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This Week’s Top Ten Poetic Picks

By Kimberlee Conway Ireton 13 Comments

The best in poetry (and poetic things), this week with Kimberlee Conway Ireton. 1 Art I love mash-ups! Today I have two: The Music and Art Mashup I am one of the least musical people I know. I can’t read music, and I can’t carry a tune—in a bucket or otherwise. But I found a […]

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National Poetry Month Is Here + Prompt!

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National Poetry Month Is here! What are your plans? We’d love to help you find what you need to make it the best.

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8 Ways to Cultivate The Art of Creative Living

By T.S. Poetry 5 Comments

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Here are 8 ways researchers know creativity can be kindled. Plus, four ways T. S. Poetry makes it simple for you to do the kindling.

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50 States of Generosity: Idaho

By Sandra Heska King 10 Comments

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Visiting Idaho was never on my bucket list. Until now. And when I go, I might want to try some “ice cream potatoes”—vanilla ice cream coated with cocoa and slathered with whipped cream to look like a sour cream topped baked potato. Or maybe I’ll try an Idaho Spud—a marshmallow covered in chocolate and coconut.

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Bonbons: Awe & Wonder Journal

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The Awe & Wonder Journal bonbon is made with love and the following ingredients: • Inspiring quotes from… – Walt Whitman – Mahmoud Darwish – Jake Eagle – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle – Okakura Kakuzo – Laurie Klein – William Wordsworth • Gentle and beautiful poems by L.L. Barkat • Explanation of how to practice awe & wonder in […]

Prompt Celebration! The Colour out of Space

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Celebrate the new graphic novel ‘The Colour out of Space’ by sharing your poems! Try out ekphrastic poetry if you like.

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Poet Laura: Possibilities

By Michelle Rinaldi Ortega 2 Comments

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This National Poetry Month, our Poet Laura, Michelle Ortega, postpones reading poems to chickens and considers other poetic possibilities.

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Poetry Prompt: Heart & Soul

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Join us for a little Heart and Soul this month, beginning with the famous song “Heart and Soul” and a sweet poetry prompt.

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Poetry Prompt: Pearls & Moons

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We’re celebrating the release of ‘Under the Pearl Moon,’ a new collection by Every Day Poems editor Rick Maxson. Come pen a “pearls & moons” poem!

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The Gift of the Monarch Butterfly

By Dheepa R. Maturi 14 Comments

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An unusual gift prompts Dheepa Maturi to think about the tenuous world of the Monarch Butterfly. Come write a poem as you enter this world!

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Happy Ideas: Poetry Prompt Series

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Take a cue from Mary Syzbist and Duchamp. Put a poem together that contains some unexpected Happy Ideas! (Blue velvet shoes, anyone?)

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National Poetry Month: Mischief Café Prompt

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We’re celebrating National Poetry Month with an invitation to The Mischief Café. Join us with cinnamon toast, tea, and poem-writing to get the party started!

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It’s Poetry at Work Day 2023!

By Glynn Young 6 Comments

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It’s Poetry at Work Day 2023, and Tweetspeak Poetry has a number of resources to help you celebrate the day.

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Good News—It’s Okay to Write a Plot Without Conflict

By Sara Barkat 4 Comments

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What makes a plot worthy of writing? Get past societal assumptions about stories, and write a great plot without conflict.

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Celebrate! A Christmas Carol Illustrated + Poetry Prompt

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Come write a poem, to celebrate the release of the TS Classic edition of A Christmas Carol! This edition has prompts from poet Megan Willome.

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Poetry Prompt: Haiku for Stress

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Haiku is best in times of stress. Callie Feyen teaches participants in an Advent workshop—and us—to write How to Wait haiku.

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Poet Laura: What are we celebrating now?

By Dheepa R. Maturi 12 Comments

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Poet Laura Dheepa R. Maturi shares a game that brought family, generations (and Jane Austen) together in poignant whimsy.

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Writing Prompt: How To Be Grateful

By Callie Feyen 2 Comments

How do you be grateful, especially when it’s the worst possible time for gratitude? Author Callie Feyen talke you through it (with scones).

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Writing Prompt: Open Wide Your Wounded, Wonderful Heart

By Callie Feyen 3 Comments

What book helps you write from your wounded and wonderful heart? Author Callie Feyen discusses teaching “Walk Two Moons.”

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Poetry Prompt: Almanac of Last Things—Write From Your Now

By Callie Feyen 4 Comments

Write from your now, using all five senses and the present moment. Callie Feyen follows poetry advice she learned in Washington, D.C.

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