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Poetry at Work Day: Math, Science, the Moon (well, Asteroids)

By Will Willingham 16 Comments

Poetry at Work Day 2016

It seems as though the whole universe participated in this year’s Poetry at Work Day celebration. Here are our highlights of the day.

Filed Under: Math-Science-Technology, poetry and business, Poetry at Work, Poetry at Work Day

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.

Filed Under: Blog, Poems, poetry, poetry prompt, writing prompts

Twitter Poems: Top 10 Poetic Tweets

By Will Willingham 7 Comments

Twitter Poems Top 10 Poetic Tweets (2)

Looking for poetry on Twitter? Look no further than our latest Top Ten Poetic Tweets, featuring some of the best Twitter poems we’ve seen lately.

Filed Under: Blog, poetry, Twitter poetry

Poetry Unit: Form

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Form Poetry Golden Tree

Organize your poetry unit by delving into different popular forms like sonnets and catalog poems, or haiku, sestinas, epic poems, and more. We’ve got great resources to help you.

Poetry Prompt: Word Games

By Heather Eure 16 Comments

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This week’s prompt invites you to play word games. Join us as we learn how games can improve and grow our poetry.

Filed Under: Blog, Games, poetry prompt, poetry teaching resources, Themed Writing Projects, writer's group resources, writing prompts

It Was So Random: Random Acts of Poetry Day

By Will Willingham 7 Comments

Random Acts of Poetry Day 2015 Wrapup

People all over the world celebrated Random Acts of Poetry Day, slipping poems under doors and taping them to bathroom mirrors. Here are the highlights.

Filed Under: Blog, poetry, random acts of poetry

It’s Random Acts of Poetry Day!

By Will Willingham 6 Comments

Random Acts of Poetry Pin on a Wire Michelle Ortega

It’s Random Acts of Poetry Day, a day devoted to painting poetry in the public square, either literally or figuratively. Come along for some random fun.

Filed Under: Blog, poetry, random acts of poetry

Games: Playlist and Poetry Prompt

By Heather Eure 24 Comments

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This month’s playlist and poetry prompt is all fun and games. Listen along, dust off your favorite board game, and join us!

Filed Under: Blog, Games, Playlist, poetry prompt, poetry teaching resources, Themed Writing Projects, writer's group resources, writing prompts

Twitter Poems: Top 10 Poetic Tweets

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Looking for poetry on Twitter? Look no further than our latest Top Ten Poetic Tweets, featuring some of the best Twitter poems we’ve seen lately.

Filed Under: Blog, poetry, Top Ten Poetic Tweets, Twitter poetry

Twitter Poems: Top 10 Poetic Tweets

By Will Willingham 4 Comments

Top 10 Poetic Tweets birds on rail

Looking for poetry on Twitter? Look no further than our Top 10 Poetic Tweets, featuring some of our favorite Twitter poems we’ve seen lately.

Filed Under: Blog, poetry, Top Ten Poetic Tweets

Random Acts of Poetry Day

Random Acts of Poetry Day 2024 cover

Date: Random Acts of Poetry Day is celebrated on the first Wednesday in October. In 2025, that’s October 1. How to Celebrate: Random Acts of Poetry Day is about painting poetry in the public square, either literally or figuratively. Chalk your poem onto the sidewalk (or a blackboard), leave one on a subway seat, pin […]

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

Take Your Poet to Work: Walt Whitman

By Will Willingham 15 Comments

Take Your Poet to Work Walt Whitman cover

We round out the 2015 Take Your Poet to Work Day poet collection with today’s release of America’s poet, Walt Whitman.

Filed Under: Blog, Poems, poetry, Take Your Poet to Work Day, Walt Whitman

Take Your Poet to Work: Wisława Szymborska

By Will Willingham 12 Comments

Take Your Poet to Work Day Wisława Szymborska cover

Meet Polish poet Wisława Szymborska as we continue our preparations for celebrating Take Your Poet to Work Day on July 15.

Filed Under: Blog, Cat Poems, poetry, Take Your Poet to Work Day, Wislawa Szymborska

Take Your Poet to Work: Anna Akhmatova

By Will Willingham 15 Comments

Anna Akhmatova Take Your Poet to Work Day

Take Your Poet to Work Day is coming July 15. This week, we add Russian modernist poet Anna Akhmatova to our collection.

Filed Under: Anna Akhmatova, Blog, poetry, Take Your Poet to Work Day

Twitter Poems: Top Ten Poetic Tweets

By Will Willingham 2 Comments

Twitter Poems Top 10 Poetic Tweets

Looking for poetry on Twitter? Look no further than our latest Top Ten Poetic Tweets, featuring some of the best Twitter poems we’ve seen lately.

Filed Under: Blog, poetry, Top Ten Poetic Tweets, Twitter poetry

Take Your Poet to Work: Robert Frost

By Will Willingham 23 Comments

Take Your Poet to Work Robert Frost

We continue to get ready for the 2015 Take Your Poet to Work Day Celebration. This week we welcome Robert Frost to our collection of ready-for-work poets.

Filed Under: poetry, Robert Frost, Take Your Poet to Work Day

Take Your Poet to Work: Maya Angelou

By Will Willingham 12 Comments

As we continue to get ready for the 2015 Take Your Poet to Work Day Celebration, this week we welcome Maya Angelou to our collection of ready-for-work poets.

Filed Under: Black Poets, Blog, Maya Angelou, Poems, poetry, Take Your Poet to Work Day

Take Your Poet to Work: William Shakespeare

By Will Willingham 9 Comments

William Shakespeare

We kick off the release of our 2015 Take Your Poet to Work Day poets collection with the Bard of Avon, William Shakespeare.

Filed Under: Blog, Shakespeare, shakespeare sonnets, Take Your Poet to Work Day

Poetry at Work: The Poetry of Retirement

By Glynn Young 28 Comments

The poetry of retirement is the freedom to experiment with new forms, new structures, and new language in what we call a life.

Filed Under: article, Golf Poems, Poems, poetry, Poetry at Work

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