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Poetry at Work Book Club: The Poetry of Layoffs and Restructuring

By Will Willingham 18 Comments

poetry at work poetry of layoffs

What could be less poetic than corporate restructuring? In this week’s discussion of Glynn Young’s Poetry at Work, we consider the poetry of layoffs.

Filed Under: Blog, book club, poetry, poetry and business, Poetry at Work, Poetry at Work: Bookclub

Photo Prompts: DOORS & PASSAGEWAYS PHOTO PLAY 2

By Julie Matkin 17 Comments

Photo Play Photo Prompts Doors

Poetry and photo prompts come together in our Photo Play feature. Check out the entries for Doors and Passageways.

Filed Under: Blog, Door Photos, Doors Poems, Photo Play, Photography prompts, poetry prompt, Themed Writing Projects, writing prompts

Poetry at Work Book Club: The Poetry of Beauty in the Workplace

By Will Willingham 14 Comments

poetry at work beauty in workplace

In Poetry at Work, Glynn Young asks if work can have beauty. Some work seems to be the very spot where beauty expired. And yet, it’s there, if one looks.

Filed Under: Blog, book club, poetry, Poetry at Work, Poetry at Work: Bookclub

It’s Poetry at Work Day!

By Glynn Young 42 Comments

Can Burge Poetry at Work Day 565 72 res

It’s Poetry at Work Day, and Tweetspeak Poetry has an array of resources to help you find the poetry in your work and in your workplace — and a giveaway!

Filed Under: article, Poems, poetry, poetry and business, Poetry at Work, Poetry at Work Day, poetry news

Night Poetry: Stopping by Woods and Promises

By L.L. Barkat 39 Comments

Night poems Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening Robert Frost

Night poetry can be the poetry of promise. In the darkness, we can focus on what is most pressing, we can dream, we can make promises to ourselves or others

Filed Under: Blog, Courage Poems, love poems, love poetry, Night Poems, Poems, poetry, poetry prompt, poetry teaching resources, Themed Writing Projects, writing prompts

Image-ine Poetry: “Hot Sky” by Lisa Hess Hesselgrave

By Maureen Doallas 21 Comments

Image-ine Hot Sky Lisa Hess Hesselgrave Maureen Doallas

Join Maureen Doallas in this Image-ine Poetry creative writing exercise based on “Hot Sky, ” a painting by Lisa Hess Hesselgrave.

Filed Under: Blog, Creativity, Image-ine

Night Poetry: Acquainted with the Night

By L.L. Barkat 2 Comments

Night Poetry Robert Frost Acquainted with the Night Image

Night poetry can be the poetry of acquaintance. With the light narrowed, we pull in close to things that are near.

Filed Under: Blog, Courage Poems, Humorous Poems, Moon poems, Night Poems, Poems, poetry, poetry prompt, poetry teaching resources, Themed Writing Projects, writing prompts

Image-ine Poetry: “Bedsheet” by Lisa Hess Hesselgrave

By Maureen Doallas 15 Comments

Image-ine Bedsheet Lisa Hesslegrave

Writing poetry from art ignites creativity and helps you become a better writer. Join Maureen Doallas in this Image-ine exercise based on “Bedsheet, ” a painting by Lisa Hess Hesselgrave.

Filed Under: Art, Attentiveness Poems, Blog, Childhood Poems, Creativity, Image-ine

Night Poetry: Emily Dickinson’s Symbol Challenge

By T.S. Poetry 11 Comments

Night Poetry Night Poems Moonlit Sky

Can night poetry have sunshine? If you’re Emily Dickinson, you might find a way to mix dark and light by speaking symbolically.

Filed Under: Blog, Friendship Poems, Night Poems, poetry teaching resources, Short Poems, Themed Writing Projects, Villanelles, writing prompts

Tweetspeak Poetry’s Top Ten Posts from the Last Month (or so)

By Will Willingham 2 Comments

top ten poetry posts

What are we reading at Tweetspeak Poetry? Catch up on the top posts from last month (or so). Featuring Claire Burge, Lakin Easterling, Daniel Sperry, Poets House and more.

