With twenty-seven robberies and two poems to his credit, Black Bart was a legend. Kimberlee Conway Ireton answers with a poem to Black Bart.
Operation Poetry Dare: I Can’t Dance to It
Nancy Franson continues her experimental poetry dare, trying to work out the rhythm of a new dance partner.
Take Your Poet to Work: Edgar Allan Poe
Ever wish you could take your favorite poet to work? Now you can. Edgar Allan Poe joins our featured poets for Take Your Poet to Work Day on July 17.
Last Month’s Top Ten Posts on Tweetspeak Poetry
What are we reading at Tweetspeak Poetry? Catch up on the top posts from last month.
WordCandy Sweet Blogger Roundup: Star Trek Style
We round up another month (or two) of sweet treats from our WordCandy Sweet Bloggers — Star Trek Style.
Hand-Selected Poem a Day, Just $5.99
Read a poem a day. With Every Day Poems, you get a year of happy mornings for just $5.99.
Getting Poetry to the People – The Wall Poems of Charlotte
People deserve access to poetry, which belongs to them. So why not paint poems onto buildings? Amy Bagwell on The Wall Poems of Charlotte.
Take Your Poet to Work: Rumi
Ever wish you could take your favorite poet along with you to work? You know, have Rumi help you mix the chemicals for that lab experiment you’re working on. Or serve up a poet on a stick along with the sandwiches to your lunch customers. With Take Your Poet to Work Day just around the corner, now you can.
Take Your Poet to Work: Emily Dickinson
Reclusive Emily Dickinson is the perfect poet for Take Your Poet to Work Day if you work from home. She won’t even complain if you work in your pajamas—she’ll be ghosting about in a house dress that’s as white as the bed linens.
Take Your Poet to Work: T.S. Eliot
Take your favorite poet with you to work for Take Your Poet to Work Day coming up July 17. This week we’re featuring poet T.S. Eliot.
This Week’s Top Ten Poetic Picks
Cats and poetry, caffeine and creativity, painting memes and tweeting the OED. It’s all in This Week’s Top Ten Poetic Picks.
Take Your Poet to Work: The Haiku Masters
Our first poet collection releases for Take Your Poet to Work Day: The Haiku Masters (Matsuo Basho, Yosa Buson, Kobayashi Issa)
This Week’s Top Ten Poetic Picks
The question of art, children’s poetry, and the scientific uses of poetry–It’s all in this week’s Top Ten Poetic Picks!
Realities Reflected (A Poetry Prompt)
The slanted, off-kilter fun-house bedroom emptied into a narrow a corridor, a hallway with mirrored walls. The lights were bright, fluorescent lit, and gave the general impression of being trapped inside that Bruce Lee classic, Enter the Dragon. My three boys and I stopped, noticed the hundreds of us-es that seemed to stretch around slight reflective […]
Take Your Poet to Work: Pablo Neruda
Take your favorite poet with you to work for Take Your Poet to Work Day coming up July 17. This week we’re featuring poet Pablo Neruda.
This Week’s Top Ten Poetic Picks
Apps that analyze your writing voice, your poetry, your reading preferences. It’s all in the math and science of This Week’s Top Ten Poetic Picks.
Journey into Poetry: Marjorie Maddox
Marjorie Maddox was always a bookworm—as a child reading in the branches of trees, upside down on a couch, and, of course, in bed with a flashlight. Follow her Journey into Poetry.
Take Your Poet to Work: Sara Teasdale
Take your favorite poet with you to work for Take Your Poet to Work Day coming up July 17. This week we’re featuring Sara Teasdale.
This Week’s Top Ten Poetic Picks
The Poetry Industry’s World Domination Tour: from finding poetry’s public to Shakespeare’s entrepreneurial bent. It’s This Week’s Top 10 Poetic Picks.
Twitter Poetry: Spinning for Tickets for a Prayer Wheel 3
Six additional poems from the recent Tweetspeak Twitter poetry jam, with prompts taken from Annie Dillard’s “Tickets for a Prayer Wheel.”