Poet Frank O’Hara bridged the Beat poets and contemporary poetry, taking poetry from academia and even the coffeehouses to the streets.
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Poetry Prompt: Ballads, Strange and Silly
Outrageous stories can be found within a ballad’s rhyme. We think a little nonsense is good for the child in all of us. Be a part of our silly poetry prompt
The Best in Poetry: This Month’s Top Ten Poetic Picks + Emily
Artful chocolate, famous punk authors, poetry in the supermarket, and how to not write a novel. It’s the best in poetry: our monthly Top Ten Poetic Picks.
Top Ten Reasons to Love the Academy of American Poets “Poetry and the Creative Mind”
Missed the Academy of American Poets “Poetry and the Creative Mind” gala? Here’s our recap, in classic Top Ten format.
Cheese Poetry: The Cheesiest Poetry Prompt
Join us while we explore the funny and sometimes cringe-worthy moments of our past. It promises to be the cheesiest poetry prompt yet.
How to Read a Poem: The Book
For the reader new to poetry, Runyan’s guide will open your senses to the combined craft and magic known as “poems”. For the well versed, if you will, the book might make you fall in love again.
Poetry Date: Sisters Read Tolkien and One Wears Dagger
Plan a poetry date with a friend, sibling, co-worker, lover. Choose a poet, a venue, a snack or a drink, and read to each other. Today’s date: Tolkien!
This Month’s Top Ten Poetic Picks
The worst state to borrow books for fictional children, what memoir is not, revising everything from poetry to the NSA. It’s our Top Ten Poetic Picks.
Poetry at Work: Poetry and Business Life
Business and poetry, at least on the surface, appear to form an unlikely alliance. Scott Edward Anderson shows us why it’s not so unlikely after all.
This Week’s Top Ten Poetic Picks
San Francisco in toothpicks, getting Beowulf wrong, everything Emily Dickinson ever wrote on. It’s this week’s Top 10 Poetic Picks.
How to Become a Better Writer: Leonardo Artist Date
Kathryn Neel learned how to become a better writer with help from Leonardo da Vinci and wide-eyed children who easily embraced the playfulness of genius.
This Week’s Top Ten Poetic Picks
Chocolate sells books, poetry in the Windsor knot, the most famous book in South Dakota, and where money and writing collide: It’s our Top Ten Poetic Picks.
Operation Poetry Dare: The Conclusion of the Matter
Nancy Franson completes the Poetry Dare and says, “I officially love poetry!” So was it just a stunt, or was this a true poetry-avoidant conversion?
The Writing Life: Beginnings, Pt. 2
After only dreaming of the writing life, a college girl starts to find her voice. Through poetry.
This Week’s Top Ten Poetic Picks
Poetry as diplomacy, waiting for tattoos, unsplitting infinitives and the poetry of labor. all this and more in This Week’s Top Ten Poetic Picks.
What Do Tattoos Mean: Dorothy Parker’s Elbow Book Club
Tattoos are permanent and must, therefore, mean something more than “a picture on the skin.” Join our book club discussion on Dorothy Parker’s Elbow.
Ten Great Writing Playlists & Poetry Prompts
Do you have a favorite playlist you listen to while you write poetry? We’re featuring ten of our favorite themed writing playlists.
Is Poetry Going to the Dogs?
What he did for cats, Francesco Marciuliano has now done for dogs: “I Could Chew on This, and Other Poems by Dogs.”
This Week’s Top Ten Poetic Picks
The question of art, children’s poetry, and the scientific uses of poetry–It’s all in this week’s Top Ten Poetic Picks!
A Book of Beginnings: Where
Writing a book? Wondering where to begin? Maybe you could just start anywhere.