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.
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It’s Random Acts of Poetry Day!
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.
Take Your Poet to Work Day
Why should kids have all the fun? You’ve taken your daughter or son to work (or maybe you’ve taken someone else’s child to work). Your poet wants to go now too. When Is Take Your Poet to Work Day? Take Your Poet to Work Day is always celebrated on the 3rd Wednesday in July. In […]
Have We Outlived Epic Poetry? Maybe, But Herrera to Rowling Say No
Have we outlived epic poetry? Karen Swallow Prior points to today’s epic literature and the communal creation of a new epic poem as evidence it’s still around.
Epic Poetry: Invocation of the Muse Prompt
Seek and find your muse and bring her along to inspire a poem. What’s a muse? How do you invoke one like the Greeks did? Homer shows the way.
Healing with Poetry: Interview with Fred Foote (Part 3)
Maureen Doallas concludes her interview with Fred Foote, retired Navy Medical Corps physician who leads the Warrior Poetry Project in Bethesda, Maryland.
Healing with Poetry: Interview with Poet Fred Foote (Part 2)
Maureen Doallas continues her interview with Fred Foote, retired Navy Medical Corps physician who leads the Warrior Poetry Project in Bethesda, Maryland.
Healing with Poetry: Interview with Poet Fred Foote (Part 1)
Meet Fred Foote, retired Navy Medical Corps physician who served in the 2003 Iraq War and currently leads the Warrior Poetry Project in Bethesda, Maryland.
Circus & Carnival Poetry Prompt: Deep Fried and On a Stick
This week’s Circus & Carnival poetry prompt celebrates a guilty pleasure: Carnival food. Where else can you write a poem about corn dogs?
Random Acts of Poetry Day
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 […]
Mahmoud Darwish and the Follow Your Dream Poetry Dare
We’ve challenged Sandra Heska King to a brand new adventure, the Follow Your Dream Poetry Dare with the dream-like poetry of Mahmoud Darwish at the center. Come along and follow your dream? We dare you.
The Best in Poetry: This Month’s Top 10 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.
Ship, Sail, Boat: The Age of Sea Shanties Poetry Prompt
Step back to the age of sailing & learn about the folk style of sea shanties. Join us & write one of your own. Here’s an opportunity to complain about work!
How to Write a Poetry Review
One approach for how to write a poetry review is to follow the “Five Ws and One H” that flowed from the journalism philosophy of Walter Lippman.
Take Your Poet to Work Day: Poets Who Didn’t Want to Be at Work
If there was a common theme for our poets in this year’s Take Your Poet to Work Day celebration, it was that they didn’t want to be at work.
It’s Take Your Poet to Work Day!
It’s Take Your Poet to Work Day. Check out coffee shop GIF winner and learn 3 great ways to celebrate with your poet at work today.
Take Your Poet to Work: Walt Whitman
We round out the 2015 Take Your Poet to Work Day poet collection with today’s release of America’s poet, Walt Whitman.
The 6 Most Overused Words in Poetry Reviews
Six words are nominated for the “Most Overused Words in Poetry Reviews Hall of Fame.” And three more are contenders.
Take Your Poet to Work: Wisława Szymborska
Meet Polish poet Wisława Szymborska as we continue our preparations for celebrating Take Your Poet to Work Day on July 15.
Shakespeare and Company: Playing the Fool Poetry Prompt
This week’s poetry prompt is for Fools. Put on your Jester hat and join us for some poetic and witty commentary in the style of the Shakespearean Fool.