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Poet Laura: Chicken Dreams

By Michelle Rinaldi Ortega 6 Comments

hen with chicks

Michelle Rinaldi Ortega, Tweetspeak’s Poet Laura, visits a farm and finds chickens, goats and even Simon the pig coaxing along her dreams.

Filed Under: Animal Poems, Blog, Chicken poems, Poet Laura

Poet Laura: Possibilities

By Michelle Rinaldi Ortega 2 Comments

dew dripping off leaf

This National Poetry Month, our Poet Laura, Michelle Ortega, postpones reading poems to chickens and considers other poetic possibilities.

Filed Under: Blog, Chicken poems, National Poetry Month, Nature Poems, Poet Laura, Poetic Earth Month

Poet Laura: For the Birds—A Poetry Reading … for Chickens

By Dheepa R. Maturi 6 Comments

lake and trees poet laura

Dheepa R. Maturi reaches the “Reading Poetry to Chickens” stage of her Poet Laura journey. Join her at the chicken coop for couplets and rhymes.

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Poems to Listen By: Moonstruck 10—And Then What

By Laurie Klein 4 Comments

backlit red leaves

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Top 10 Best Chicken Poems

By Will Willingham

Top 10 Chicken Poems

If Google search is any indication, the world is looking for chicken poetry. Here are 10 chicken poems to make the search easier. (Or at least more fun.)

Filed Under: Blog, Chicken poems, National Poetry Month, National Poultry Month, poetry

It’s National Poultry Month!

By T.S. Poetry 66 Comments

National Poultry Month

Finally, it’s April. And we can start penning verse for National Poultry Month! Just another #smartfun opportunity from Tweetspeak Poetry.

Filed Under: Blog, National Poetry Month, National Poultry Month, poetry humor

Ghazal Poetry: Do the Twist Prompt

By T.S. Poetry 6 Comments

Ghazal Poetry Gazelles

Ghazal poetry sometimes asks the big questions. Who am I? Why am I here? And, for that matter, why are you?

Filed Under: Animal Poems, Blog, Chicken poems, Family Poems, Funny Poems, Ghazal Poems, Humorous Poems, Poems, poetry, poetry teaching resources, Themed Writing Projects, writer's group resources

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