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Commit Poetry: Romeo and Juliet

By Sandra Heska King 19 Comments

Poetry Dare Romeo and Juliet red rose

Sandra Heska King takes a dare to commit more poetry for National Poetry Month. This time, it’s Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet.

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Committing Prufrock: 10 Reasons to Say Yes to Memorizing Poetry

By Sandra Heska King 20 Comments

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Why would someone take a dare to commit The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufock to memory? Sandra Heska King has 10 great reasons to say yes to a poetry dare.

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National Poetry Month Dare: Commit ‘The Stolen Child’ by W. B. Yeats

By Will Willingham 14 Comments

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Join us in our National Poetry Month Dare as we memorize “The Stolen Child” by W. B. Yeats, complete with printable Faery Badges.

Filed Under: Blog, Commit Poetry, National Poetry Month, poetry, Poetry Dare, W. B. Yeats

Committing Prufrock: Poetry Memorization Tips & Memories

By Sandra Heska King 24 Comments

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Sandra Heska King uses her Phone-a-Friend to crowd-source poetry memorization tips and memories as she continues her Committing Prufrock Poetry Dare.

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Committing Prufrock: 6 Great Ways to Memorize a Poem

By Sandra Heska King 30 Comments

6 Ways to Memorize Poem banana bread

Sandra Heska King continues her poetry dare, memorizing T.S. Eliot’s “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock.” Today, she shares her tips for memorizing a poem.

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Committing Prufrock: There Will Be Time

By Sandra Heska King 15 Comments

Committing Prufrock poetry memorization bunny in garden

Sandra Heska King continues her mission to Commit Prufrock, finding herself lost in the rabbit trails that can be a part of reading poems.

Filed Under: Blog, Commit Poetry, Poetry Dare, T.S. Eliot

Poetry Dare: How to Commit Prufrock

By Sandra Heska King 26 Comments

Poetry Dare How to Commit Prufrock orange cat

Sandra Heska King introduces her plan to commit Prufrock (to memory) and introduces our Barista Badges so you can join the fun and celebrate your progress.

Filed Under: Commit Poetry, Poetry Dare, T.S. Eliot

This Week’s Top 10 Poetic Picks

By Matthew Kreider 3 Comments

The best in poetry, (and poetic things), this week with Matthew Kreider.

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Oh, Annabel: Words of My Father

By Darrelyn Saloom 45 Comments

Daddy told stories of WWII, when he first started memorizing Poe. I’ll never know why he chose Edgar, but we loved hearing his voice recite as we traveled.

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The Writing Life: How to Be a Famous Author

By Tania Runyan 42 Comments

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The writing life should be simpler than this, right? No, it’s not easy, and it never will be. Because we want to be famous. And that’s good, and not.

Filed Under: article, Attentiveness Poems, Catalog Poems, Courage Poems, Poems, poetry, poetry teaching resources, writer's group resources, Writing Life

Living By Heart Poems

By Angela Alaimo O'Donnell 7 Comments

Rusty Heart Poetry Angela Alaimo O'donnell tweetspeakpoetry.com

I set myself the daily task of writing a poem each morning to my body.

Filed Under: Heart Poems, poetry teaching resources, writer's group resources

By Heart: Because You Might Need It Like Marie Ponsot

By Angela Alaimo O'Donnell 11 Comments

Dahlia Marie Ponsot Poetry 2

When poet Marie Ponsot suffered a stroke at the age of 89, she lost all of her language.

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