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Poet Laura: The Butterfly Effect—Year of the Monarch

By Dheepa R. Maturi 19 Comments

monarch butterfly on green with yellow flower

Dheepa R. Maturi, Tweetspeak’s Poet Laura, invites us to participate in the Year of the Monarch, a project both practical and poetic, to help our butterfly friends.

Filed Under: Blog, Poet Laura, writing prompt, writing prompts, Year of the Monarch

Congrats to Our Illustrator Sara Barkat! — Featured on Substack

By T.S. Poetry 4 Comments

playing ball celebrate substack feature

Our illustrator Sara Barkat has been featured by Substack. Come celebrate the honor with her, and maybe pen a poem to go along.

Filed Under: Art, article, Blog, poetry prompt, press releases, writing prompt, writing prompts

Poetry Prompt: Scribble a Poem for “Scribble Day”

By T.S. Poetry 5 Comments

scribble day scribble poems

Join us in celebrating Scribble Day, a public day inaugurated by Diane Alber. Share your Scribble poems for the community to enjoy!

Filed Under: poetry prompt, poetry teaching resources, Public and National Days, writing prompt, writing prompts

Perspective: The Two, The Only: Calvin and Hobbes

By Megan Willome 16 Comments

winter morning new snow white trees

With a new year on the horizon, Megan Willome is off for a fresh clean start and a little exploring. By sled, of course.

Filed Under: Calvin & Hobbes, Perspective, poetry

Perspective: ‘Charlotte’s Web’ is a Medieval Novel

By Megan Willome 4 Comments

Charlotte's Web miracle grass sparkles

“Charlotte’s Web” a medieval novel? Join author Megan Willome as she gives a different perespective on the classic story.

Filed Under: A Story in Every Soul, book reviews, Children's Authors, Perspective

By Heart: ‘Renascence’ by Edna St. Vincent Millay + Mad Libs Prompt

By Megan Willome Leave a Comment

three long mountains and a wood

Let’s make poetry Mad Libs! Join us as we fill in the blanks to the beginning of Edna St. Vincent Millay’s “Renascence.”

Filed Under: A Poem in Every Heart, Blog, By Heart, poetry prompt

Perspective: Found in Translation

By Megan Willome 4 Comments

Pfeiffer Beach sunset

Nothing is lost in translation in Maria Dahvana Headley’s contemporary rendering of “Beowulf” — backward, in high heels.

Filed Under: A Story in Every Soul, book reviews, Perspective, Seamus Heaney

Perspective: Letters of Three

By Megan Willome 2 Comments

three pink flowers

Parenting is hard—sure—but writing believable parents is hard too. Megan Willome writes letters to three sets of fictional parents.

Filed Under: Blog, book reviews, Books, Children's Stories, Fiction, Perspective, writing prompt, writing prompts

Tell the Bees—and Sue, and Sara, and Emily

By Megan Willome 2 Comments

summer lavender bees

The bees have something to say—to Sue Hubbell, to Emily Dickinson, and to Sara Eddy, our Summer Lights poet.

Filed Under: Bee Poems, Blog, Emily Dickinson

Perspective: Character in the In-Between

By Megan Willome 2 Comments

sheep sunrise misty morning

Sometimes the best place to develop character is in an in between space—be it the multiverse or the bardo. Come rediscover President Lincoln.

Filed Under: A Story in Every Soul, Blog, book reviews, Perspective

What I Learned Writing 30+ Crow Poems

By Megan Willome Leave a Comment

Crow poems-girl and fish card

Writing a lot of poems on a single subject can surprise the writer with unexpected gifts. Find out what Megan Willome learned while writing 30+ crow poems.

Filed Under: Blog, Children's Poetry, poetry prompt, poetry teaching resources, writing prompt, writing prompts

Perspective: A Tale As Old As Time—’Tess of the D’urbervilles’

By Megan Willome 2 Comments

cattle in green field

The tale of “Tess of the D’Urbervilles” is a tale as old as time. That’s why we still need its perspective.

Filed Under: A Story in Every Soul, Blog, Perspective

Perspective: The Madness of Don Quixote

By Megan Willome 6 Comments

three horses in a field

Madness is the coin that opens our hearts to story. Join us as we consider the madness and sanity of Cervantes’ Don Quixote.

Filed Under: A Story in Every Soul, Blog, Classic Books, Perspective

Island Girl x 2: An Interview With Illustrator Hasani Browne

By L.L. Barkat 3 Comments

St. Vincent and the Grenadines

Illustrator Hasani Browne grew up on an island before moving to Brooklyn (on Long Island). Both places inspire her art in their own ways!

Filed Under: Art, Blog, Children's Poetry, Interviews

Perspective: ‘In the Company of Crows and Ravens’

By Megan Willome 2 Comments

shy girl golden trees

Truth, beauty, and science co-exist in magical ways in Tony M. Marzluff’s “In the Company of Crows and Ravens.”

Filed Under: Animal Poems, Bird Poems, Blog, book reviews, nature, Perspective, Poetic Earth Month

Perspective: When Authors Keep Secrets

By Megan Willome 4 Comments

chase water at sunset

It’s one thing when a narrator keeps secrets. It’s another when an author keeps them. Join us for “The Remains of the Day.”

Filed Under: A Story in Every Soul, Blog, book reviews, Perspective

Reading Generously: Perspective Glass

By Megan Willome 4 Comments

stairs to nowhere, China

This year we are reading generously through the theme of Perspective. Grab your perspective glass and join us.

Filed Under: Blog, Perspective, Reading and Books, Reading Generously

Reading Generously: Science Fiction and ‘The Shivering Ground’

By Megan Willome 4 Comments

Shivering Ground Eerie Forest Science Fiction Stories

Quantum physics, fairy tales, climate change thrillers, & original tales from her own imagination: it’s Sara Barkat’s ‘The Shivering Ground’!

Filed Under: A Story in Every Soul, Reading Generously, Science Fiction, Short Story

Reading Generously: ‘Mildred’s Garden’—A Begin Again Story

By Megan Willome 5 Comments

white anemone

Begin Again with a love story—”Mildred’s Garden” by Laura Boggess. Even if you don’t like romance, it’s easy to read this book generously.

Filed Under: A Story in Every Soul, Bed & Breakfast, Mildred's Garden, Music, Music Poems, Reading Generously, Refugees

Reading Generously: Violent Stories

By Megan Willome 4 Comments

swirly rose bouquet

Why do we read violent stories? In this month’s Reading Generously column, Megan Willome reads Cormac McCarthy and Angie Thomas.

Filed Under: A Story in Every Soul, Blog, book reviews, Reading Generously

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