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Top Ten ‘Princess Bride’ Quotes

By Will Willingham 15 Comments

Top Ten Princess Bride Quotes Buttercup Field

It’s the sort of book you read and film you watch multiple times, each time pocketing a new quotable line. Here are ten great Princess Bride quotes.

Filed Under: Fairytales, Quotes

Loki Goodness Campaign, 6

By Anonymous 1 Comment

Loki The Avengers Goodness Campaign 740

Is Loki all bad? The Loki Goodness Campaign is an amusing bid to answer that “no.” And a publicist is on the case to change his public image.

Filed Under: Blog, Fiction, Loki Goodness Campaign, Student Writing

Holocaust Poems: Interview with Poet and Filmmaker Janet R. Kirchheimer (Part 3)

By Maureen Doallas 2 Comments

Holocaust poems

The final installment of Maureen’ Doallas’s interview with poet and filmmaker Janet R. Kirchheimer on holocaust poems and the BE•HOLD film project.

Filed Under: Blog, Holocaust Poems, Interview, poetry

10 Great Mother’s Day Gifts—for the Writing Mom

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10 Great Books for a Writing Mom

Looking for last-minute great Mother’s Day Gifts? If your mom is a writer (or you think she could be), these titles are for her.

Filed Under: Blog, Books

This Month’s Top Ten Poetic Picks

By Will Willingham 7 Comments

Top Ten Poetic Picks

Former teen poet becomes President. Poetry is dead, again? Elastic ekphrastics and the challenges of diversity in publishing. It’s our Top Ten Poetic Picks.

Filed Under: Art, Blog, Books, Creativity, poetry

Was Hamlet Sane or Insane?

By Sara Barkat 10 Comments

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Figuring sanity or insanity isn’t simple from the outside. Was Hamlet insane? That depends on your definition of insanity and the importance of love ties.

Filed Under: Blog, Hamlet, Literary Analysis, Shakespeare

Writers Workshop: Becoming Mindful in Place-Begins June!

By T.S. Poetry 22 Comments

Becoming Mindful Writers Workshop on Mindfulness and Place

Are you interested in slowing down and developing a deeper creative process and writing life? Becoming mindful of the places that surround you is a great beginning. Let this workshop guide and inspire.

Filed Under: Blog, Workshops

Loki Goodness Campaign 5

By Anonymous 6 Comments

Loki The Avengers Goodness Campaign 740

Is Loki all bad? The Loki Goodness Campaign is an amusing bid to answer that “no.” And a publicist is on the case to change his public image.

Filed Under: Blog, Fiction, Loki Goodness Campaign, Student Writing

Top 10 Reasons to Re-Read ‘Rumors of Water’

By Will Willingham 15 Comments

Top Ten Reasons to Read Rumors of Water

What’s your favorite writing book? LW Lindquist says it’s time to re-read Rumors of Water and has 10 great quotes to tell you why.

Filed Under: Blog, Books, Rumors of Water, writer's group resources, Writing Tips

Tragedy and Comedy: Why We Love Them, What’s the Point

By Sara Barkat 7 Comments

Psychology and Neurology of Comedy and Tragedy

Why read tragedy or comedy—or bother to write either one? Psychology and neurology suggest they can change our lives, make us more empathetic, and help us cope.

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

Poets and Poems: Jeannine Hall Gailey and “The Robot Scientist’s Daughter”

By Glynn Young 5 Comments

Jeannine Hall Gailey Poets and Poems

“The Robot Scientist’s Daughter” by Jeannine Hall Gailey is a story of point-counterpoint of nature and technology, and the bargain we make between them.

Filed Under: Americana Poems, article, Childhood Poems, Nature Poems, Poems, poetry reviews, Poets

Cantor Arts Center, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA

By Dolly Lee 10 Comments

Cantor Art Center

Join Dolly Lee on her latest literary tour and explore the wide range of contemporary art in the collection at the Cantor Art Center at Stanford.

Filed Under: Art, Art Galleries and Exhibits, Blog, Literary Tour

10 Spring Books to Help Kiss Winter Goodbye

By L.L. Barkat 6 Comments

Spring Books Waterway with Fog 1

Here are ten great “spring books” to help us coax spring to (please!) make her appearance. From nonfiction to poetry to creativity and writing titles.

Filed Under: Blog, Books, Finding Inspiration, Spring Poems

Top 10 Best Fairy Tale Poems

By Will Willingham 21 Comments

Top 10 Fairy Tale Poems

From Cinderella to Midas, Rumpelstiltskin to Red Riding Hood, we’ve gathered up a basket full of 10 best Fairy Tale Poems to skip through the woods with.

Filed Under: Blog, Fairy Tale Poems, Fairytales, poetry

More Than 30 Awesome Writing Playlists

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Writing playlists, just for you. Or, forget about writing and just listen for inspiration and enjoyment. Air, Breath, Wind Playlist Baby, Baby Playlist Bread, Pastries, Pies Ballad Playlist Bottles & Cans Playlist Cat’s Meow Playlist Circus and Carnival Coffee and Tea Playlist Dog Songs Playlist Doors and Passageways Playlist Dragons and Creatures Playlist Fairy Tale […]

Twitter Poems: Top 10 Poetic Tweets

By Will Willingham 2 Comments

Twitter Poems

Looking for poetry on Twitter? We’ve made it easy for you, with this roundup of the best Twitter poems we’ve seen in the past few weeks.

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

Submissions

Many people ask us… -how can I get a poem published at Tweetspeak or in Every Day Poems? -can I submit an article? -will you publish my book of poems through T. S. Poetry Press? This is how it works… Tweetspeak and T. S. Poetry Press do not accept unsolicited submissions. In other words, if […]

Mischief Cafe: Lincoln, Nebraska

By L.L. Barkat 20 Comments

Christmas Lights Blue Trees

How do we love, across gaps and miles, and different ways of holding our teacups? The Mischief Café asks serious questions amidst great laughter.

Filed Under: Blog, Mischief Café, Poetry at Home

Mischief Cafe: San Francisco and Trouble Coffee

By L.L. Barkat 11 Comments

Trouble Coffee Yosemite sign

From mind-reading cat ears, to Trouble Coffee in two locations, the San Francisco Mischief Café is full of adjustments.

Filed Under: Blog, love poems, Mischief Café, Sestina

Let Go of What You Mean to Say: Interview with Colorado Poet Laureate Joseph Hutchison (Part 2)

By Maureen Doallas 6 Comments

interview colorado poet laureate joseph hutchison

“Most adults have suffered from ‘imaginal abuse, ‘” says Joseph Hutchison. Read more on poetic imagination in Part 2 of Maureen Doallas’s interview with the Colorado poet laureate.

Filed Under: Blog, Interviews, poetry teaching resources

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