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Poems and Photos: Kelly Belmonte, Tom Darin Liskey, and “Transit”

By Glynn Young 3 Comments

Icy waves Transit Belmonte and Liskey

The 22 paired poems and photographs of “Transit” by Kelly Belmonte and Tom Darin Liskey collectively move the heart and stir the soul.

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Poets and Poems: Sarah Dickenson Snyder and “With a Polaroid Camera”

By Glynn Young 3 Comments

Like a photograph, the poems of “With a Polaroid Camera” by Sarah Dickenson Snyder invite you to see what’s there — and what might be.

Filed Under: article, Picture Poems, Poems, poetry, poetry reviews, Poets

On Finding Stories—And Maybe Myself

By Callie Feyen 12 Comments

Finding stories - leather journal collection

Callie Feyen invites readers to consider not just what is in a picture, but what’s not in the picture, when finding the story to tell.

Filed Under: Blog, English Teaching Resources, Finding Inspiration, Writing Life

Photo Play and Poetry Prompt: Heroes and Villains

By Heather Eure 38 Comments

heroes and villains

Sometimes we want to be the hero and other times, the villain. It’s good to have choices. Join us for Photo Play and pick your side.

Filed Under: Blog, Heroes and Villains, Humorous Poems, Photo Play, Poems, poetry, poetry prompt, poetry teaching resources, writing prompts

Poetry and Photo Prompts: Spanish Lace Photo Play

By Heather Eure 42 Comments

Lace photo prompts

Photographs can have a poetic voice. With photography as in poetry, sometimes what isn’t said is just as important as what is. Join us for our latest Photo Play prompt, finding lace in nature, and letting it tell us what isn’t said.

Filed Under: Blog, Creativity, Lace Poems, Photo Play, Photography prompts, Spanish Lace, Themed Writing Projects

Spin Creativity Book Club: The Darkroom

By Will Willingham 27 Comments

spin creativity book club

In our discussion of Spin: Taking Your Creativity to the Nth Degree we join author/photographer Claire Burge in the dark room to see what emerges.

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WordCandy Sweet Bloggers Roundup: Truffles

By Will Willingham 5 Comments

wordcandy truffles

Our WordCandy Sweet Bloggers have lifted another collection of chocolate truffles from the beautiful quote box.

Filed Under: Blog, poetry, Quotes, WordCandy

Textures, Details, Angles: Interview with Photographer Claire Burge

By Maureen Doallas 39 Comments

Maureen Doallas interviews photographer Claire Burge on the importance of visual observation and the way her photography helps her write in vivid detail.

Filed Under: Blog, Interview, Interviews, poetry, visual poetry

WordCandy Sweet Bloggers: Spring Sugar Peeps

By Will Willingham 2 Comments

wordcandy sweet blogger roundup peep

We’re enjoying our new Spring Sugar Peeps at WordCandy. We hear they’re good frozen. Stop by this month’s Sweet Blogger roundup for sweet poetry and quotes.

Filed Under: Blog, poetry, Quotes, WordCandy

WordCandy Sweet Blogger Roundup: Imagination

By Will Willingham 3 Comments

wordcandy sweet bloggers

We round up the month’s WordCandy Sweet Blogger posts with a stroll down Everlasting Gobstopper Lane with Willy Wonka.

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Sweet Bloggers Roundup: WordCandy from Tumblr

By Will Willingham 8 Comments

word candy sweet blogger

We round up the month’s posts from our WordCandy 100 Sweet Bloggers.

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Image-ine: Jewel of Winter

By Maureen Doallas 24 Comments

Maureen Doallas and Kelly Sauer turn up a sweet, juicy bit of visual poetry together.

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WordCandy Sweet Bloggers December Roundup

By Will Willingham 5 Comments

wordcandy.me sweet bloggers

C’mon in and see what we lassoed up with our red licorice rope. It’s the December WordCandy Sweet Bloggers Roundup!

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Happy Gifts for Poetry Lovers

By T.S. Poetry Leave a Comment

Great gifts for poetry and book lovers. Mugs, journals, t-shirts, and totes featuring fine art and photography.

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WordCandy Sweet Bloggers Roundup

By Will Willingham 12 Comments

The Global Statistician of Sweetness reported that last week, in events unprecedented since the creation of the Internet, wave after wave of candy washed up on the shores of the worldwide web as nearly 100 sweet bloggers shared bits of sugary goodness from the WordCandy app.

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Image-ine: The Meeting

By Claire Haidar 11 Comments

I want her in front of my lens I realise as we drive away. She is poetry in a body.

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Image-ine: Curves

By Claire Haidar 10 Comments

This feverish afternoon opened my heart to the magnificence of the human form: mostly the beauty of the female curve, the contours of her mountainous landscape. Recently, poetry re-awakened this for me, brought it into my present.

Filed Under: Every Day Poems, Image-ine, poetry

Journey into Poetry: Claire Burge

By Claire Haidar 23 Comments

Instant has cheapened us. We need the forgotten process but we don’t know it. So I started capturing poetry, as a cathartic process.

Filed Under: Image-ine, journey into poetry, poetry, visual poetry

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