740

In this edition of the Loki Goodness Campaign, at the urging of his publicist, our Asgardian prince takes up some scissors, for better or worse. You decide.

Filed Under: Fiction, Loki Goodness Campaign, Student Writing

Top 10 Best Shakespeare Sonnets

By T.S. Poetry 29 Comments

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Odds are Shakespeare wrote far more than 154 sonnets. But of the 154 that have survived, here are 10 of the very best Shakespeare sonnets!

Filed Under: Blog, Poems, Shakespeare, shakespeare poems, shakespeare sonnets, Sonnets

Take Your Poet to Work: Anna Akhmatova

By Will Willingham 15 Comments

Anna Akhmatova Take Your Poet to Work Day

Take Your Poet to Work Day is coming July 15. This week, we add Russian modernist poet Anna Akhmatova to our collection.

Filed Under: Anna Akhmatova, Blog, poetry, Take Your Poet to Work Day

Twitter Party: Slivers of Plum at Midnight

By Glynn Young 11 Comments

Tweetspeak Poetry’s most recent Twitter party resulted in ten poems about lemonade, lightning, bread, gears, a locomotive, and an equation — of bees.

Filed Under: Bee Poems, love poems, Moon poems, Night Poems, Plum Poems, Poems, poetry, Short Poems, Surreal Poems, Twitter poetry

Twitter Poems: Top Ten Poetic Tweets

By Will Willingham 2 Comments

Twitter Poems Top 10 Poetic Tweets

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

Poetic Voices: Jehanne Dubrow and Sally Kindred

By Glynn Young 2 Comments

Jehanne Dubrow uses form and substance for the poems of “The Arranged Marriage, ” while Sally Rosen Kindred uses the metaphor of flowers in Book of Asters.

Filed Under: Blog, book reviews, Poems, Poetic Voices, poetry, poetry reviews, Poets

Why Does Hamlet Wait to Kill the King?

By Sara Barkat 3 Comments

Why did Hamlet wait to kill the king? Crumbling Wall

Did William Shakespeare make a bad plot choice in Hamlet? Why does Hamlet wait to kill the king? To answer the question, one must understand the play’s nature.

Filed Under: Blog, Hamlet, Literary Analysis, Shakespeare

Shakespeare & Company: Dream a Little Dream Prompt

By L.L. Barkat 44 Comments

Dream a Little Dream Shakespeare Poetry Hot Air Balloon

Dream a little dream with us, in this Shakespeare poetry prompt. You can deny what the poem means, if anything at all. That’s the beauty of a dream.

Filed Under: Blog, Dream Poems, poetry prompt, poetry teaching resources, Shakespeare, Shakespeare-Themed Poems, Themed Writing Projects, writing prompts

How to Start, Join & Make the Most of a Writing Group

By Charity Singleton Craig 16 Comments

No Jew who followed this command would have been mistaken as someone who supported the Roman cause.

Want to get involved in a writing group, or get more out of one you’re in? Charity Singleton Craig has ideas to help you start, join and make the most of a writing group.

Filed Under: Blog, writer's group resources, Writing Tips

Email Marketing Made Simple & Powerful

By T.S. Poetry 1 Comment

Email Marketing Made Simple and Powerful Jane Friedman Workshop

E-mail marketing is the No. 1 overlooked marketing tool. In this new workshop with Jane Friedman, learn the email marketing secrets every author and business should know. Includes tutorials on getting started with technologies.

Filed Under: Blog, Workshops

Poetic Voices: Sheila Squillante and Jessica Goodfellow

By Glynn Young 6 Comments

The poetry of both Sheila Squillante and Jessica Goodfellow presents the familiar in completely new terms, clarifying or uncovering insights and ideas.

Filed Under: Blog, book reviews, Poems, Poetic Voices, poetry, poetry reviews, Poets

Order and Disorder in Macbeth

By Sara Barkat 15 Comments

Macbeth Order and Disorder Trees and Air

In this classic Shakespeare play, if no one knew what the Macbeths had done, all they need do is look to the air, the earth, animals, sleep, and dreams. Check out this intriguing analysis of order and disorder in Macbeth.

Filed Under: Blog, Literary Analysis, Macbeth, Shakespeare, Student Writing

Top Ten ‘Princess Bride’ Quotes

By Will Willingham 15 Comments

Top Ten Princess Bride Quotes Buttercup Field

It’s the sort of book you read and film you watch multiple times, each time pocketing a new quotable line. Here are ten great Princess Bride quotes.

Filed Under: Fairytales, Quotes

Common Core Picture Poems: Robert Frost’s “Mending Wall”

By Will Willingham 10 Comments

Common Core Picture Poem Mending Wall by Robert Frost featured

Engage with poems from the Common Core with a dose of humor, beginning with our Picture Poems. Today we consider Robert Frost’s “Mending Wall.”

Filed Under: Common Core Poems, English Teaching Resources, poetry teaching resources, Robert Frost

Heroes and Villains Poetry Prompt: Lord of the Flies

By L.L. Barkat 23 Comments

Foggy Rocks Heroes and Villains Poems

The Lord of the Flies has strong villains and heroes, including the landscape itself. Use it as a source for your next poem?

Filed Under: Blog, Heroes and Villains, Lord of the Flies, poetry prompt, poetry teaching resources, Themed Writing Projects

Loki Goodness Campaign, 6

By Anonymous 1 Comment

Loki The Avengers Goodness Campaign 740

Is Loki all bad? The Loki Goodness Campaign is an amusing bid to answer that “no.” And a publicist is on the case to change his public image.

Filed Under: Blog, Fiction, Loki Goodness Campaign, Student Writing

Top 10 Dip Into Poetry Lines

By Will Willingham 2 Comments

Top 10 Dip Into Poetry Lines (3)

We’ve been taking a daily “dip into poetry” sharing over Every Day Poems on Twitter. Come discover the power of a single line.

Filed Under: Blog, Dip into Poetry, Every Day Poems, poetry

Poetic Voices: Allison Carter and Maggie Smith

By Glynn Young 1 Comment

Allison Carter explores echoes and space, calling them ghosts, while poet Maggie Smith creates fables for contemporary readers.

Filed Under: article, Fairy Tale Poems, Poems, Poetic Voices, poetry, poetry reviews, Poets

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