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Poetry Prompt: Dream Vacation

By Heather Eure 5 Comments

dream_vacation_rose_sky_poetry

Pack your bags. We’re whisking you away on a dream getaway, if only in our imaginations. Write a poem about the luxurious destination you’ve dreamed of visiting. We already feel relaxed. Join us!

Filed Under: Blog, Dream Poems, poetry prompt, poetry teaching resources, writer's group resources, writing prompts

Poetic Voices: Jen Karetnick and E. Kristin Anderson

By Glynn Young 14 Comments

Both Jen Karetnick and E. Kristin Anderson use subjects in popular culture to inspire their poetry: Karetnick writes about food; Anderson, about the pop star Prince.

Filed Under: Blog, Books, Celebrity Poems, Cheese Poems, Poems, Poetic Voices, poetry, poetry reviews, Poets

12 Days of Form Poetry, Prompts, and Playlists

By Will Willingham 6 Comments

12 Days of Form Poetry

The Tweetspeak Team has bundled up our sugar plums and mistletoe, readying ourselves for that snowy trip over the river and through the woods to whomever’s house we are thinking to go. Enjoy the 12 Days of Form Poetry, Poetry Prompts and Playlists while we’re away.

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House & Home Poetry Prompt: The Kitchen

By Heather Eure 8 Comments

Kitchen Poetry Stove Top Burner

Come in to our kitchen and let us pour you a cup of coffee while we discuss the heart of the home and create poetry. Join us!

Filed Under: Blog, House&Home, poetry prompt, poetry teaching resources, writer's group resources, writing prompts

Top 10 Found Poem Lines from Forbes—The Whopper Edition

By L.L. Barkat 11 Comments

Top 10 Found Poem Lines from Forbes

Can you put a little poetry into the NASDAQ? Give it a try with a found poem line or poem starter from an issue of Forbes.

Filed Under: Blog, Forbes Found Poems, Found Poems, poetry and business, Poetry at Work, poetry prompt

A Month with Keats: Keats and Wentworth House

By Glynn Young 3 Comments

Our Keats Walk finally takes us to Wentworth House, now known as Keats House, where John Keats wrote some of his greatest poems.

Filed Under: Blog, John Keats, Literary Tour, Poems, poetry, Poets

Artist Date: Black Cow Coffee Company

By Sonia Joie 17 Comments

coffee beans in glass jar

Feeling stressed and busy? An artist date to a coffee shop like the Black Cow Coffee Company might just ease your mind. Or your poems.

Filed Under: Artist Date, Blog, Coffee and Tea, poetry prompt

Healing with Poetry: Interview with Poet Fred Foote (Part 2)

By Maureen Doallas 6 Comments

Healing with poetry Fred Foote

Maureen Doallas continues her interview with Fred Foote, retired Navy Medical Corps physician who leads the Warrior Poetry Project in Bethesda, Maryland.

Filed Under: Blog, Interview, Interviews, poetry, Poetry at Work

Finding Eliot in St. Louis

By Glynn Young 17 Comments

Finding T.S. Eliot in St. Louis, where he was born and raised, is not an easy task, but he’s there, most of all in his poetry.

Filed Under: article, Books, Literary Tour, Poems, poetry, Poets, T.S. Eliot

Poetic Voices: Molly Fisk and Miriam Bird Greenberg

By Glynn Young 3 Comments

Imagery is a critical aspect of poetry, and using it well, as Molly Fisk and Miriam Bird Greenberg do, significantly enhances the strength of the writing.

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

Poetic Voices: Paula Marie Coomer and Donna Vorreyer

By Glynn Young 8 Comments

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.

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Circus & Carnival Poetry Prompt: Deep Fried and On a Stick

By Heather Eure 6 Comments

circus_and_carnival

This week’s Circus & Carnival poetry prompt celebrates a guilty pleasure: Carnival food. Where else can you write a poem about corn dogs?

Filed Under: Blog, Circus & Carnival, Food Poems, poetry prompt, poetry teaching resources, Themed Writing Projects, writer's group resources, writing prompts

The Best in Poetry: This Month’s Top 10 Poetic Picks

By Will Willingham 9 Comments

Sheep from the Back Fun Photo Poetic Picks

Walking makes you creative, reading makes you happy, publishing makes you tense and Harper Lee makes you appreciate a good editor. It’s our Top 10 Poetic Picks.

Filed Under: Art, Blog, Creativity, poetry, Top 10 Poetic Picks

Shakespeare & Company: Write Me a Melody Poetry Prompt

By L.L. Barkat 22 Comments

Shakespeare Poetry Prompt Purple Flowers in a Forest

Come write with us for a ballad poetry prompt or a sonnet poetry prompt, with Shakespeare as our guide.

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

Shakespeare & Company: This One Doesn’t Belong Photo & Poetry Prompt

By L.L. Barkat 31 Comments

This One Doesn't Belong Photo Prompt Bus in Field

Strangeness arrests. It can cause inquiry, new vision, fear, a will to act (or not act). Let’s harness the power of strangeness in this week’s prompt.

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

This Month’s Top Ten Poetic Picks

By Will Willingham 7 Comments

Top Ten Poetic Picks

Former teen poet becomes President. Poetry is dead, again? Elastic ekphrastics and the challenges of diversity in publishing. It’s our Top Ten Poetic Picks.

Filed Under: Art, Blog, Books, Creativity, poetry

Poetry for Life Scholarship Finalist: Katie Hibner

By T.S. Poetry 2 Comments

Katie-Hibner-Poetry-For-Life-Scholarship-Finalist

Come check out one of two finalists for the Poetry for Life Scholarship. We think you’ll enjoy the unique poem entry that helped earn finalist status!

Filed Under: Blog, Poetry for Life

The Best in Poetry: This Month’s Top Ten Poetic Picks

By Will Willingham 3 Comments

the best in poetry

Writing conferences pert’near South Dakota, making carrots into clarinets, art you can’t see unless it’s raining. It has to be our Top Ten Poetic Picks.

Filed Under: Art, Blog, Books, Creativity, poetry, Top 10 Poetic Picks

Photo Play 2: Fairy Tale and Fantasy

By Heather Eure 20 Comments

Fairy Tale and Fantasy

Explore the Photo Play contributions from our community. Jump into our fairy tale storybook and share your poetry magic with us!

Filed Under: Blog, Fairy Tale Poems, Fairytales, Photo Play, Photography prompts, poetry prompt, poetry teaching resources, writing prompts

Photo Play & Prompt: Fairy Tale and Fantasy

By Heather Eure 32 Comments

Fairy Tale & Fantasy Finland Forest

If we look closely, fairy tale images can be found all around us. So snap an enchanting photograph or write a poem & join us for a little Photo Play magic!

Filed Under: Blog, Fairy Tale Poems, Fairytales, Photo Play, Photography prompts, poetry prompt, poetry teaching resources, Themed Writing Projects, writing prompts

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