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Doors & Passageways: Dancers and Dreams Poetry Prompts

By T.S. Poetry 53 Comments

Ballet Dancers at the Door Poetry Poems

Doors and passageways poetry prompts. Who will you be, what will you do, to get that door to your dreams open? Put it in a poem.

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Ten Great Writing Playlists & Poetry Prompts

By T.S. Poetry 3 Comments

top ten poetry playlists

Do you have a favorite playlist you listen to while you write poetry? We’re featuring ten of our favorite themed writing playlists.

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12 Days of Form Poetry, Prompts, and Playlists

By Will Willingham 6 Comments

12 Days of Form Poetry

The Tweetspeak Team has bundled up our sugar plums and mistletoe, readying ourselves for that snowy trip over the river and through the woods to whomever’s house we are thinking to go. Enjoy the 12 Days of Form Poetry, Poetry Prompts and Playlists while we’re away.

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Poetry and Photo Prompts: Spanish Lace Photo Play

By Heather Eure 42 Comments

Lace photo prompts

Photographs can have a poetic voice. With photography as in poetry, sometimes what isn’t said is just as important as what is. Join us for our latest Photo Play prompt, finding lace in nature, and letting it tell us what isn’t said.

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Poetry and Photo Prompts: Doors & Passageways Photo Play

By Julie Matkin 46 Comments

Looking out into the sunlight

Join our Photo Play opportunity to explore our monthly poetry themes in a visual way (or write a poem, if you prefer!). First up: Doors & Passageways.

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National Poetry Month Is Here + Prompt!

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National Poetry Month Is here! What are your plans? We’d love to help you find what you need to make it the best.

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Poetry Prompt: Heart & Soul

By T.S. Poetry 5 Comments

red roses heart and soul

Join us for a little Heart and Soul this month, beginning with the famous song “Heart and Soul” and a sweet poetry prompt.

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Poetry Prompt: Pearls & Moons

By T.S. Poetry 14 Comments

pearls & moons poetry prompt

We’re celebrating the release of ‘Under the Pearl Moon,’ a new collection by Every Day Poems editor Rick Maxson. Come pen a “pearls & moons” poem!

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Happy Ideas: Poetry Prompt Series

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Take a cue from Mary Syzbist and Duchamp. Put a poem together that contains some unexpected Happy Ideas! (Blue velvet shoes, anyone?)

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National Poetry Month: Mischief Café Prompt

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We’re celebrating National Poetry Month with an invitation to The Mischief Café. Join us with cinnamon toast, tea, and poem-writing to get the party started!

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It’s Poetry at Work Day 2023!

By Glynn Young 6 Comments

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It’s Poetry at Work Day 2023, and Tweetspeak Poetry has a number of resources to help you celebrate the day.

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Celebrate! A Christmas Carol Illustrated + Poetry Prompt

By T.S. Poetry 8 Comments

A Christmas Carol Street

Come write a poem, to celebrate the release of the TS Classic edition of A Christmas Carol! This edition has prompts from poet Megan Willome.

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Poetry Prompt: Haiku for Stress

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Haiku is best in times of stress. Callie Feyen teaches participants in an Advent workshop—and us—to write How to Wait haiku.

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Poetry Prompt: Almanac of Last Things—Write From Your Now

By Callie Feyen 4 Comments

Write from your now, using all five senses and the present moment. Callie Feyen follows poetry advice she learned in Washington, D.C.

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Poetry Prompt: Observation that Evokes

By Callie Feyen 7 Comments

Observations can evoke—even in a swimming pool. Callie Feyen considers the micro-essays and art of “The Swimming Studies” by Leanne Shapton.

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Poetry Prompt: Worthy of Flair

By Callie Feyen 5 Comments

It takes strength to believe you are worthy of flair. Where can you bring out the flair in your life? Join Callie Feyen for a poetry prompt.

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Poetry Prompt: When I Am Old

By Callie Feyen 1 Comment

What kind of person will I be “When I am old”? Callie Feyen writes a poem in which she relishes, for a moment, being exactly who she is.

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Poetry Prompt: But Take Away The Fear

By Callie Feyen 3 Comments

Teacher and author Callie Feyen can’t take away the fear of creating something new, but she can help you turn your fear into poetry.

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Poetry Prompt: Poem for a Summer’s Finish

By Callie Feyen 1 Comment

Sunlight valley Norwegian Fjord

Join author Callie Feyen has she explores summer’s finish and autumn’s beginning as her daughter prepares to start high school.

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Poetry Prompt: Back to School Moment

By Callie Feyen Leave a Comment

Join author Callie Feyen in a back to school moment, as she explores the poetry that can come from standing in the shoes of someone else.

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