Sandra Fox Murphy, Tweetspeak’s Poet Laura, finds common ground with the Beat poets, National Poetry Month and Earth Day.
Poet Laura: Possibilities
This National Poetry Month, our Poet Laura, Michelle Ortega, postpones reading poems to chickens and considers other poetic possibilities.
The Reindeer Chronicles Book Club: That Which Has Been Damaged Can Be Healed
In the first installment of our Reindeer Chronicles, we explore the amazing regeneration of China’s Loess Plateau after centuries of degradation.
A Ritual to Read to Each Other: Reading for Earth’s Sake
Join author Megan Willome as she plunges into Ted Chiang’s ‘The Great Silence,’ with a parrot as a guide, just in time for Poetic Earth Month.
National Poetry Month Group Dare: Create a 30-Day Poetry Journal
Celebrate National Poetry Month and Poetic Earth Month with us with a brand new Poetry Dare: Create a 30-day visual poetry journal using poems from Poetry on the Menu or Earth to Poetry.
Children’s Book Club: “Wangari Maathai: The Woman Who Planted Millions of Trees”
Nobel Peace Prize recipient Wangari Maathai loved people an the world by planting trees. Join author Megan Willome for a Children’s Book Club discussion.
Reader, Come Home: “Little Rhymes for Lowly Plants”
Join us for deep reading with author Megan Willome as we discuss a poetry collection about plants for Poetic Earth Month. And share your March pages for our Reader, Come Home column.