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Holidays by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow—And Happy Ones, to You!

By T.S. Poetry 4 Comments

Hopeful Snow Pines

We send our best wishes to you for the season and the year to come with Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s “Holidays.”

Filed Under: Nature Poems, poetry, Winter Poems

Coloring Page Poems: The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

By Will Willingham 6 Comments

Longfellow The Tide Rises coloring page - boat by seaside

Our coloring page poems series brings the fun stress relief of coloring pages and poetry together, today with Longfellow’s “The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls.”

Filed Under: Blog, Coloring Page Poems, Nature Poems, Poems, Sea Poems

Take Your Poet to Work Day is Coming: Here’s Our Free Coloring Book!

By Will Willingham 16 Comments

Take Your Poet to Work Day Coloring Book Cover

Celebrate Take Your Poet to Work Day with our free poets coloring book, newly updated for 2016, and let your poet explore your workplace.

Filed Under: Blog, poetry, Take Your Poet to Work Day

Take Your Poet to Work: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

By Will Willingham 11 Comments

Take Your Poet to Work Day - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow cover

Just one more week until Take Your Poet to Work Day. For our final addition to our poet collection for 2016, meet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

Filed Under: Blog, English Teaching Resources, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Poems, poetry, poetry teaching resources, Take Your Poet to Work Day

This Week’s Top Ten Poetic Picks

By Will Willingham 11 Comments

Poetry Feather bowl

This Week’s Top Ten Poetic Picks is a great collection of the best in poetry and poetic things from around the web.

Filed Under: Blog, poetry, Top 10 Poetic Picks

The Poetry Alcove

By Glynn Young 12 Comments

I live in an older suburb of St. Louis, the oldest suburb, in fact, incorporated in 1857. Just a few blocks from our house are four used bookstores, kept well supplied no doubt, by local state sales and the numerous used book fairs held every year.  The oldest of the four, and the one with […]

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