Filed Under: Blog, poetry, poetry humor, poetry prompt, Top 10 Poetic Picks

Poetry at Work: The Dignity of All Work

By Glynn Young 17 Comments

the dignity of all work poetry at work

A conversation about a work assignment leads to a discussion of the inherent value and worth of people and work – an example of poetry at work.

Filed Under: Americana Poems, Blog, Poems, poetry, poetry and business, Poetry at Work, Poets

Night Poetry: Darkness and Villanelle Poems

By T.S. Poetry 11 Comments

Night Poems Dark Poems Dylan Thomas Villanelle Poems

Try your hand at a night poem that easily captures the ambiguity of darkness, simply by virtue of its form.

Filed Under: Blog, Family Poems, Father Poems, Grief Poems, love poems, poetry prompt, poetry teaching resources, Themed Writing Projects

Our Favorite Books About Poetry

By T.S. Poetry 4 Comments

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The Tweetspeak Poetry editorial team shares a list of our favorite books about poetry.

Filed Under: Blog, book reviews, poetry, poetry teaching resources, writing prompts

Cat Poetry: Ancient Cat Poems

By T.S. Poetry 7 Comments

Ancient Cat Poetry Black Cat

Cats have a long history that can be plumbed and poeticized—from Egypt to China, Greece to Japan.

Filed Under: Animal Poems, Blog, Cat Poems, Funny Poems, Humorous Poems, Poems, poetry, poetry teaching resources, Themed Writing Projects, writing prompts

Cat Poetry: Grumpy Cat Poems

By L.L. Barkat 14 Comments

Grumpy Cat Poems Poetry

Cat poems are sometimes grumpy cat poems. Write yours catalog style?

Filed Under: Cat Poems, Catalog Poems, Funny Poems, Haiku Poems, Humorous Poems, Poems, poetry, poetry teaching resources, Themed Writing Projects, writing prompts

Cat Poetry: Funny Poems by Cats

By T.S. Poetry 11 Comments

Funny Poems Cat Poems Cute Cat

Cat poems are sometimes funny poems. Especially if the cat is the one who wrote them! Come now, be the cat.

Filed Under: Blog, Cat Poems, Dog Poems, Funny Poems, Humorous Poems, Poems, poetry, poetry prompt, poetry teaching resources, Themed Writing Projects, writing prompts

Tweetspeak Poetry’s Top Ten Posts from the Last Month (or so)

By Will Willingham 3 Comments

top ten poetry posts

What are we reading at Tweetspeak Poetry? Catch up on the top posts from last month (or so). Featuring Glynn Young, Charity Singleton Craig, The Unknown Contributor, Julie L. Moore, Nancy Franson, and more.

Filed Under: Blog, poetry, poetry humor, Top 10 Poetic Picks

Ghazal Poetry: Sing the Old Songs

By T.S. Poetry 5 Comments

Ghazal Poetry Oryx in Desert

Ghazal poetry was traditionally a sung form, invoking other traditional symbols like the gazelle. Invoke an old song image for your own?

Filed Under: Blog, Ghazal Poems, Grief Poems, love poems, love poetry, Poems, poetry, poetry prompt, Themed Writing Projects

Journey into Poetry: Richard Maxson

By Rick Maxson 13 Comments

Richard Maxson kept journals, wrote essays, and penned a couple of one-act plays, but never poetry.

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Ghazal Poetry: Sing the Childhood Loss

By T.S. Poetry 26 Comments

Child Ghazal Poetry

Ghazal poetry sings the ache. For a lover, yes. But also, at times, for simple loss. Sing the ache of what cannot be reclaimed, in your ghazal poem.

Filed Under: Childhood Poems, Courage Poems, Poems, poetry, poetry teaching resources, Themed Writing Projects, writing prompts

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