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!
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Poetic Voices: Jen Karetnick and E. Kristin Anderson
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.
12 Days of Form Poetry, Prompts, and Playlists
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.
House & Home Poetry Prompt: The Kitchen
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!
Top 10 Found Poem Lines from Forbes—The Whopper Edition
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.
A Month with Keats: Keats and Wentworth House
Our Keats Walk finally takes us to Wentworth House, now known as Keats House, where John Keats wrote some of his greatest poems.
Artist Date: Black Cow Coffee Company
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.
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.
Finding Eliot in St. Louis
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.
Poetic Voices: Molly Fisk and Miriam Bird Greenberg
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.
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.
Circus & Carnival Poetry Prompt: Deep Fried and On a Stick
This week’s Circus & Carnival poetry prompt celebrates a guilty pleasure: Carnival food. Where else can you write a poem about corn dogs?
The Best in Poetry: This Month’s Top 10 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.
Shakespeare & Company: Write Me a Melody Poetry Prompt
Come write with us for a ballad poetry prompt or a sonnet poetry prompt, with Shakespeare as our guide.
Shakespeare & Company: This One Doesn’t Belong Photo & Poetry Prompt
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.
This Month’s 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.
Poetry for Life Scholarship Finalist: Katie Hibner
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!
The Best in Poetry: This Month’s Top Ten Poetic Picks
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.
Photo Play 2: 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!
Photo Play & Prompt: Fairy Tale and Fantasy
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!