When poets celebrate Take Your Poet to Work Day during a pandemic, it’s likely total pandemonium. Join Lucille Clifton, William Shakespeare, Emily Dickinson & more in a Zoom chat.
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Take Your Poet to Work Day: Tania Runyan
Our 2020 Take Your Poet to Work Day ready-for-work poet collection features our first living poet, Tweetspeak’s Poet Laura, Tania Runyan.
Take Your Poet to Work Day: Countee Cullen
We continue our 2020 Take Your Poet to Work celebration with fabulous poet Countee Cullen.
Free Stuff
Browse our full collection of inspiring and helpful books for writers, readers, and teachers. Then enjoy the free stuff now. Free Stuff for Writers, Readers & Teachers 5 FREE POETRY PROMPTS-INBOX DELIVERY FREE READING GUIDE on KINDLE UNLIMITED FREE WRITERS GROUP GUIDE on KINDLE UNLIMITED DOWNLOAD FREE “LIKE YOUR ESSAYS” PROMPTS […]
Take Your Poet to Work: Lucille Clifton
We kick off the 2020 Take Your Poet to Work celebration with beloved poet Lucille Clifton.
Wild Words Book Club: Ending to Begin
A season of finishing can also be a time for a beginning. And seasons of retreat can be opportunities for turning outward. Callie Feyen concludes her book club discussion of Nicole Gulotta’s Wild Words this week.
Poetry Prompt: Experience a Sonnet
Join author Callie Feyen in taking a look at the mysterious and lovely world of the sonnet, and experience one for yourself using a variety of easy tools.
Poets and Poems: Mischa Willett and “The Elegy Beta”
“The Elegy Beta: Poems” by Mischa Willett utilize the idea of the elegy, reflecting seriously and somberly on life, faith, suffering, and beauty.
Poetry Prompt: Like a Love Song
There are many ways to express love (some are quite silly). Take a drive with author Callie Feyen and her teenage daughter and listen to some love songs.
Poetry Prompt: Love Poems to Words
Author Callie Feyen invites us to write a love poem to words, allowing ourselves to respond to the Call to Adventure and bring back words to share.
Poets and Poems: Daniel Leach and “Voices on the Wind”
“Voices on the Wind” by poet Daniel Leach is a collection of classical poetry centered in a rich tradition bubbling below the surface of modern poetry.
Why She Created ‘The Yellow Wall-Paper’ Graphic Novel
Megan Willome reviews Sara Barkat’s new graphic novel adaptation of Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s “The Yellow Wall-Paper” and explores the power of *writing,* to keep the soul steady.
The Teacher Diaries: Romeo & Juliet
NAMED A 2018 FAVORITE BOOK, First Things Magazine What do teachers feel when facing William Shakespeare, tales of family feud, breathless kissing scenes—all in front of a class of teens who are keeping their heads down (and threatening to fall asleep or plot their next prank in the process)? We may never know what our […]
Romeo & Juliet—the full play: includes essays and annotations by Callie Feyen of The Teacher Diaries
“A love story, an epic tragedy, a cautionary tale about parents respecting their children, even, incredibly, more than a minor note of humor—Romeo and Juliet has it all,” says editor Sara Barkat. Now, in this special volume, you can encounter this enduring play in the company of four vibrant women who love stories and ideas. […]
How to Write a Poem: Based on the Billy Collins Poem “Introduction to Poetry”
Is it possible to teach someone how to write a poem? This book uses images like the buzz, the switch, the wave—from the Billy Collins poem “Introduction to Poetry”—to guide writers into new ways of writing poems. Excellent teaching tool. Anthology and prompts included.
By Heart: “Come, Night” + New Thomas Hardy Challenge
Join author Megan Willome as she learns William Shakespeare’s ‘Come, Night’ from ‘Romeo and Juliet’ By Heart while savoring this season of extra night.
Watch Out: Poetry Can Hijack the Heart
Poetry, poetry. Oh, great poetry. This is the mantra of many who love the form, but it’s sometimes good to remind ourselves that, in and of itself, there is no purity to poetry. The bad actor can use it, as well as the good.
It’s Random Acts of Poetry Day—And The World Could Still Use Kindness
In a world that still needs kindness, more than ever, we bring you Random Acts of Poetry Day and encourage you to “freshen the world with poems,” as Ted Kooser puts it.
Celebrating 10 Years: Announcing the Inaugural Poet Laura
We’re turning 10 years old. It seemed like the perfect time to announce an inaugural Poet Laura. What’s that, you say? Come and see. (And discover the honoree.)
Poetry Prompt: Your Queen Mab—What Helps Or Haunts You?
Join author Callie Feyen as she shares an excerpt from The Teacher Diaries, and explores the dreams we have that both help and haunt us.