William Wordsworth Poems A Night Thought A Night Piece A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal A Wren’s Nest Among All Lovely Things My Love Had Been Goody Blake and Harry Gill Intimations of Immortality I Travelled Among Unknown Men I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud It Is A Beauteous Evening Lines Written in Early Spring […]
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By Heart: “Kindness” + Wordsworth Challenge
Join author Megan Willome as she learns Naomi Shihab Nye’s “Kindness” By Heart and throws in a few thoughts on “The Sound of Music.”
William Wordsworth: “The Prelude” and the Poetry of Revision
Some 24 manuscripts, dated from 1798 to 1839, exist for “The Prelude, ” the autobiographical poem by William Wordsworth; they show the poetry of revision.
William Wordsworth and the Language of the Common Man
Influenced by the American and French revolutions, William Wordsworth wrote poetry that used common language and spoke to feelings and imagination.
Take Your Poet to Work: William Wordsworth
Take Your Poet to Work Day is coming on the third Wednesday in July. For 2016, that’s July 20! We kick off the release of this year’s poet collection with English Romantic poet William Wordsworth.
What Happened to the Fireside Poets?
The Fireside Poets were the best-selling authors of the 19th century. What happened to them and their reputation?
Poet Laura: Gardens and Grandpa
Sandra Fox Murphy, Tweetspeak’s Poet Laura, welcomes Spring with a reflection on gardening and flower poems.
What Remains: The Collected Poems of Hannah Arendt
“What Remains: The Collected Poems of Hannah Arendt” gathers the 70 often moving poems philosopher Arendt wrote from 1923 to 1962.
Bonbons: Awe & Wonder Journal
The Awe & Wonder Journal bonbon is made with love and the following ingredients: • Inspiring quotes from… – Walt Whitman – Mahmoud Darwish – Jake Eagle – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle – Okakura Kakuzo – Laurie Klein – William Wordsworth • Gentle and beautiful poems by L.L. Barkat • Explanation of how to practice awe & wonder in […]
Poets and Poems: Paul Willis and “Losing Streak”
“Losing Streak,” the new poetry collection by Paul Willis, shows both reverent and irreverent love for words and poetry.
Is the Sonnet Also an American Art Form? David Bromwich Says Yes
In “American Sonnets,” Yale professor David Bromwich has assembled poems that suggest the sonnet is an American art form.
An Updated Take on Keats’s Odes by Anahid Nersessian
“Keats’s Odes: A Lover’s Discourse” by Anahid Nersessian looks at the poet’s six great idea through a feminist/Marxist lens.
Poet Laura: Sideways on a Boat — on Snafus and Haiku
Tweetspeak’s Poet Laura, Dheepa R. Maturi, finds humor, solace and haiku in the wake of a sinking boat and tragedy avoided.
Poets and Poems: Andrea Potos and “Her Joy Becomes”
In “Her Joy Becomes,” poet Andrea Potos invites the reader into her mind and her heart to experience what her mother meant to her.
It’s Been a Good Year for Poetic Biographies and Anthologies
The year 2022 is shaping up as one of the best in recent memory for the publication of poetic biographies and anthologies.
Earth Song Book Club: Force of Nature
In this week’s book club discussion, Rebecca Martin moves through the poems in Earth Song as a force of nature.
Earth Song Book Club: The Wild Places
In this week’s Earth Song book club, Rebecca Martin considers the power of poems to transport the reader to another place, whether the woodlands or the wilds.
“Addressed to the Same” by John Keats
< Return to All John Keats Addressed to the Same Great spirits now on earth are sojourning; He of the cloud, the cataract, the lake, Who on Helvellyn’s summit, wide awake, Catches his freshness from Archangel’s wing: He of the rose, the violet, the spring, The social smile, the chain for Freedom’s sake: And lo!—whose […]
Experiencing Nature and the Earth with “Earth Song” by Sara Barkat
The 93 poems of Earth Song, collected by Sara Barkat, focus on the earth as an immediate, real place—avoiding abstract, theoretical poetry.
Poetry Prompt: Earth Song Nature Poems—Celebrate!
Celebrate the Earth Song nature poems anthology by penning your own song to or from the earth. Whether mountains, floral majesties, or monarchs, the lyrics are yours to compose.