Dheepa R. Maturi, Tweetspeak’s Poet Laura, invites us to participate in the Year of the Monarch, a project both practical and poetic, to help our butterfly friends.
Poetry Prompt: Courage to Follow
Not sure what to write? Join author Callie Feyen and a couple of middle schoolers and get courage to follow the mystery.
Poetry Prompt: Being a Pilgrim and a Martha Stewart Homemaker
Join Callie Feyen and her journey into a 744 page book from Martha Stewart Homemaker. Then find yourself reflecting on what it means to be a pilgrim who alternately breaks myths and embraces them.
Poetry Prompt: Monarch Butterfly’s Wildflower
Join author Callie Feyen as she explores the Milkweed plant—a wildflower that nourishes some, and can kill others. Then write a poem on virtue and vice.
Poetry Prompt: Monarch Butterfly Sleepy Transformation
Join author Callie Feyen as she contemplates what a monarch butterfly can show us about changing and resting at the same time.
Poetry Prompt: How To Write A French Poem
Join author Callie Feyen as she explores a few French form poems! And play with how to write a French poem for yourself.
Poetry Prompt: Create by Feel
Join author Callie Feyen as she walks with another writer who inspires her to lean in and create by feel in times when it’s hard to know the art you are trying to make.
Poetry Prompt: Spanish Story—Just a Minute
Join author Callie Feyen as she reads a Spanish-inspired story to children that opens up stories of her own life.
Poetry Prompt: Weekend Keeping
How many ways can we keep what’s precious, asks author Callie Feyen. Come along and keep what you love or wish you’d loved, in a poem.
National Poetry Month: Mischief Café Prompt
We’re celebrating National Poetry Month with an invitation to The Mischief Café. Join us with cinnamon toast, tea, and poem-writing to get the party started!
Poetry Prompt: Library of Memories
Which books have you seemingly outgrown but still treasure? Join Callie Feyen as she writes her daughters and tells them about the stories she hopes they won’t forget.
Poet Laura: Sideways on a Boat — on Snafus and Haiku
Tweetspeak’s Poet Laura, Dheepa R. Maturi, finds humor, solace and haiku in the wake of a sinking boat and tragedy avoided.
Poetry Prompt: Three Roads To What You Love
Join author Callie Feyen and explore the many roads there are to get at what we love.
Poetry Prompt: Flying with the Flamingo
Follow Callie Feyen as she watches a flamingo fly and considers longing on a winter morning.
Poet Laura: Embracing Guilty Pleasures: an Ode to Chocolate
This week our Poet Laura, Dheepa R. Maturi, hands you a permission slip to revel in simple (and complex) pleasures like chocolate.
Poetry Prompt: Name the Hard
What do you do when learning something is difficult? Join Callie Feyen as she learns a lesson from her daughter on how to name the hard.
Poetry Prompt: Going On A Treasure Hunt – Part 2, Sledding Hill
Having a hard time finding poetry in the mundane parts of your day? Head out to a sledding hill (for real or in your mind) and see what poetry treasure you can find.
Poetry Prompt: We’re Going On A Poetry Hunt – Part 1
New to poetry and unsure how to begin? Come along on a poetry treasure hunt. You’re sure to be inspired!
Poet Laura: New Year, New Lists
Dheepa R. Maturi, Poet Laura, ushers in the new year with a thoughtful perspective on resolutions and new year list-making.
Poetry Prompt: Response Poetry
Instead of arguing on social media, join author Callie Feyen as she explores response poetry. With help from poet Dave Malone.