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Poems to Listen By: Sharing the Canopy 07—The Maples of Dachau

By Laurie Klein 6 Comments

Poems to Listen By red maple leaves

In the latest Poems to Listen By: Under the Canopy episode, Laurie Klein shares a poignant poem with a darker understory.

Filed Under: Blog, Patron Only, Podcasts, Poems to Listen By, Tree Poems, Under the Canopy

Poems From the Coffee Shop: Ceylon and The Red Wheel Barrow

By L.L. Barkat 12 Comments

CS-Italian Coffee Cup

When “humanity happens,” what connects us to a wider sense of life and each other? Classic poems lead the way. (Ceylon tea and experimental sandwiches aren’t far behind.)

Filed Under: Blog, Classic Poetry, Every Day Poems, Poems From the Coffee Shop

Poems From the Coffee Shop: Chai Latte and Sanctuary

By L.L. Barkat 20 Comments

I Want to Be-Leaf Coffee Sleeve

Where do you find sanctuary? Come with L.L. Barkat to the coffee shop and enter into a poem that glimmers, and maybe offers something to go along with your chai tea (or coffee).

Filed Under: Blog, Every Day Poems, Poems From the Coffee Shop, poetry

By Heart: “Snow-flakes” + New Edgar Lee Masters Challenge

By Megan Willome 4 Comments

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Join author Megan Willome as she learns Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s ‘Snow-flakes’ By Heart.

Filed Under: A Poem in Every Heart, By Heart, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Nature Poems, poetry

Poems From the Coffee Shop: Earl Grey and Loch Ness Weariness

By L.L. Barkat 13 Comments

Earl Grey Tea Black Mug Blue Light at First Village Coffee

When nothing goes as planned, what’s Plan B? Maybe coffee, maybe tea. Especially at a beautiful coffee shop, with poems like “Loch Ness” on your mind.

Filed Under: Blog, Coffee and Tea, Poems From the Coffee Shop

Poems From the Coffee Shop—Matcha and A Blessing for the Exhausted

By L.L. Barkat 26 Comments

John Beans Matcha latte

Join author L.L. Barkat in the coffee shop (and the attic) and consider the joy of poetry and matcha, for your weary soul.

Filed Under: Blog, Every Day Poems, Finding Inspiration, poems every day, Poems From the Coffee Shop, Poetry at Work

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Poems to Listen By: Under the Canopy 05—Lost and Found

By Laurie Klein 6 Comments

pine in sunlight

Laurie Klein features a poem by Andrew Hudgins in the latest Poems to Listen By podcast. Is it a coming of age reflection, or a story of lost and found?

Filed Under: Blog, Patron Only, Podcasts, Poems to Listen By, Tree Poems, Under the Canopy

Poems to Listen By: Under the Canopy 04—Maple Grove

By Laurie Klein 10 Comments

Under the Canopy podcast sunglight on redwood

Can a tree seduce? Be flirtatious? Enjoy these poems in Laurie Klein’s latest Poems to Listen By podcast, and you decide.

Filed Under: Blog, Patron Only, Poems to Listen By, Tree Poems, Under the Canopy

The Yellow Wall-Paper: A Graphic Novel

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The Yellow Wall-Paper Graphic Novel cropped cover

The Yellow Wall-Paper was written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. More than a century later, it has been interpreted by artist Sara Barkat.

Poems to Listen By: Under the Canopy 03—Benedictus

By Laurie Klein 8 Comments

Under the Canopy snowy trees

In her latest Under the Canopy episode, Laurie Klein reflects on the way trees remind us of eternity and mortality, with poetry from Paul Willis and Luci Shaw.

Filed Under: Blog, Patron Only, Podcasts, Poems to Listen By, Tree Poems, Under the Canopy

Friendship Project: Somebody I Used To Know

By Callie Feyen Leave a Comment

Writers Block Coffee Shop

When writer’s block threatens to derail, one writer finds a way forward in music, baking, friendship and the practice of “living it a while.”

Filed Under: Blog, Friendship Project, Patron Only, Writing Life

Poems to Listen By: Sharing the Canopy 02—Motherhood

By Laurie Klein 13 Comments

Poems to listen by under the canopy

In the latest Poems to Listen By: Under the Canopy podcast, Laurie Klein shares “Motherhood” from Diane Loretta Walker and considers the stories trees hold inside.

Filed Under: Black Poets, Blog, Patron Only, Podcasts, Poems to Listen By, Tree Poems, Under the Canopy

Poems to Listen By: Sharing the Canopy 01—Under the Black Oaks

By Laurie Klein 10 Comments

Under the Black Oaks

In honor of the holiday season, join Laurie Klein for the first in a delightful new series, Poems to Listen By—Sharing the Canopy: 8 Ways Trees Embody Our Stories. Our holiday episode features Pablo Neruda, Chicken Little, and Stephen Dunn’s “Under the Black Oaks.”

Filed Under: Patron Only, Podcasts, Poems to Listen By, poetry prompt, Tree Poems, Under the Canopy

What You Made Possible in 2021!

By T.S. Poetry 2 Comments

Echinacea with crown orange flowers

What you do for poetry and literacy—and what poetry and literacy do for you. It’s a partnership at Tweetspeak. And it means more kindness, generosity, and beautiful living.

Filed Under: Annual Update, Blog, Partners in Poetry for Life

Friendship Project: The Best of Friends

By Callie Feyen 2 Comments

Figs in bowl friendship

Our truest friends bring something out of us that we might not have the strength or courage to see if it weren’t for them. Callie Feyen reflects on true and best friends.

Filed Under: Blog, Friendship Project, Patron Only

Between Friends: Breathing Lessons

By Callie Feyen 3 Comments

Breathing lessons Racetrack Playa Death Valley

Whether we’re in high-altitude locations like Santa Fe, or in high-challenge situations that feel out of our grasp, it can help to have a friend to remind us how to breathe.

Filed Under: Blog, Friendship Project, Patron Only, Writer Friends

The Writing Life: Somehow Beginnings

By Callie Feyen 6 Comments

Callie Feyen reflects on coming to the place in our writing life where we are both ready and willing and can “somehow begin.”

Filed Under: Patron Only, Writing Life

Between Friends: A Playful Reckoning

By Callie Feyen 2 Comments

Friendship Project girl on giant tree roots

If home offers a place to launch, maybe it’s because home can be a place where we can play. Callie Feyen explores the idea of play and reckoning with ourselves at home.

Filed Under: Blog, Friendship Activities and Prompts, Friendship Project, Patron Only

Friendship Project: Let’s Walk: A Thousand Goodbyes — A Thousand Hellos

By Callie Feyen 7 Comments

Friendship Project walk around the lake

Callie Feyen discovers that writing is one thing, but it is something entirely different to tell a friend what’s on your mind, especially while you’re on a walk around a lake together.

Filed Under: Blog, Friendship Project, Patron Only

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