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Regional Tour: Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado

By Laurie Klein 15 Comments

Long House at Mesa Verde National Park ColoradoLong House at Mesa Verde National Park Colorado

Laurie Klein’s trip up the Ladder of Death through Mesa Verde National Park culminates in the poetic creation of ancient Puebloan pottery.

Filed Under: Blog, Colorado, Regional Tour

Poetry and Tea with the Boys

By Holly Smothers Grantham 12 Comments

boys in blazers poetry and tea boys

For Holly Smothers Grantham, Poetry and Tea Time with the boys is all about falling in love with words.

Filed Under: Afternoon Tea, Blog, Children's Poetry, Tea

Reading ‘Spoon River Anthology’ for the Third Time

By Glynn Young 8 Comments

Spoon River Anthology

“Spoon River Anthology” is one of the great works of American literature, and reading it a third time yields new insights.

Filed Under: Blog, book reviews, Books, Classic Poetry, Poems, Poems about poetry, poetry, poetry reviews, Poets

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

Profile of Photographer Pai-Shih Lee

By Charity Singleton Craig 8 Comments

Learn more about the man behind the camera of some of the most breathtaking images you’ll see featured at Tweetspeak Poetry, Taiwanese photographer Pai-Shih Lee.

Filed Under: Blog, Featured Photographer, Nature Poems

2015-2016 National Student Poets Share Their Passion for Poetry

By T.S. Poetry 1 Comment

sand formation -2015-2016 National Student Poets Share Their Passion for Poetry

Five National Student Poets share their passion for poetry in their own hometowns and beyond through workshops, readings, and literary programs.

Filed Under: Blog, National Poetry Month

In Search of William Blake

By Glynn Young 10 Comments

Sunrise William Blake

A close look at the poet and artist William Blake provides some surprising facts about a man largely unknown in his own lifetime.

Filed Under: Art, Blog, Books, London, Poems, poetry, Poets

The Natural Poetry of the Biking Trail

By Glynn Young 9 Comments

The biking trail presents the opportunity to experience natural poetry, like snakes, squirrels, deer, wild turkeys, and bald eagles.

Filed Under: Blog, Poems, poetry, poetry humor

Indy 500: Poets, Start Your Engines

By Charity Singleton Craig 3 Comments

Indy 500 official poet Adam Henze race car in motion

For the “track folk who just love the smell of Ethanol” and the “parade wavers” and “hot dog chompers, ” Hoosier poet Adam Henze becomes the first official poet of the Indy 500 on its 100th run.

Filed Under: Blog, Indiana Tour, poetry

The Joy of Poetry Book Club: Problem Poets

By Will Willingham 51 Comments

Joy of Poetry book club yellow rose

Go ahead, admit that sometimes poetry (and poets) can be a little weird. And then read a poem anyway. Our Joy of Poetry book club continues.

Filed Under: Blog, book club, John Keats, The Joy of Poetry, writer's group resources

The Best in Poetry: Top Ten Poetic Picks

By Will Willingham 4 Comments

The Best in Poetry Top 10 Poetic Picks girl pointing our window

Beverly Cleary’s 100th birthday, using your hands to help your head, Ohio’s new poet laureate and radiologist in chief. Our Top 10 Poetic Picks is back.

Filed Under: Blog, Creativity, poetry news, Top 10 Poetic Picks

Book Club Announcement: The Joy of Poetry Begins May 4

By Will Willingham 32 Comments

Joy of Poetry Book Club Announcement Yellow Rose

We’ll be accepting Megan Willome’s invitation to experience The Joy of Poetry with our new book club beginning May 4.

Filed Under: book club, Books, The Joy of Poetry, writer's group resources

Memoir Notebook: In the Jingle Jangle Morning, 1965

By Rick Maxson 14 Comments

Grand Canyon Memoir Notebook Jingle Jangle Morning

A young Richard Maxson takes off in the Jingle Jangle Morning of Bob Dylan’s “Tambourine Man” on a cross country road trip and into his own Tomorrowland.

Filed Under: Blog, Memoir Notebook

“The Year of Lear: Shakespeare in 1606″

By Glynn Young 3 Comments

Shakespeare in Stone The Year of Lear

“The Year of Lear: Shakespeare in 1606” by James Shapiro is a masterful re-creation of a critical year in the life of William Shakespeare.

Filed Under: Blog, book reviews, Books, Classic Plays, King Lear, Macbeth, Shakespeare, Shakespeare Files

Every Day Ideas: Every Day Sketches

By Will Willingham 22 Comments

Every Day Sketches woman sketching on notebook

Use a line from an Every Day Poems selection and share pictures of your Every Day Sketches, and we’ll save them for possible inclusion in a special “Every Day Ideas” ebook.

Filed Under: Blog, Every Day Ideas, Every Day Poems

Time Poetry Prompt: Poem to My 12-Year Old Self

By Heather Eure 17 Comments

time poetry prompt hourglass

What kind of poetic advice would you give your 12-year-old self? Join us as we consider what we might say to make our formative years a little easier to navigate.

Filed Under: Blog, poetry prompt, poetry teaching resources, Themed Writing Projects, Time Poems, writer's group resources, writing prompts

Poets and Poems: Clive James and “Sentenced to Life”

By Glynn Young 5 Comments

lake at sunset Clive James Sentenced to Life

“Sentenced to Life” by Clive James is not about dealing with death; instead, it is the story of a poet discovering life.

Filed Under: Blog, Heart Poems, Poems, poetry, poetry reviews, Poets

Poets and Poems: Laurie Klein and “Where the Sky Opens”

By Glynn Young 20 Comments

Where the Sky Opens Review Laurie Klein

“Where the Sky Opens” by Laurie Klein shows how poems can help us navigate major life changes.

Filed Under: Bird Poems, Blog, Nature Poems, poetry, poetry reviews, Poets

Memoir Notebook: My Moveable Feast

By Michelle Rinaldi Ortega 23 Comments

Paris Metro Sign-Memoir Notebook My Moveable Feast

In our latest Memoir Notebook, Michelle Rinaldi Ortega travels to Paris and encounters Ernest Hemingway and his Moveable Feast.

Filed Under: Blog, Memoir Notebook

Regional Tour: Science & Culture Museum at Michigan State University

By Sandra Heska King 18 Comments

Black dot lace

Sandra Heska King tours the Science & Culture Museum at Michigan State U, discovering culture through teapots, quilts, hats and illegal hatpins.

Filed Under: Art, Blog

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