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Thanksgiving Poems: A Table Poem

By T.S. Poetry 5 Comments

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Thanksgiving poems, from gratitude to the table. This one has its share of both.

Filed Under: Blog, Family Poems, Friendship Poems, Poems, poetry, Thanksgiving Poems

Poetry Classroom: Sour Plums

By Anne M. Doe Overstreet 21 Comments

Plum Blossom by John Morgan

In this final week of Poetry Classroom with Anne M. Doe Overstreet, we invite you to consider signing up for Anne’s 2013 Poetry Workshop.

Filed Under: Blog, color poems, Indigo Poems, Plum, Poems, poetry teaching resources

Poetry Classroom: Shade Half Drawn

By Anne M. Doe Overstreet 12 Comments

In the Poetry Classroom, you are invited to discuss the poems—their forms, images, sounds, meanings, surprises—and write your own poems along the way.

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Stories of the Bees 2: Swan Poems

By Glynn Young 2 Comments

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From bees, our recent Twitter poetry party began to transition to swans.

Filed Under: Bird Poems, Swan Poems, Twitter poetry

Stories of the Bees: Bee Poems

By Glynn Young 3 Comments

Bee Poetry tweetspeakpoetry.com Omer Unlu

At the Twitter poetry party, we got into bees and moons and ants and rosaries and all manner of things

Filed Under: Bee Poems, poetry, Twitter poetry

Anne Overstreet: Influences and Faith

By Glynn Young 4 Comments

In June, poet Anne Overstreet published her first collection of poems, entitled Delicate Machinery Suspended: Poems. It is about memory and faith, affection and love, work done and work done well, and even playfulness. The poems are about a life observed, but also a life to come. It’s a beautiful work.

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Anne Overstreet’s “Delicate Machinery Suspended”

By Glynn Young 4 Comments

This collection, Overstreet’s first, displays a command of language, style and content that is deeply affecting. You are watching a series of scenes filmed with the eye of an artist.

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