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Poetry Prompt: Worthy of Flair

By Callie Feyen 5 Comments

It takes strength to believe you are worthy of flair. Where can you bring out the flair in your life? Join Callie Feyen for a poetry prompt.

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Poetry Prompt: When I Am Old

By Callie Feyen 1 Comment

What kind of person will I be “When I am old”? Callie Feyen writes a poem in which she relishes, for a moment, being exactly who she is.

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Poetry Prompt: But Take Away The Fear

By Callie Feyen 3 Comments

Teacher and author Callie Feyen can’t take away the fear of creating something new, but she can help you turn your fear into poetry.

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The Yellow Wallpaper Charlotte Perkins Gilman (full text)

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Read the classic story below, or check out our list of The Yellow Wallpaper Charlotte Perkins Gilman characters, or read the author’s own essay on Why I Wrote the Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Want something shorter? Check out the Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman Summary. Or enjoy The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte […]

Poetry Prompt: How Do You Spell “Communicate”?

By Callie Feyen 3 Comments

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How do communicate with a would-be writer? How do you even spell “communicate”? Callie Feyen has the answer.

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Hermit Crab Essay 002: How To Teach Poetry To Seventh Graders

By Callie Feyen 6 Comments

Teaching poetry to 7th graders begins with vulnerability. Join author Callie Feyen and she walks us through a scene in a middle school classroom.

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Poetry Prompt: Football, West Side Story & Mary Oliver

By Callie Feyen 2 Comments

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What do football, West Side Story, and Mary Oliver have in common? Each invites us to keep looking. Join Callie Feyen for a Perspective poetry prompt.

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Poetry Prompt: Soundtrack of Your Life

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Author Callie Feyen invites us to write a poem about the soundtrack of our life and aim at universal themes. Just like on “The OC.”

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Poetry Prompt: Song Title Poetry

By Callie Feyen 3 Comments

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Try writing Song Title Poetry! All you need is a pad of sticky notes, a playlist of favorite songs, and your imagination.

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Poetry Prompt: Gratitude Poems

By Callie Feyen 33 Comments

Join author Callie Feyen as she walks through her dark morning and writes a gratitude poem and invites you to write your own gratitude poems.

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Poetry Prompt: Banquet Poems

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How can poetry be found in uncomfortable situations? Join author Callie Feyen (and some spiders) at a high school sports banquet.

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Hermit Crab Essay Series: 001 How to Do A Switch Leap

By Callie Feyen 5 Comments

Callie Feyen begins a new series: The Hermit Crab Essay. She begins with the how-to of a switch leap and reveals something more vulnerable.

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Poetry Prompt: It’s the Setting

By Callie Feyen 1 Comment

What role does setting play in your poetry? Join author Callie Feyen as she explores how setting can be used to move our writing forward.

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Poetry Prompt: Dickinson the Series & Code Poems

By Callie Feyen 4 Comments

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Join author Callie Feyen as she watches Dickinson the Series, tries to crack the code of a Dickinson poem, and invites you to write your own code poem.

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Poetry Prompt: Love In Algebra

By Callie Feyen 1 Comment

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Join author Callie Feyen for a poetry prompt as she considers the many ways (some mathematical) to say, “I love you.”

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Poetry Prompt: Small Things—Quivering Carrot Leaves and Trampled Daisies

By Callie Feyen 10 Comments

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The big things in our lives can often be best written by focusing on small things. Join us for a poetry prompt about how to say it plainly.

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Poetry Prompt: The Poetry of Ordinary Time

By Callie Feyen 3 Comments

Find magic in the ordinary

What magic can you find in your ordinary life, during ordinary time? Join Callie Feyen for a poetry prompt about the magic in the ordinary.

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Poetry Prompt: So Many Other Better Things To Do

By Callie Feyen 6 Comments

Callie Feyen finds poetry for the crisis, both external and internal. Join her for a summer poetry prompt about what to do besides worry.

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Poetry Prompt: Peonies on How To Open Up

By Callie Feyen 4 Comments

Join author Callie Feyen as she explores what it means to open ourselves up in this world. Just like the peonies.

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Poetry Prompt: Giving and Receiving with Creative Nonfiction

By Callie Feyen 1 Comment

Join author Callie Feyen as she explores ways of giving and receiving with creative nonfiction as a guide.

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