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Marjorie Maddox Hafer: Poetry, Art, and Spelling
In two new poetry collections, Marjorie Maddox Hafer explores the relationship between poetry and art, and poetry and spelling.
Poet Laura: What’s In a Name
Tweetspeak’s new Poet Laura, Sandra Fox Murphy, starts her year as Poet Laura with a poetic reflection on names and naming.
Bruce Lawder: Prose Poems, (Very) Short Fiction, or Both?
“Dwarf Stories” by Bruce Lawder is a collection of prose poems that are creative, perceptive, thought-provoking, and wry.
Morphing: Lessons from the Year of the Monarch
Dheepa R. Maturi wraps the Year of the Monarch with a butterfly’s journey of growth and the lessons attracted along the way.
Poetry Prompt: Aisling—Vision or Dream
The aisling poem is a vision or dream poem that features a woman as one of its central images. Come pen an aisling with us. We might feature your poem!
Poet Laura: Message in a Bottle
Michelle Rinaldi Ortega drops a message in a bottle for Random Acts of Poetry Day and passes the feather to our new Poet Laura.
Text & Image: Interview with Ellen Kombiyil
From beginnings to writer’s block, from ambles to art-making—check out this interview with poet Ellen Kombiyil!
Spirals & Seasons: An Interview with Katharine Whitcomb
Poet Katharine Whitcomb has a beautiful spirit. Come listen in to our chat with her—poet, artist, educator!
Glass & Gardening: Interview with Poet Jules Jacob
Two collections within one year’s time. Meet poet Jules Jacob and learn how she’s handled the challenge. Plus discover her inspirations!
An Anthology of Contemporary Catholic Poetry
The anthology “Contemporary Catholic Poetry” showcases 23 poets, including some of the best writing poetry today.
Poetry Prompt: Wordle Your Way
Jumpstart your poetry with a Wordle—as a basis for a found poem. Our Wordle came from The Year of the Monarch poems that you wrote!
Beautiful Spaces: Interview with Poet Claire Coenen
Meet poet Claire Coenen, and enter the spaces she cultivates, as well as the spaces that the poets she loves have cultivated for her.
Jay Parini Has 16 Robert Frost Poems to Memorize
In “Robert Frost: Sixteen Poems to Learn by Heart,” Jay Parini has written a great introduction to the poet and reasons to memorize his work.
LIII. “I Stepped From Plank To Plank” by Emily Dickinson
< Return to Emily Dickinson Poems LIII. I Stepped From Plank To Plank EXPERIENCE. I stepped from plank to plank So slow and cautiously; The stars about my head I felt, About my feet the sea. I knew not but the next Would be my final inch, — This gave me that precarious gait Some […]
L. “You Cannot Put a Fire Out” by Emily Dickinson
< Return to Emily Dickinson Poems L. You Cannot Put a Fire Out POWER. You cannot put a fire out; A thing that can ignite Can go, itself, without a fan Upon the slowest night. You cannot fold a flood And put it in a drawer, — Because the winds would find it out, And […]
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz – The 17th Century Poet (and Nun)
Juana Inés de la Cruz was one of the leading poets and philosophers of the Spanish Golden Age. And she was a nun.
XLVIII. “What Soft Cherubic Creatures” by Emily Dickinson
< Return to Emily Dickinson Poems XLVIII. What Soft Cherubic Creatures What soft, cherubic creatures These gentlewomen are! One would as soon assault a plush Or violate a star. Such dimity convictions, A horror so refined Of freckled human nature, Of Deity ashamed, — It’s such a common glory, A fisherman’s degree! Redemption, brittle lady, […]
XLIII. “The Brain” by Emily Dickinson
< Return to Emily Dickinson Poems XLIII. The Brain THE BRAIN. The brain is wider than the sky, For, put them side by side, The one the other will include With ease, and you beside. The brain is deeper than the sea, For, hold them, blue to blue, The one the other will absorb, As […]
Once Upon a Poet: An Interview with Laurie Klein
The seeds of poetry saved Laurie Klein. And now she’s counting doors in ways you’ll want to hear about.