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Poetry Prompt: Focus on End Words

By Callie Feyen 2 Comments

This week author Callie Feyen reads the picture book ‘David Gets In Trouble’ and invites us to focus on end words. Do they make a mini-poem?

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Poetry Prompt: Like a Love Song

By Callie Feyen 2 Comments

There are many ways to express love (some are quite silly). Take a drive with author Callie Feyen and her teenage daughter and listen to some love songs.

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Poetry Prompt: What Silence Does

By Callie Feyen 2 Comments

Join author Callie Feyen as she considers silence — what it is, what it does, and whether it’s useful. Then write a poem about it.

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The Yellow Wall-Paper: A Graphic Novel

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The Yellow Wall-Paper was written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. More than a century later, it has been interpreted by artist Sara Barkat.

Poetry Prompt: What Grows From Bright Darkness

By Callie Feyen 14 Comments

Join author Callie Feyen as she considers how the month of January and how the bright darkness can help usher in our hopes and dreams for the new year.

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Poetry Prompt: What Kind of Quiet?

By Callie Feyen 4 Comments

How many kinds of quiet do you find (and feel) in your day? Join author Callie Feyen as she explores the many kinds of quiet that seep through our days.

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Writing Prompt: December

By Callie Feyen 2 Comments

December can be a dark, lonely month. Join author Callie Feyen as she finds beauty in the last month of the year and prompts us to write along.

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Prompt: A How-To Story

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What rituals do you practice in your writing routine? Join author Callie Feyen in following how-to poetry prompts (or journal entries, stories, or collages).

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What You Made Possible in 2021!

By T.S. Poetry 2 Comments

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What you do for poetry and literacy—and what poetry and literacy do for you. It’s a partnership at Tweetspeak. And it means more kindness, generosity, and beautiful living.

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Poetry Prompt: Inventory Poetry

By Callie Feyen 7 Comments

Join author Callie Feyen as she takes an inventory of her kitchen and finds many prompts for poetry.

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Poetry Prompt: Mysterious Observation turned into Poetry

By Callie Feyen 4 Comments

What mysteries do you notice throughout your day? Join author Callie Feyen as she attempts to help a young writer turn those mysteries into a prompt for poetry.

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Poetry Prompt: The Female Monster

By Callie Feyen 2 Comments

Join author Callie Feyen as she takes a look at vampires and the other monsters, including the dreaded lamia. And join us for a poetry prompt — if you dare.

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Poetry Prompt: On Mystery

By Callie Feyen 4 Comments

Mystery surprises us, like an unexpected giraffe. Join author Callie Feyen as she offers a poetry prompt on mystery. And the need for exclamation points.

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A Live Tweetspeak Poetry Party with Sara Teasdale, Part 2

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Five additional poems resulted from the Tweetspeak Poetry retreat, with “Flame and Shadow” by Sara Teasdale providing the prompts.

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Poetry Prompt: Wasps as Metaphor

By Callie Feyen 5 Comments

What metaphors can you find in your life to explore in your writing? Join author Callie Feyen as she considers a tree outside her home, and also, wasps.

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Flame and Shadow: A Live Tweetspeak Poetry Party with Sara Teasdale, Part 1

By Glynn Young 5 Comments

Autumn Blooms Flame and Shadow

In August, Tweetspeak Poetry hosted a retreat and undertook the first Tweetspeak Twitter Poetry Party without Twitter. Sara Teasdale provided the prompts.

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Stairs & Ascensions Poetry Prompt: Beginnings

By Callie Feyen 13 Comments

What do first steps in a new season look like for you? How do they feel? Join author Callie Feyen as she navigates unravelings and beginnings.

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Poetry Prompt: Your Queen Mab—What Helps Or Haunts You?

By Callie Feyen 1 Comment

Brilliant Purple Flower Haunts

Join author Callie Feyen as she shares an excerpt from The Teacher Diaries, and explores the dreams we have that both help and haunt us.

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Poetry Prompt: What Does A Dream Look Like?

By Callie Feyen 2 Comments

Dreams are shape-shifters and snitches. Join Callie Feyen and explore the many forms a dream can take shape, through poetry.

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