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Top 10 Best Street Poems

By Will Willingham 9 Comments

Top 10 Street Poems

There is street poetry, and then there is street poetry. Poems on the street, and poems of the street. Here’s a collection of the latter, 10 great street poems.

Filed Under: Blog, Poems, poetry, Street Poems

How to Write an Epic Poem: Infographic

By Will Willingham 11 Comments

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Help our noble hero fight good and evil with an epic poem. Our colorful epic poetry infographic will show you how. (And maybe make you laugh along the way.)

Filed Under: Blog, Epic Poetry, Infographics, poetry, poetry teaching resources

Twitter Poems: Top 10 Poetic Tweets

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Looking for poetry on Twitter? Look no further than our latest Top Ten Poetic Tweets, featuring some of the best Twitter poems we’ve seen lately.

Filed Under: Blog, poetry, Top Ten Poetic Tweets, Twitter poetry

On Being a Writer—Tell Us Your Story!

By Will Willingham 11 Comments

On Being a Writer by Kroeker and Craig

Join us for our newest book club offering, a three-week community discussion of On Being a Writer by Ann Kroeker and Charity Singleton Craig.

Filed Under: Blog, book club, Books, On Being a Writer, writer's group resources, Writing Life

Top 10 Best Fishing Poems

By Will Willingham 6 Comments

Top 10 Fishing Poems

We’ve netted 10 best fishing poems for you to enjoy on a day when you’d rather be fishing. The best part? No one needs to bait your hook.

Filed Under: Blog, Fishing Poems, poetry

Poetic Voices: Shelley Puhak and Jennifer K. Sweeney

By Glynn Young 4 Comments

Two recent poetry collections, by Shelley Puhak and Jennifer Sweeney, illustrate how well poetry can convey the idea of longing.

Filed Under: Blog, book reviews, Fairy Tale Poems, Poems, Poetic Voices, poetry, poetry reviews, Poets

How to Write a Poem in Every Classroom!

By Will Willingham 11 Comments

Green Apple How to Write a Poem Billy Collins Tania Runyan

We’re on a mission to get How to Write a Poem (and How to Read a Poem) into classrooms in every state. Join the challenge!

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

Loki Goodness Campaign 8: Inventions and Dreams

By Anonymous 1 Comment

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In this edition of the Loki Goodness Campaign, we see the soft side of Loki (and a certain inventiveness that may or may not be laudable).

Filed Under: Blog, Fiction, Loki Goodness Campaign

The Circus: The Last Hurrah of Childhood

By Glynn Young 10 Comments

The circus was spectacular, and it was meant to be. Everything seemed oversized – the elephants, the horses, even the tiny car filled with an impossible number of clowns.

Filed Under: Blog, Childhood Poems, Circus & Carnival

Poetic Voices: Paula Marie Coomer and Donna Vorreyer

By Glynn Young 8 Comments

Poets Donna Vorreyer and Paula Marie Coomer write about their lives, showing us that poetry is work and it is like windows into the soul.

Filed Under: Blog, book reviews, Poetic Voices, poetry, poetry reviews, Poets

Top 10 Best Cheese Poems

By Will Willingham 9 Comments

Top 10 Cheese Poems

Chesterton started a rumor about a mysterious silence created by poets about cheese. Our list of Top 10 Cheese Poems says Chesterton was full of havarti.

Filed Under: Blog, Cheese Poems, Funny Poems, Poems, poetry

Tania Pryputniewicz

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Tania Pryputniewicz

Tania Pryputniewicz is a poet who supports Tweetspeak because she appreciates its warm & dynamic curatorial nature and the community of writers it attracts.

Write the Best Essays, for Profit or Pleasure—Starts Aug 31!

By T.S. Poetry 7 Comments

Pen in Book Write the Best Essays Workshop

Now you can write the best essays, for pleasure or profit, with the guidance of a professional author and essay writer. Great workshop opportunity!

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Oh, Baby: Top 10 Best Baby Poems

By Will Willingham 9 Comments

Top 10 Baby Poems

Babies could use a little more nuance. They definitely could use more poems. Enjoy this collection of 10 great baby poems.

Filed Under: Baby Poems, Blog, Christina Rossetti, Poems, poetry

Loki Goodness Campaign 7: At the Salon

By Anonymous 3 Comments

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In this edition of the Loki Goodness Campaign, at the urging of his publicist, our Asgardian prince takes up some scissors, for better or worse. You decide.

Filed Under: Fiction, Loki Goodness Campaign, Student Writing

Top 10 Best Shakespeare Sonnets

By T.S. Poetry 29 Comments

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Odds are Shakespeare wrote far more than 154 sonnets. But of the 154 that have survived, here are 10 of the very best Shakespeare sonnets!

Filed Under: Blog, Poems, Shakespeare, shakespeare poems, shakespeare sonnets, Sonnets

Gold+ Partner Profile: Author & Publisher Laura Lynn Brown

By L.L. Barkat 17 Comments

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Meet our new witty and warm Gold Partner, Laura Lynn Brown and learn a few secrets about writing inspiration and why you might want to be a partner too.

Filed Under: Interview, Interviews, Writing Life

Why Does Hamlet Wait to Kill the King?

By Sara Barkat 3 Comments

Why did Hamlet wait to kill the king? Crumbling Wall

Did William Shakespeare make a bad plot choice in Hamlet? Why does Hamlet wait to kill the king? To answer the question, one must understand the play’s nature.

Filed Under: Blog, Hamlet, Literary Analysis, Shakespeare

How to Start, Join & Make the Most of a Writing Group

By Charity Singleton Craig 16 Comments

No Jew who followed this command would have been mistaken as someone who supported the Roman cause.

Want to get involved in a writing group, or get more out of one you’re in? Charity Singleton Craig has ideas to help you start, join and make the most of a writing group.

Filed Under: Blog, writer's group resources, Writing Tips

Order and Disorder in Macbeth

By Sara Barkat 15 Comments

Macbeth Order and Disorder Trees and Air

In this classic Shakespeare play, if no one knew what the Macbeths had done, all they need do is look to the air, the earth, animals, sleep, and dreams. Check out this intriguing analysis of order and disorder in Macbeth.

Filed Under: Blog, Literary Analysis, Macbeth, Shakespeare, Student Writing

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