Will a computer ever surpass the capacity of the brain? This week’s poetry prompt invites you to consider the binary mind.
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Math, Science, & Technology Prompt: Physics Love Poem
This week’s prompt dives into science and the poets who set in motion physics poetry (pun intended). Join us and create your own physics love poem.
Math, Science, & Technology: Playlist and Prompt
Check out our new playlist and prompt theme celebrating all things math, science, & technology. Come and see how numbers, physics, and poetry work together.
Poetry Prompt: Playground Games
Put away the books and come learn poetry on the playground. Pick your favorite game and join us!
Games Poetry Prompt: Sports
Celebrate athleticism and sports the way Pindar did. This week we stretch our muscles and write poetry about our favorite sport. It’s time to play!
Poetry Prompt: Word Games
This week’s prompt invites you to play word games. Join us as we learn how games can improve and grow our poetry.
It Was So Random: Random Acts of Poetry Day
People all over the world celebrated Random Acts of Poetry Day, slipping poems under doors and taping them to bathroom mirrors. Here are the highlights.
Games: Playlist and Poetry Prompt
This month’s playlist and poetry prompt is all fun and games. Listen along, dust off your favorite board game, and join us!
How to Write an Epic Poem: Infographic
Help our noble hero fight good and evil with an epic poem. Our colorful epic poetry infographic will show you how. (And maybe make you laugh along the way.)
The Literary Epic: Poetry Prompt
Come along on an exploration of the literary epic and find out why Virgil made us readers. Remember to pack your prompt-writing pencil!
Have We Outlived Epic Poetry? Maybe, But Herrera to Rowling Say No
Have we outlived epic poetry? Karen Swallow Prior points to today’s epic literature and the communal creation of a new epic poem as evidence it’s still around.
Epic Poetry: The Simile Prompt
Join us for this week’s prompt as we explore the nature of simile and its use in epic poetry.
Poetic Voices: Shelley Puhak and Jennifer K. Sweeney
Two recent poetry collections, by Shelley Puhak and Jennifer Sweeney, illustrate how well poetry can convey the idea of longing.
Poetry Unit: How to Write Great Poetry
Want to organize your poetry unit in terms of actually writing poetry? This can be a fun challenge, and enlightening! That’s why we published How to Write a Poem: Based on the Billy Collins Poem “Introduction to Poetry.” It’s got everything you need for a poetry unit based on writing—from how to get started to […]
Healing with Poetry: Interview with Fred Foote (Part 3)
Maureen Doallas concludes her interview with Fred Foote, retired Navy Medical Corps physician who leads the Warrior Poetry Project in Bethesda, Maryland.
Epic Poetry: Playlist and Prompt
In our new Epic Poetry playlist, you’ll find songs inspired by many grand epics and songs that simply sound epic. Listen along and perhaps they’ll spur you to be bold, to take a risk, to dare.
Healing with Poetry: Interview with Poet Fred Foote (Part 2)
Maureen Doallas continues her interview with Fred Foote, retired Navy Medical Corps physician who leads the Warrior Poetry Project in Bethesda, Maryland.
How to Write a Poem in Every Classroom!
We’re on a mission to get How to Write a Poem (and How to Read a Poem) into classrooms in every state. Join the challenge!
Healing with Poetry: Interview with Poet Fred Foote (Part 1)
Meet Fred Foote, retired Navy Medical Corps physician who served in the 2003 Iraq War and currently leads the Warrior Poetry Project in Bethesda, Maryland.
Poetic Voices: Paula Marie Coomer and Donna Vorreyer
Poets Donna Vorreyer and Paula Marie Coomer write about their lives, showing us that poetry is work and it is like windows into the soul.