This week’s poetry prompt is for Fools. Put on your Jester hat and join us for some poetic and witty commentary in the style of the Shakespearean Fool.
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4 Reasons Your Child Needs Building Toys for Language and Creativity Development
Building toys allow children opportunity for unscripted play which leads to language and creativity development. Monica Sharman shares 4 reasons your child needs building toys.
Common Core Picture Poems: Robert Frost’s “Mending Wall”
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.”
Poetry Prompt: Native Air
Explore a bit more closely, the atmosphere you call home. Join our community for this week’s poetry prompt. Share, read, and be inspired.
Poetry for Life: The 5 Vital Approaches
Tweetspeak Poetry is dedicated to tipping the balance between “established poets” being the main source of poetry and poetry access, versus a situation where excellent poetry can be loved, created, and encountered in ordinary life. To that end, we support and highlight programs that take 5 vital approaches: 1. Teach it like it’s alive. When […]
Common Core Picture Poems: Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven”
Engage with poems from the Common Core with a dose of humor, beginning with our Picture Poems. Today we consider Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven.”
Poetry for Life: The 5 Vital Approaches
In a recent article at The Huffington Post, I highlighted 5 vital approaches for furthering “poetry for life.” Now Tweetspeak is taking it a step beyond.
Why Teach Poetry? Interview with Colorado Poet Laureate Joseph Hutchison (Part 1)
“If we taught poetry as a way of knowing, students wouldn’t have to ask why they should study it.” Maureen Doallas interviews Colorado poet laureate Joseph Hutchison.
National Student Poet Louis Lafair: Part 2
National Student Poet Louis Lafair discusses the influences of his poetry, and his vision for experiencing poetry in the 21st century.
Art Education & Theory: Draw Me a Cursive Tree
Could art education be purposely linked to cursive writing? One artist aims to find out.
Common Core Picture Poems: Shakespeare’s Sonnet 73
Engage with poems from the Common Core with a dose of humor, beginning with our Picture Poems. This week we consider Shakespeare’s Sonnet 73.
Common Core Picture Poems: Auden’s Musee des Beaux Arts
Engage with poems from the Common Core with a dose of humor, beginning with our Picture Poems. We start this week with Musee des Beaux Arts by W. H. Auden.
Image-ine Poetry: “Girl in Street” by Lisa Hess Hesselgrave
Writing poetry from art ignites creativity. For this Image-ine exercise, join Maureen Doallas as she responds to Lisa Hess Hesselgrave’s “Girl in Street.”
This Month’s Top Ten Poetic Picks
The Muppets take selfies, how Twitter can help you write better sentences, death by poetry and what Gertrude Stein finds most exciting. It’s our Top Ten Poetic Picks.
Image-ine Poetry: “Plywood Archer #1” by Lisa Hess Hesselgrave
Writing poetry from art ignites creativity. For this Image-ine exercise, join Maureen Doallas and Lisa Hess Hesselgrave, as they aim high with their art.
3 Rules for Pretending to Be a Writer
What can children’s play teach you about how to be a writer? It can teach you how to pretend, which maybe a step in your writing journey.
Poetry Dare: What Tangled Webs T. S. Eliot Weaves
Sandra Heska King’s poetry dare continues, while she suspends herself in the web woven by T. S. Eliot’s marvelous collection of words.
Image-ine Poetry: “Jumprope, Pink Room” by Lisa Hess Hesselgrave
Writing poetry from art ignites creativity. For this Image-ine exercise, ponder children and a jump rope with poet Maureen Doallas and artist Lisa Hess Hesselgrave.
Image-ine Poetry: “Hot Sky” by Lisa Hess Hesselgrave
Join Maureen Doallas in this Image-ine Poetry creative writing exercise based on “Hot Sky, ” a painting by Lisa Hess Hesselgrave.
Image-ine Poetry: “Bedsheet” by Lisa Hess Hesselgrave
Writing poetry from art ignites creativity and helps you become a better writer. Join Maureen Doallas in this Image-ine exercise based on “Bedsheet, ” a painting by Lisa Hess Hesselgrave.