Just as rivers connect to the sea, to lakes, and to other rivers, we are connected to them. They play a major role in our life. Join us while we sing the praises of the waterway and write rivers of poetry.
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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.
Top 10 Dip Into Poetry Lines
We enjoy a daily sharing over Every Day Poems on Twitter, inviting you to dip into poetry with us. Check out our favorite 10 lines from the last few months.
Build a Powerful Author or Writer Website—Workshop!
A hands-on guide to help you design a powerful author or writer website, to share or sell your work and build your platform.
Memoir Notebook: Waterfall of Sweet Dreams—Part I: The Call
That is exactly how he thought of acting—as just another job. One day Richard Maxson looked up the number of Columbia Pictures Studios and made the call.
The Best in Poetry: Top Ten Poetic Picks
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.
Memoir Notebook: Harp Dreams and Good Vibrations
Sandra Heska King writes a new story for her life by taking up the harp … again.
Top 10 Anne of Avonlea Quotes
Are you a fan of the beloved L.M. Montgomery novels? Enjoy 10 great quotes from Anne of Avonlea and share your favorite with us.
Top 10 Fall Poems
Welcome Autumn (and make it last a little longer) with this great collection of Fall poems from Shakespeare to Keats to Browning.
Regional Tour: The Getty Center in Los Angeles
The Getty Center houses so much art, Dolly Lee can’t see and savor everything it offers in one day. But she makes sure she has time to linger with a museum favorite.
Top 10 Spooky Poems for Halloween
It’s time to get your poetry spook on. Enjoy 10 (plus 2 bonus spooks) spooky Halloween poems.
5 Great Tips for Reading Poetry Aloud
How can we read a poem aloud in a way that captures its essence? With these five tips, reading poetry aloud can be done with intentionality and confidence.
Follow Your Passion, Don’t Follow Your Passion & Other Master Narratives to Avoid
Follow your passion, don’t follow your passion. The advice is changing day to day. Charity Singleton Craig considers which route is best.
Epic Poetry: The Simile Prompt
Join us for this week’s prompt as we explore the nature of simile and its use in epic poetry.
Memoir Notebook: Molly and the Thieves
In our latest Memoir Notebook, Richard Maxson remembers his beloved German Shepherd Molly, in a tale of love, loss, and a band of thieves.
Finding Eliot in St. Louis
Finding T.S. Eliot in St. Louis, where he was born and raised, is not an easy task, but he’s there, most of all in his poetry.
Regional Tour: A Glimpse of Yosemite
Join Dolly Lee on a hike through Yosemite National Park in this California Regional Tour.
Poetic Voices: Paula Marie Coomer and Donna Vorreyer
Poets Donna Vorreyer and Paula Marie Coomer write about their lives, showing us that poetry is work and it is like windows into the soul.
Neruda’s Memoirs
Intimate yet restrained, Doallas’s poems are like love notes that bear grief, struggle, and history—laced with delightful surprises of wit and hope. Words About Neruda’s Memoirs “A prescient, elegant meal for the soul, not to be missed.” —Jenne R. Andrews, author of Reunion “Maureen E. Doallas was inspired to write by tending and grieving her […]
10 Great Mother’s Day Gifts—for the 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.