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Poetry at Work: Vision Statements

By Glynn Young 4 Comments

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When done well, both a vision statement and a mission statement can read like a fine, moving poem. Glynn Young looks at the work of organizational poets.

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Poetry at Work: The Doctor—William Carlos Williams

By Glynn Young 26 Comments

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William Carlos Williams was both a poet and a physician, and both were part of the same whole.

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Save the Date: Poetry at Work Day

By T.S. Poetry 8 Comments

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The very first Poetry at Work Day was declared. Since then, there’s a lot more where that came from. (Plus, learn how to declare a day! 🙂

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Poetry at Work

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Every day we work. Every day we could use a little poetry at work. Here are 5 ways to get you started…   1 • Get into the game Open the door just a little. Try these 5 Free Poetry Prompts.   2 • Buy a year of happy work mornings Start your day happy […]

Why Poetry at Work?

Check out this list of resource articles that explore the connection between Poetry and Work: Ten Great Articles on Poetry at Work A list of 10 articles from around the web, to get you up to speed on what’s going on in the world of poetry at work. Poetry at Work Every poet has worked […]

Poetry at Work™

By Glynn Young 20 Comments

“Work” is a multifaceted concept and subject. It extends from the board room to the shop floor, from the Oval Office to the local school district, from the tractor-trailer truck on the interstate to the university classroom, from stage and screen to the hospital intensive care unit, from raising a child to burying a loved […]

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The Joyful Partnership of Poetry & Memoir Workshop—3-part, self-paced

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A Poetry and Memoir Workshop The Joyful Partnership of Poetry & Memoir is a self-paced course designed by author Megan Willome, to inspire your memoir writing and help you find the best form—poetry or prose—for any given story your heart needs to tell (and the world needs to hear). The course is offered in 3 […]

New Workshop—The Joy of Poetry Begins Us

By T.S. Poetry 1 Comment

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The Joy of Poetry Begins Us is an 8-week class about fostering community among those who love the written word. It’s about becoming people who move beyond the beautiful world of the poems themselves and into friendships and love.

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Poetry Prompt: Fireworks, Sparkles & Speckles

By Kortney Garrison 12 Comments

Living Sparks Writing Fireworks

Take a little time to engage in some sparkly living this week. Pay special attention to what glints and gleams, sparkles and speckles, or… explodes!

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Poetry on the Brain: It’s Take Your Poet to Work Day!

By Will Willingham 3 Comments

Poets on the Brain

It’s Take Your Poet to Work Day! Not surprisingly, we’ve got poetry on the brain today.

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The Joyful Partnership of Poetry & Memoir—Workshop!

By T.S. Poetry 5 Comments

Yellow Flowers Memoir and Poetry Workshop

Explore the partnership of poetry & memoir, in this special writing workshop with author Megan Willome.

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Poetry Unit: How Great Poetry Works

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Want to organize your poetry unit according to the major elements that make great poetry work? This is a terrific way to introduce students to the love of poetry if it’s done in a fun, enlivening way. That’s why we published How to Read a Poem: Based on the Billy Collins Poem “Introduction to Poetry.” […]

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6-Week Poetry Workshop Option

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Can’t commit to an 8- or 12-week option? We’ve got a special arrangement just for you. Sign up for the 6-week option of our 2013 Poetry Workshop with Anne Doe Overstreet. Buy now for $289.00 Need the 8- or 12-week option? Available at the 2013 Poetry Workshop page

Taking Poetry to Work: A Few Good Tricks

By L.L. Barkat 13 Comments

Poetry at Work Day Book, journal, cuppa tea.

Poetry at Work Day? It doesn’t need to be elaborate. Here are a few ideas you can use to make it happen in your workplace.

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Poetry Workshop Shell (members only)

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Announcing Our 2013 Poetry Workshop!

By Claire Haidar 26 Comments

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Tweetspeak introduces our first poetry workshop. Anne M. Doe Overstreet will take you through an 8- or 12-week workshop she titles ‘Writing Your Environment.’ Come and be enchanted.

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So Glad You Are Joining Us For The Poetry Workshop!

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We’re so pleased you’ve signed up for the 2013 Poetry Workshop with Anne M. Doe Overstreet. Get ready to play, learn, and grow. Anne writes about this workshop: We are a people evolving, more mobile and nomadic than we often admit. Always leaving; always arriving. We carry our environment with us, whether urban or natural, […]

2013 Poetry Workshop With Anne Doe Overstreet

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Write Your Environment “Start with the senses, the reek and the silk and the scrape. Start with the sensual pleasure taken in the object itself. This is how we know a thing. Savor and invent. Then, ask questions of the thing.” Join Anne M. Doe Overstreet in a poetry classroom where your environment will unfold […]

Networking Poetry on LinkedIn

By Glynn Young 6 Comments

People in numerous walks of work life believe poetry is important enough to include in their professional networking profiles. Glynn Young shows us that poetry is alive and well on LinkedIn.

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