Our intrepid poetry reviewer offers some highly personal holiday gift suggestions — or the poet in your life or the poet in your heart.
Children’s Book Club: A Very Haunted Christmas
It’s a very haunted Christmas in “The Box of Delights” and “The Children of the Green Knowe.” The night is dark, but the kids are all right.
A Little Mischief Poem and Best Wishes for the Holidays!
The Tweetspeak team shares a little mischief poem and wishes you and yours a meaningful holiday season as we take our holiday break and prepare for a year of Creativity.
Pandemic Journal: War is Over (If You Want It)
As we enter the new year, Every Day Poems editor Richard Maxson considers how we have persisted in a difficult year, and how we continue, if we want it.
Top 10 Holiday Books for Children and Children at Heart
Author Megan Willome shares her Top 10 list of holiday books for children. Adults with childlike hearts will love them too.
Children’s Book Club: “Dream Snow”
Since you can’t be the Santa, be a Santa. Join Megan Willome as she reads Eric Carle’s ‘Dream Snow’ for December’s Children’s Book Club.
The Year by Ella Wheeler Wilcox (a Happy New One to You!)
Enjoy this poem selection from Ella Wheeler Wilcox and our best wishes for happy holidays and a warm and rich New Year.
Dylan Thomas, Christmas, New Orleans, and Me
Reading “A Child’s Christmas in Wales” by Dylan Thomas evokes memories of Christmases in New Orleans with family, friends, and Cherry Bounce.
Desperation, a Speech, and a Sick Child: Dickens and “A Christmas Carol”
“A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens transformed the Victorians’ understanding and celebration of Christmas; it has also transformed our own.
Make it the Most Colorful Holiday
Our newly updated shop features bright, colorful art-ware for everyone on your holiday gift list, from sneakers and tote bags to decorative plates and mugs.
Poetry at Work: Clement Moore and the Work of St. Nicholas
Clement Moore’s “A Visit from St. Nicholas” shows us poetry at work during Christmas both then and now.
Poetry at Work: Christmas Day
For all of you, and so many more, you who are bringing us the poetry of your work today, we thank you.
The Nightmare Before Christmas (Tim Burton’s original poem)
Tim Burton’s original poem: The Nightmare Before Christmas