We wrap up our group reading of The Wild Swans by Jackie Morris, considering the patience of water and things to which we will give long years of our lives.
5 Ways to Jazz it With Jewels (and Roses) for National Poetry Month
Why should National Poetry Month be oh-so-predictable? Here are 5 sparkling ways to add a little shine to April.
The Wild Swans: I Did Love to Fly
This month we’re reading The Wild Swans by Jackie Morris together. Join us for a conversation about wishes and curses and, of course, swans (and maybe write a poem to the fairy tale).
National Poetry Month Dare: Commit ‘The Stolen Child’ by W. B. Yeats
Join us in our National Poetry Month Dare as we memorize “The Stolen Child” by W. B. Yeats, complete with printable Faery Badges.
The Best in Poetry: Top Ten Poetic Picks
Beverly Cleary’s 100th birthday, using your hands to help your head, Ohio’s new poet laureate and radiologist in chief. Our Top 10 Poetic Picks is back.
Top 5 Celebration Tools for National Poetry Month!
We’ve rounded up 5 great celebration tools for National Poetry Month—from awesome free coloring pages and the makings of a poets’ parade, to surprising writing tools, plus!
This Month’s Top Ten Poetic Picks
Former teen poet becomes President. Poetry is dead, again? Elastic ekphrastics and the challenges of diversity in publishing. It’s our Top Ten Poetic Picks.
Top 10 Best 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.)
It’s National Poultry Month!
Finally, it’s April. And we can start penning verse for National Poultry Month! Just another #smartfun opportunity from Tweetspeak Poetry.
National Poetry Month Poetry Dare: Wisława Szymborska’s “Interview with a Child”
The young Master in Wisława Szymborska’s “Interview with a Child” challenges us to reject the idea that things are only as they seem.
National Poetry Month Poetry Dare: Wisława Szymborska’s “Could Have”
It’s difficult to explain good fortune, though that didn’t stop Wisława Szymborska from trying in her poem “Could Have.”
National Poetry Month Poetry Dare: Wisława Szymborska’s “Conversation with a Stone”
Wisława Szymborska’s “Conversation with a Stone” evokes the infuriating sense of talking to a rock. That’s a good reason to love the poem.
National Poetry Month Poetry Dare: Wisława Szymborska’s “Vocabulary”
Join us for Week #1 of our National Poetry Month Poetry Dare. We’re looking at “Vocabulary” and “An Effort” by Wisława Szymborska. What did you read?
National Poetry Month Highlights: Tomas Tranströmer
Tomas Transtromer has been writing for a long time. It shows. Join us in celebrating his poetry and life this National Poetry Month!
This Week’s Top Ten Poetic Picks
Madonna recites Neruda, Kennedy memorizes Colderidge, Seinfeld drinks coffee. It’s poetry and more in Our Top Ten Poetic Picks.
You Put Poetry on the Map!
From the Arabian peninsula to Seattle, we put poetry on the map this National Poetry Month.
National Poetry Month: poemcrazy: lights and mysteries
Join us as we wrap up our discussion of ‘poemcrazy’ with woolly mammoth, vikings, and writing to save your life.
Top 10 Poetry Sites to Follow for National Poetry Month
Who to follow for National Poetry Month (and maybe all year long). The best in poetry sites.
This Week’s Top Ten Poetic Picks
A bot to write your poetry, rejection letter Bingo, using your boredom and writer’s block for good instead of evil. It’s another week of our Top Ten Poetic Picks.
National Poetry Month: poemcrazy: following words
We’re reading ‘poemcrazy: freeing your life with words’ together this month at Tweetspeak. Are you reading along?