Tattoos as art, trading guns for art, pigs writing poetry, and taking poetry into outer space. It’s another week of our Top Ten Poetic Picks.
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Fiction Jumpstart Workshop 2013
Dream of writing the breakout novel? You need to start somewhere. The Fiction Jumpstart workshop will help you: 1. establish a strong writing practice and explore the principles of fiction 2. teach you the power of details 3. help you develop rich characters 4. get you exploring the tricks of plot 5. hone your approach […]
THIS WEEK’S TOP 10 POETIC PICKS
154 actors for 154 sonnets, exhuming Neruda, toddlers reciting poetry. Seth Haines has a brand new week of Top Ten Poetic Picks.
How to Write a Pantoum Infographic: Pantoum of the Opera
Writing a pantoum doesn’t have to be like being dragged to the catacombs. Just follow Erik and Christine’s helpful pantoum infographic and you’ll be out of the dungeon in no time.
Pant, Pant, “Ou-ou-oum” (A Goat Song Pantoum Poetry Prompt)
One Direction and Bon Jovi are all over the new goat song craze. We kick off our March Pantoum poetry theme with a playlist for the goat pantoum.
Let’s Go Crazy–A Potpourri Purple Poetry Prompt of Tyrannosaurical Proportions
From Barney the purple dinosaur to Little Jack Horner’s plum-popping thumb, Seth Haines has a new purple poetry prompt.
This Week’s Top Ten Poetic Picks
The hair-splitting debate over split infinitives, 10x vs 10% better, Monopoly iron says farewell. Will Willingham has This Week’s Top Ten Poetic Picks.
This Week’s Top Ten Poetic Picks
The many hats of Dr. Seuss, literary works in your DNA, taking your love to San Antonio. Seth Haines has another week of poetry highlights in our Top Ten Poetic Picks.
Purple Rain and Indigo Blues (A Plum-Good Poetry Prompt)
Seth Haines invites you to share your purple-themed poetry, your indigo verses, your plum-good musings with a new poetry prompt and themed playlist. Who knows, maybe we’ll feature your work in an upcoming piece at Tweetspeak!
Flash Fiction Friday: Digitalis
Tania Runyan plays in the world of flash fiction with a new piece, exploring the dangers of following one’s imagination.
Inspired: 8 ways to write poems you can love
A simple ebook from T.S. Poetry Press might be all you need to get yourself writing a little poetry. If all else fails, cheesecake.
January Poetry Prompt: Coffee or Tea? Hallelujah, Rosie Lea!
Welcome to a new year here at Tweetspeak Poetry. With this new year comes a new series of Monday poetry prompts to help you get your week started right! If you’ve been with us for a while, you know the drill–I’ll provide a writing prompt touching on Tweetspeak’s monthly theme, and you’ll compose a poem to […]
Our Favorites from the 2012 Poetry Themes
Every month, we arrange the way we play poetry around a particular theme. You’ll see it in the artful content from our contributing writers, hear it in our inspiring thematic Spotify playlists, put your hands on it in the Monday morning poetry prompts, or experience it in the daily offerings from Every Day Poems. Here are our favorites from 2012.
Announcing Our 2013 Poetry Workshop!
Tweetspeak introduces our first poetry workshop. Anne M. Doe Overstreet will take you through an 8- or 12-week workshop she titles ‘Writing Your Environment.’ Come and be enchanted.
This Week’s Top Ten Poetic Picks
Haiku chains, Haiku Brew, haiku reflections on a community street. Will Willingham has a haiku-ridden edition of our Top Ten Poetic Picks.
Flash Fiction Friday: Space Mountain
It’s Flash Fiction Friday! Tania Runyan tells the tale of a young couple, the gift of a gold herringbone bracelet, and a fateful ride on Space Mountain.
Flash Fiction Friday: The Music Box
Tania Runyan’s latest offering for Flash Fiction Friday, in honor of every awkward teenager and music box that did her in.
Flash Fiction Friday: The Revival
A marlin, a pizza parlor, and a young girl. That’s all Tania Runyan needed for her latest flash fiction piece.
Flash Fiction Friday: The Coffee Shop
Poet and Every Day Poems editor Tania Runyan continues her Friday forays into the world of flash fiction with this provocative scene from a coffee shop.
Texas Beer: (512) Brewing Company, Malone, and Katy Perry
Texas beer and Katie Perry are both a little misunderstood. A tour of Texas beer with Seth Haines turns up full flavors and a new poetry prompt.