Can you tell the difference between mirror and mirage? Do you follow false reflections or true? This week, we’re exploring the poetry in mirages.
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Take Your Poet to Work: The Haiku Masters
Our first poet collection releases for Take Your Poet to Work Day: The Haiku Masters (Matsuo Basho, Yosa Buson, Kobayashi Issa)
Poetry Review: A Clown at Midnight
A review of the recently published collection “A Clown at Midnight: Poems, ” by Andrew Hudgins.
Realities Reflected (A Poetry Prompt)
The slanted, off-kilter fun-house bedroom emptied into a narrow a corridor, a hallway with mirrored walls. The lights were bright, fluorescent lit, and gave the general impression of being trapped inside that Bruce Lee classic, Enter the Dragon. My three boys and I stopped, noticed the hundreds of us-es that seemed to stretch around slight reflective […]
Take Your Poet to Work: Pablo Neruda
Take your favorite poet with you to work for Take Your Poet to Work Day coming up July 17. This week we’re featuring poet Pablo Neruda.
Journey into Poetry: Marjorie Maddox
Marjorie Maddox was always a bookworm—as a child reading in the branches of trees, upside down on a couch, and, of course, in bed with a flashlight. Follow her Journey into Poetry.
Mirror, Mirror (A Poetry Prompt)
Seth Haines starts out our June Mirror, Mirror theme with a musical reflection — our June poetry prompt playlist of mirror tunes.
Take Your Poet to Work: Sara Teasdale
Take your favorite poet with you to work for Take Your Poet to Work Day coming up July 17. This week we’re featuring Sara Teasdale.
32 Flavors And Then Some (a Phoenix Poetry Prompt)
The phoenix is a classic theme in literature, poetry, and music. This week Seth Haines has a poetry prompt with the phoenix and Ani Difranco’s 32 Flavors.
Poetry Comics: The Poetry Industry
Did you know? The Poetry Industry has its own park.
Take Your Poet to Work Day
Take Your Poet to Work Day. Why should kids have all the fun? Your poet wants to go to work with you too.
Twitter Poetry: Spinning for Tickets for a Prayer Wheel 3
Six additional poems from the recent Tweetspeak Twitter poetry jam, with prompts taken from Annie Dillard’s “Tickets for a Prayer Wheel.”
The Opalescent Swallow (A Poetry Prompt)
Join Seth Haines for a new poetry prompt on the swallow, from this month’s Swan, Swallow, the Phoenix theme.
Honk if You Were a Teenage Swan (A Poetry Prompt)
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.
Swans, Swallows, and the Phoenix (A Poetry Prompt)
Seth Haines kicks off the month of May with a new poetic playlist on our Swans, Swallow, Phoenix theme, and a brand new poetry prompt to boot.
Summer Workshop: Creative Writing for Real
Looking for the best online Creative Writing classes for students? Start here, with Creative Writing for Real.
Night at the Classroom (A Poetry Prompt)
Making Grendel from paper mâché? Perhaps you’d rather just write a creature poem. Seth Haines has a new poetry prompt from literature’s greatest creatures.
National Poetry Month: poemcrazy: Open the Window
Poems and dreams gather fragments of our days and piece them back together in whimsical, even frightening ways. Join us for our latest ‘poemcrazy’ discussion.
Fiction Jumpstart Workshop 2013
Dream of writing the breakout novel? You need to start somewhere. The Fiction Jumpstart workshop will help you: 1. establish a strong writing practice and explore the principles of fiction 2. teach you the power of details 3. help you develop rich characters 4. get you exploring the tricks of plot 5. hone your approach […]
How to Think Like a Creative Genius Workshops
In these workshops, we’ll explore what it means to build and live a creative life. Using Leonardo da Vinci’s 7 principles and journal-keeping style, we’ll return to our senses and creative centers.