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A Way With Words: Faze and Phase

By Sara Barkat 1 Comment

words that are not the same faze and phase

In today’s A Way With Words, Sara Barkat teaches (and amuses) us with the difference between the homophones faze and phase.

Filed Under: A Way With Words, Vocabulary

Top 10 Best Science Poems

By Will Willingham 8 Comments

Top 10 Science Poems - bottle at Heidleberg Apothacary Museum

Is it possible that without science there might be no poetry? Or could the opposite be true? Test the hypothesis with 10 best science poems.

Filed Under: Poems, poetry, Poetry at Work, Science Poems

The Word-Changing Magic of Tidying Up Your Writing

By Charity Singleton Craig 23 Comments

Tidying up your writing - dog in wicker basket

Charity Singleton Craig applies the tidying principles of the KonMari organization method to your writing. Will it change your life?

Filed Under: Become a Better Writer, Blog, Write, Writing Tips

A Way With Words: Canon and Cannon

By Sara Barkat 5 Comments

homophones canon and cannon

In today’s A Way With Words, Sara Barkat amuses us with the difference between the homophones canon and cannon.

Filed Under: A Way With Words, Vocabulary

Regional Tour: Holocaust Memorial Center, Farmington Hills, Michigan

By Sandra Heska King 11 Comments

Regional Tour Holocaust Memorial Center Farmington Hills Michigan autumn leaves by railroad tracks

Sandra Heska King takes a sobering regional tour to the Holocaust Memorial Center in Farmington HIlls, Michigan.

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Take Your Poet to Work Day: Poets Just Want to Have Pun

By Will Willingham 4 Comments

Wright Longfellow Brown at Sydney Opera House

We celebrated the fourth annual Take Your Poet to Work Day yesterday and discovered that, in many cases, our Poets Just Want to Have Pun.

Filed Under: Blog, poetry, Take Your Poet to Work Day

Take Your Poet to Work: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

By Will Willingham 11 Comments

Take Your Poet to Work Day - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow cover

Just one more week until Take Your Poet to Work Day. For our final addition to our poet collection for 2016, meet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

Filed Under: Blog, English Teaching Resources, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Poems, poetry, poetry teaching resources, Take Your Poet to Work Day

How to Write a Poem in the Classroom: A Teacher’s Secret Tool

By Joel Jacobson 16 Comments

Red and White flower-How to Write a Poem

High school English teacher Joel Jacobson shares his experience teaching a new advanced creative writing class using Tania Runyan’s How to Write a Poem. (Features student poems.)

Filed Under: Blog, English Teaching, English Teaching Resources, How to Write a Poem, Poems, poetry, poetry teaching resources, Student Writing

Take Your Poet to Work: Judith Wright

By Will Willingham 6 Comments

Take Your Poet to Work Day Judith Wright cover

Take Your Poet to Work Day is coming on the third Wednesday in July. For 2016, that’s July 20! This week, meet Australian poet and activist Judith Wright.

Filed Under: Australian Poets, Blog, Judith Wright, Poems, poetry, Take Your Poet to Work Day

Take Your Poet to Work: Emily Brontë

By Will Willingham 6 Comments

Take Your Poet to Work Day Emily Brontë cover

Take Your Poet to Work Day is coming on the third Wednesday in July. For 2016, that’s July 20! This week, meet English poet Emily Brontë.

Filed Under: Blog, Emily Brontë, Poems, poetry, poetry teaching resources, Take Your Poet to Work Day

Take Your Poet to Work: Seamus Heaney

By Will Willingham 9 Comments

Take Your Poet to Work Day Seamus Heaney cover

Take Your Poet to Work Day is coming on the third Wednesday in July. For 2016, that’s July 20! This week, meet Irish poet Seamus Heaney.

Filed Under: Blog, Nature Poems, Poems, poetry, Seamus Heaney, Take Your Poet to Work Day

Take Your Poet to Work: Elizabeth Barrett Browning

By Will Willingham 10 Comments

Take Your Poet to Work Day - Elizabeth Barrett Browning featured

Take Your Poet to Work Day is coming on the third Wednesday in July. For 2016, that’s July 20! This week, meet English poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning.

Filed Under: Blog, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, English Teaching Resources, love poems, Poems, poetry, Take Your Poet to Work Day

Take Your Poet to Work: William Wordsworth

By Will Willingham 20 Comments

Take Your Poet to Work Day - William Wordsworth Featured

Take Your Poet to Work Day is coming on the third Wednesday in July. For 2016, that’s July 20! We kick off the release of this year’s poet collection with English Romantic poet William Wordsworth.

Filed Under: Blog, Moon poems, Nature Poems, Poems, poetry, Take Your Poet to Work Day, William Wordsworth

How to Write a Poem: An Invitation

By T.S. Poetry 281 Comments

Are you using How to Write a Poem yet? We want to extend a great invitation that could result in your poems or stories being shared.

Filed Under: How to Write a Poem, poetry teaching resources

Celebrity Jewels: Elizabeth Taylor

By Heather Eure 3 Comments

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Elizabeth Taylor had a love affair with jewelry. Learn more about her famous glitzy collection and write some poetry about Dame Liz herself.

Filed Under: Blog, Celebrity Poems, poetry prompt, poetry teaching resources, silver gold and precious stones, writer's group resources, writing prompt

Silver, Gold, and Precious Stones: Shining Dawn

By Heather Eure 5 Comments

gold shining dawn poetry prompt

Battles have been fought over gold. Love has been expressed by its warm glow. Gold has changed the landscape of civilizations around the world. How do we best express humankind’s obsession with Gold? By writing poetry, of course!

Filed Under: Blog, Gold, poetry prompt, poetry teaching resources, silver gold and precious stones, writer's group resources, writing prompts

Top 10 Best Poems About Wood

By Will Willingham 4 Comments

Top 10 Poems About Wood rough fence post with wire

How many poems would a woodchuck write if a woodchuck could write poems? We have ten great poems about wood to make any woodchuck smile.

Filed Under: Blog, Nature Poems, Poems, poetry, Tree Poems

Top 10 Best Tattoo Poems

By Will Willingham 5 Comments

Top 10 Tattoo Poems man with michael jackson tattoo

Tattoos and poems both tell stories. So can it be that a tattoo is also a poem? Find out in this great collection of 10 tattoo poems.

Filed Under: Blog, Poems, poetry, Tattoo Poems, Tattoos

House & Home: Living Room Poems

By Heather Eure 21 Comments

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Come into our living room and relax. We’re brewing a pot of tea and writing poetry about the warm, familiar place where we can welcome friends and simply be ourselves.

Filed Under: Blog, House&Home, poetry prompt, poetry teaching resources, Themed Writing Projects, writer's group resources, writing prompts

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