Others far wiser than I have discovered poetry’s needful but long overlooked place in business
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Red Whistles at the Wolf
We’ve been celebrating the color red here this month at Tweetspeak, so red has been a bit on my mind.
Journey Into Poetry: Will Willingham
Here at T. S. Poetry, nothing could make us happier than when a person discovers poems.
Resolving the Dandelion Poet
As a poem begins to take form, the poet walks a fine line of crafting and allowing the poem to craft itself.
My Last Villanelle
I admire a well-executed villanelle in the same way I admire a Baroque Tromp-l’oeil ceiling
Terrified of Sexy Pie
Perhaps you didn’t know this about me? That I have a thing for love poems?
Look Up, (and Don’t Blush)
Could you find a poem by looking up?
Waking the Poet: Cures for Writers Block
Got writer’s block? Lower your standards. Stop refusing your fortune. It’s a start.
What is Poetry: Falling in Love, 2
What is poetry? Any effort to define Poetry (with a capital “P”) in an exhaustive way is doomed to fall short. So why not offer a poet’s heresy.
Donald Hall’s “The Back Chamber”
From the time I was 8 until I was 14, I spent a week each summer at my grandmother’s house in Shreveport. I would sleep in the second bedroom, which was always called “the back room” even though it and my grandmother’s bedroom formed the back of the house. It was the room with a […]
Where to Find Words
Is Twitter really mindless for the writer?
Philip Levine Named U.S. Poet Laureate
On Aug. 10, poet Philip Levine was named the U.S. Poet Laureate.
Glass Slipper Sonnets
Does a writing a sonnet feel like an ill fit? This fun glass slipper essay will make it (a little) easier.
The Village Watched: A Random Act of Poetry
There were so many great conversations, visual and verbal, offered up for this month’s collaborative prompt between The High Calling’s PhotoPlay and Random Acts of Poetry.
Cataloging the Color of Your World
Can you write a color poem? We’ll feature two here and at The High Calling.
Meet Our Team
L.L. Barkat, Creator, Tweetspeak Poetry, T. S. Poetry Press, Every Day Poems, and Poetic Earth Month I’m a former educator who believes in the heart of a teacher and the soul of a student, and I’m currently giving my own heart and soul to bringing beauty and joy to the education process through the many […]
Of Parasols and Scorpions 3
Below are the next six poems from our recent Twitter poetry party.
God in the Yard: Spiritual Practice for the Rest of Us
CATALOG DESCRIPTION Author: L.L. Barkat Website: llbarkat.com Contact info: llbarkat [at] yahoo [dot] com 5.5″ x 8.5 ” 174 pages paperback, $15.00 978-0984553112 Available through Amazon and Ingram May 2010 RELIGION/Christian Life/Spiritual Formation Market/Audience • General readers • Spiritual directors • Spiritual formation and psychology professors • Pastors • Small group leaders Summary Through days […]
An Interview with David Wheeler
Last week, I posted an article here about reading poetry while waiting in line to vote. The poetry in question was Contingency Plans: Poems by David Wheeler. Today over at The High Calling is an interview with David about his poetry and writing. Below is some information from the interview about his background and upbringing. […]
As Easy As Pie
The Twitter poetry party topic was pie.