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Poetry Comics: The Poetry Industry

By Will Willingham 7 Comments

Poetry Industrial Park Comic by Lyla Willingham Lindquist

Did you know? The Poetry Industry has its own park.

Filed Under: Blog, poetry, poetry humor

Twitter Poetry: Spinning for Tickets for a Prayer Wheel 3

By Glynn Young 4 Comments

Six additional poems from the recent Tweetspeak Twitter poetry jam, with prompts taken from Annie Dillard’s “Tickets for a Prayer Wheel.”

Filed Under: Blog, poetry, Twitter poetry

Twitter Poetry: Spinning for Tickets for a Prayer Wheel 2

By Glynn Young 6 Comments

The next six poems edited from the recent Tweetspeak Twitter Poetry jam, with the prompts from Annie Dillard’s “Tickets for a Prayer Wheel.”

Filed Under: article, poetry, Twitter poetry

Honk if You Were a Teenage Swan (A Poetry Prompt)

By Seth Haines 4 Comments

Write a coming-of-age poem inspired by Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale “The Ugly Duckling” in this week’s poetry prompt from Seth Haines.

Filed Under: Blog, Children's Stories, Fairytales, poetry

This Week’s Top 10 Poetic Picks

By Seth Haines 3 Comments

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Tattoos as art, trading guns for art, pigs writing poetry, and taking poetry into outer space. It’s another week of our Top Ten Poetic Picks.

Filed Under: Blog, poetry, Top 10 Poetic Picks

Summer Workshop: Creative Writing for Real

By L.L. Barkat 1 Comment

Creative Writing Workshop

Looking for the best online Creative Writing classes for students? Start here, with Creative Writing for Real.

Filed Under: Blog, Student Writing, Workshops, writer's group resources

Twitter Poetry: Spinning Tickets for a Prayer Wheel

By Glynn Young 5 Comments

It was some Twitter poetry party. Get ready for a bank, some actors, fish, a scarlet waterfall, and bananas. Bananas?

Filed Under: Blog, love poems, love poetry, Poems, poetry, Twitter poetry

THIS WEEK’S TOP 10 POETIC PICKS

By Seth Haines 5 Comments

154 actors for 154 sonnets, exhuming Neruda, toddlers reciting poetry. Seth Haines has a brand new week of Top Ten Poetic Picks.

Filed Under: Blog, poetry, Top 10 Poetic Picks

WordCandy Sweet Bloggers: Spring Sugar Peeps

By Will Willingham 2 Comments

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We’re enjoying our new Spring Sugar Peeps at WordCandy. We hear they’re good frozen. Stop by this month’s Sweet Blogger roundup for sweet poetry and quotes.

Filed Under: Blog, poetry, Quotes, WordCandy

The Ticket Counter: National Poetry Month

By T.S. Poetry 7 Comments

Ticket Counter National Poetry Month

At Tweetspeak Poetry, we know you want *in* to the special experience of National Poetry Month. So we’ll be curating the best experiences for you, all month long.

Filed Under: Blog, National Poetry Month, Poems, poetry, poetry teaching resources, writer's group resources

How to Write a Pantoum Infographic: Pantoum of the Opera

By Will Willingham 24 Comments

Writing a pantoum doesn’t have to be like being dragged to the catacombs. Just follow Erik and Christine’s helpful pantoum infographic and you’ll be out of the dungeon in no time.

Filed Under: Blog, Infographics, Pantoum, Pantoum Poems, poetry teaching resources

Pant, Pant, “Ou-ou-oum” (A Goat Song Pantoum Poetry Prompt)

By Seth Haines 16 Comments

pantoum goat poetry prompt

One Direction and Bon Jovi are all over the new goat song craze. We kick off our March Pantoum poetry theme with a playlist for the goat pantoum.

Filed Under: Blog, Music, Pantoum, poetry, Themed Writing Projects

Let’s Go Crazy–A Potpourri Purple Poetry Prompt of Tyrannosaurical Proportions

By Seth Haines 15 Comments

From Barney the purple dinosaur to Little Jack Horner’s plum-popping thumb, Seth Haines has a new purple poetry prompt.

Filed Under: Blog, poetry, Purple, Themed Writing Projects

This Week’s Top Ten Poetic Picks

By Will Willingham 2 Comments

The hair-splitting debate over split infinitives, 10x vs 10% better, Monopoly iron says farewell. Will Willingham has This Week’s Top Ten Poetic Picks.

Filed Under: Blog, poetry, Top 10 Poetic Picks

This Week’s Top Ten Poetic Picks

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The many hats of Dr. Seuss, literary works in your DNA, taking your love to San Antonio. Seth Haines has another week of poetry highlights in our Top Ten Poetic Picks.

Filed Under: Blog, poetry, Poetry at Work, Top 10 Poetic Picks

Purple Rain and Indigo Blues (A Plum-Good Poetry Prompt)

By Seth Haines 16 Comments

Seth Haines invites you to share your purple-themed poetry, your indigo verses, your plum-good musings with a new poetry prompt and themed playlist. Who knows, maybe we’ll feature your work in an upcoming piece at Tweetspeak!

Filed Under: Blog, color poems, Indigo Poems, Plum, poetry, Themed Writing Projects

Flash Fiction Friday: Digitalis

By Tania Runyan 6 Comments

flash fiction foxglove

Tania Runyan plays in the world of flash fiction with a new piece, exploring the dangers of following one’s imagination.

Filed Under: Blog, Fiction, writer's group resources

Writing Rituals: Starting with Tea

By Megan Willome 28 Comments

Choice Organic Darjeeling Tea Writers Rituals

Tea goes with writing, writing starts with poetry. It’s a like a triangle with tea at the top, the left corner as poetry, and the right corner as my regular writing. Megan Willome, on tea and poetry,

Filed Under: Blog, Coffee and Tea, poetry, Poetry Rituals, Tea Poems, Writing Rituals

Battle of the Beverages (Another Coffee Poetry Prompt)

By Seth Haines 19 Comments

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The beverage wars are on. This week’s poetry prompt pits coffee against soft drinks (or any other drink, really) in a duel to the death.

Filed Under: Blog, Coffee and Tea, poetry, Themed Writing Projects, writing prompts

January Poetry Prompt: Coffee or Tea? Hallelujah, Rosie Lea!

By Seth Haines 44 Comments

coffee and tea poetry prompt

Welcome to a new year here at Tweetspeak Poetry. With this new year comes a new series of Monday poetry prompts to help you get your week started right! If you’ve been with us for a while, you know the drill–I’ll provide a writing prompt touching on Tweetspeak’s monthly theme, and you’ll compose a poem to […]

Filed Under: Blog, Coffee and Tea, Music, poetry, Themed Writing Projects, writing prompts

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