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Take Your Poet to Work: Robert Frost

By Will Willingham 23 Comments

Take Your Poet to Work Robert Frost

We continue to get ready for the 2015 Take Your Poet to Work Day Celebration. This week we welcome Robert Frost to our collection of ready-for-work poets.

Filed Under: poetry, Robert Frost, Take Your Poet to Work Day

Take Your Poet to Work: Maya Angelou

By Will Willingham 12 Comments

As we continue to get ready for the 2015 Take Your Poet to Work Day Celebration, this week we welcome Maya Angelou to our collection of ready-for-work poets.

Filed Under: Black Poets, Blog, Maya Angelou, Poems, poetry, Take Your Poet to Work Day

Top Ten Favorites from Poetry at Work Day 2015

By Will Willingham 8 Comments

top ten poetry at work

As our third annual celebration of Poetry at Work Day concludes, we give you our top ten highlights, 47 tweets at a time.

Filed Under: Blog, poetry, poetry and business, Poetry at Work, Poetry at Work Day, Twitter poetry

Colorful Ebook: Celebrate Poetry at Work Day

By T.S. Poetry 2 Comments

celebrate poetry at work day little gifts

Now you can celebrate Poetry at Work Day with this colorful, fun, organized ebook resource.

Filed Under: Blog, Poetry at Work Day

Get Your Free Official 2015 Poetry at Work Day Poster

By Will Willingham 9 Comments

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This year’s official Poetry at Work Day poster, suitable for hanging in your workplace (or framing in your kitchen, which may even be your workplace), is now available.

Filed Under: Blog, poetry and business, Poetry at Work, Poetry at Work Day

Poetry at Work Day 2015-It’s Coming!

By L.L. Barkat 5 Comments

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Save the date. January 13, 2015, is the Tuesday to take poetry to work.

Filed Under: Blog, Poetry at Work Day

Take Your Poet to Work Day: It’s About Access (and Ice Cream)

By Will Willingham 8 Comments

take your poet to work day ice cream truck

At its heart, like the ice cream truck peddling frozen treats on a stick, Take Your Poet to Work Day is about access. Enjoy some highlights from our annual celebration.

Filed Under: Blog, Take Your Poet to Work Day

Take Your Poet to Work: John Keats

By Will Willingham 17 Comments

Take Your Poet to Work John Keats

Romantic poet John Keats trained as an apothecary. He’d be a great help in the lab this afternoon. He’s the latest in our Take Your Poet to Work collection.

Filed Under: Blog, John Keats, poetry humor, Take Your Poet to Work Day

Top 100 FedEx Small Biz Contest Finalists Poems

By Maureen Doallas 17 Comments

top 100 fedex small business contest winners poems

The top 100 FedEx Small Business contest winners are in. And they are looking marvelously poetic. (Amusement at no extra charge.)

Filed Under: Blog, Funny Poems, Humorous Poems, work poems

Poetry at Work, The Book: Introduction Excerpt

By L.L. Barkat 9 Comments

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Poetry at Work, the book, provides practical tools for altering work cultures and our approaches to everything from the business meeting to the business crisis.

Filed Under: Blog, Books, poetry and business, Poetry at Work

Book Club Announcement: Poetry at Work

By Will Willingham 4 Comments

Poetry at Work book by Glynn Young

Our upcoming book club discussion of Glynn Young’s new book, Poetry at Work, comes just in time to celebrate Poetry at Work Day.

Filed Under: Blog, book club, poetry, poetry and business, Poetry at Work

Get Your Official Poetry at Work Day Poster!

By T.S. Poetry 9 Comments

Poetry at Work Day Poster

Poetry at Work Day is coming Tues., January 14, 2014. Post the news at your workplace, library, or school or just own the poster for posterity. 1st 500 Free!

Filed Under: Blog, poetry, Poetry at Work Day

Infographic: Poetry at Work Day 2017

By Will Willingham 26 Comments

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Poetry at Work Day is coming January 14, 2014. To launch this year’s celebration, we’re releasing our brand new 2014 Poetry at Work Day infographic.

Filed Under: Blog, Infographics, poetry, poetry and business, Poetry at Work, Poetry at Work Day, work poems

This Week’s Top Ten Poetic Picks

By Will Willingham 7 Comments

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Street photography, Jane Austen summer camp, what poetry, science and Twinkies have in common. It’s this week’s Top Ten Poetic Picks: The Twinkie Edition.

Filed Under: Blog, poetry, Poetry at Work, poetry news, Top 10 Poetic Picks

Serious Fun: How We Spent Take Your Poet to Work Day

By Will Willingham 23 Comments

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From Neruda driving the morning commute to T.S. Eliot settling down for a good night’s sleep, we celebrated Take Your Poet to Work Day around the world. Enjoy a recap of our favorite images and tweets.

Filed Under: Blog, poetry, poetry and business, Poetry at Work, poetry humor, Take Your Poet to Work Day

Take Your Poet to Work Day is July 19, 2017 (Infographic)

By Will Willingham 21 Comments

take your poet to work day infographic cover

Wednesday, July 17, is Take Your Poet to Work Day. Our infographic has 6 easy ways you can celebrate the day.

Filed Under: poetry, Poetry at Work, poetry humor, Take Your Poet to Work Day

Take Your Poet to Work: Edgar Allan Poe

By Will Willingham 11 Comments

Take Your Poet to Work Edgar Allan Poe cover

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.

Filed Under: poetry, Poetry at Work, poetry humor, poetry teaching resources, Take Your Poet to Work Day

Take Your Poet to Work: Emily Dickinson

By Will Willingham 32 Comments

Take Your Poet to Work Emily Dickinson cover

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.

Filed Under: Blog, Emily Dickinson, Hope Poems, love poems, love poetry, Poems, poetry, Take Your Poet to Work Day

Poetry at Work: Workplace Creativity

By Glynn Young 6 Comments

Poetry can be used for creativity at work in three ways: to restore, to clarify, to organize.

Filed Under: article, Creativity, Poems, poetry, poetry and business, Poetry at Work, work poems

Poetry at Work: Television Becomes Poetry Becomes Speech

By Glynn Young 5 Comments

A curious combination of television and poetry helped change an industry. I was having trouble finishing a speech. And it wasn’t just any speech but a rather significant departure for the company. It would have one of two outcomes. Either the company executive giving it would “elect to pursue career opportunities elsewhere” (companies rarely “fire” […]

Filed Under: article, poetry and business, Poetry at Work

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