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WordCandy Sweet Bloggers: Spring Sugar Peeps

By Will Willingham 2 Comments

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We’re enjoying our new Spring Sugar Peeps at WordCandy. We hear they’re good frozen. Stop by this month’s Sweet Blogger roundup for sweet poetry and quotes.

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The Ticket Counter: National Poetry Month

By T.S. Poetry 7 Comments

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At Tweetspeak Poetry, we know you want *in* to the special experience of National Poetry Month. So we’ll be curating the best experiences for you, all month long.

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Sweet Bloggers Roundup: WordCandy from Tumblr

By Will Willingham 8 Comments

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We round up the month’s posts from our WordCandy 100 Sweet Bloggers.

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This Week’s Top Ten Poetic Picks

By Seth Haines 9 Comments

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Picasso scratch-off, Hurricane Sandy, and the mother of all field trips — Seth Haines has all this and more in This Week’s Top Ten Poetic Picks.

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Sweeten the World with Poetry Words

By L.L. Barkat 45 Comments

100 sweet poetry bloggers

  Beginning November 1, a group of 100 bloggers (Facebookers, Tweeters) will be sweetening the world with poetry words. It’s simple. Once a month, for six months, they will: 1. share photo poetry quotes, with just 5 friends. Delivery is easy through our new WordCandy poetry-based app, via email, Facebook, Twitter, or Pinterest 2. post […]

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This Week’s Top 10 Poetic Picks

By Seth Haines 1 Comment

The best in poetry (and poetic things), this week with Seth Haines. 1 Art Brian Hirschy is a good friend and a grand photographer. Last weekend we were discussing the state of photography and how the iPhone has become a useful tool in the photographer’s gear bag. With its high resolution capabilities and the development of […]

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This Week’s Top 10 Poetic Picks

By Matthew Kreider 16 Comments

The best in poetry (and poetic things), this week with Matthew Kreider.

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This Week’s Top 10 Poetic Picks

By Kimberlee Conway Ireton 11 Comments

Finding the best in poetry and poetic endeavors.

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Beyond the Glass: Poems

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These poems are testament to life’s surprising turns; they look both backwards and forwards, with the realization that it is art that holds us (or can).

8 Ways to Cultivate The Art of Creative Living

By T.S. Poetry 5 Comments

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Here are 8 ways researchers know creativity can be kindled. Plus, four ways T. S. Poetry makes it simple for you to do the kindling.

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Poets and Poems: Catherine Abbey Hodges and “Empty Me Full”

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The poems of “Empty Me Full” by Catherine Abbey Hodges move you, almost dreamlike, to considering the big questions of life.

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Prompt Celebration! The Colour out of Space

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Celebrate the new graphic novel ‘The Colour out of Space’ by sharing your poems! Try out ekphrastic poetry if you like.

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National Poetry Month: Mischief Café Prompt

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We’re celebrating National Poetry Month with an invitation to The Mischief Café. Join us with cinnamon toast, tea, and poem-writing to get the party started!

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It’s Poetry at Work Day 2023!

By Glynn Young 6 Comments

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It’s Poetry at Work Day 2023, and Tweetspeak Poetry has a number of resources to help you celebrate the day.

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Good News—It’s Okay to Write a Plot Without Conflict

By Sara Barkat 4 Comments

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What makes a plot worthy of writing? Get past societal assumptions about stories, and write a great plot without conflict.

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Poetry Prompt: Haiku for Stress

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Haiku is best in times of stress. Callie Feyen teaches participants in an Advent workshop—and us—to write How to Wait haiku.

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Poetry Prompt: Almanac of Last Things—Write From Your Now

By Callie Feyen 4 Comments

Write from your now, using all five senses and the present moment. Callie Feyen follows poetry advice she learned in Washington, D.C.

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Poetry Prompt: Observation that Evokes

By Callie Feyen 7 Comments

Observations can evoke—even in a swimming pool. Callie Feyen considers the micro-essays and art of “The Swimming Studies” by Leanne Shapton.

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