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Take Your Poet to Work: Emily Brontë

By Will Willingham 6 Comments

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Take Your Poet to Work Day is coming on the third Wednesday in July. For 2016, that’s July 20! This week, meet English poet Emily Brontë.

Filed Under: Blog, Emily Brontë, Poems, poetry, poetry teaching resources, Take Your Poet to Work Day

Understanding the Life and Art of William Blake

By Glynn Young 3 Comments

Two books on William Blake, “Eternity’s Sunrise” by Leo Damrosch and “Blake: A Biography” by Peter Ackroyd, provide an in-depth look at the artist and poet.

Filed Under: Art, Blog, book reviews, Books, London, Poems, poetry, Poets

Take Your Poet to Work: Seamus Heaney

By Will Willingham 9 Comments

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Take Your Poet to Work Day is coming on the third Wednesday in July. For 2016, that’s July 20! This week, meet Irish poet Seamus Heaney.

Filed Under: Blog, Nature Poems, Poems, poetry, Seamus Heaney, Take Your Poet to Work Day

In Search of William Blake

By Glynn Young 10 Comments

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A close look at the poet and artist William Blake provides some surprising facts about a man largely unknown in his own lifetime.

Filed Under: Art, Blog, Books, London, Poems, poetry, Poets

Top 10 Best Garden Poems

By Will Willingham 1 Comment

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While you wait for your flowers to bloom and your garden to produce its fruit, enjoy this collection of 10 great garden poems.

Filed Under: Bee Poems, Blog, Flower Poems, Garden Poems, Nature Poems, Poems, poetry

Take Your Poet to Work: Elizabeth Barrett Browning

By Will Willingham 10 Comments

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Take Your Poet to Work Day is coming on the third Wednesday in July. For 2016, that’s July 20! This week, meet English poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning.

Filed Under: Blog, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, English Teaching Resources, love poems, Poems, poetry, Take Your Poet to Work Day

Poets and Poems: Yahia Lababidi and “Balancing Acts”

By Glynn Young 7 Comments

Egyptian-American poet and writer Yahia Lababidi is in love with words. That sounds like a trite thing to say – shouldn’t most poets be in love with words?

Filed Under: Blog, book reviews, Poems, poetry, poetry reviews, Poets

Take Your Poet to Work: William Wordsworth

By Will Willingham 20 Comments

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Take Your Poet to Work Day is coming on the third Wednesday in July. For 2016, that’s July 20! We kick off the release of this year’s poet collection with English Romantic poet William Wordsworth.

Filed Under: Blog, Moon poems, Nature Poems, Poems, poetry, Take Your Poet to Work Day, William Wordsworth

Be Our Poetry Buddy: “Moonrise” by D. H. Lawrence

By Will Willingham 4 Comments

D. H. Lawrence Moonrise

Extend the Joy of Poetry by being our Poetry Buddy. This week, we’re reading “Moonrise” by D. H. Lawrence together. Join us?

Filed Under: Blog, Every Day Poems, Moon poems, Nature Poems, Poems, poetry, The Joy of Poetry

Be Our Poetry Buddy: Amy Lowell’s “White Currants”

By Will Willingham 3 Comments

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Extend the Joy of Poetry by being our Poetry Buddy. This week, we’re reading Amy Lowell’s “White Currants” together. Join us?

Filed Under: Blog, Every Day Poems, poem a day, Poems, poetry

Poetic Voices: Teow Lim Goh and Marjorie Maddox

By Glynn Young 7 Comments

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Teow Lim Goh seeks meaning in an immigration detention center, while Marjorie Maddox seeks spiritual understanding in the the study of literature.

Filed Under: Blog, book reviews, Books, Poems, Poetic Voices, poetry, poetry reviews, Poets

Indy 500: Poets, Start Your Engines

By Charity Singleton Craig 3 Comments

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For the “track folk who just love the smell of Ethanol” and the “parade wavers” and “hot dog chompers, ” Hoosier poet Adam Henze becomes the first official poet of the Indy 500 on its 100th run.

Filed Under: Blog, Indiana Tour, poetry

The Joy of Poetry: Will You Be Our Poetry Buddy?

By Will Willingham 27 Comments

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We’re extending The Joy of Poetry Book Club comment box with a group Poetry Buddy experience reading poems together. Join us. 🙂

Filed Under: book club, Every Day Poems, poem a day, Poems, poetry

Memoir Notebook: Waterfall of Sweet Dreams—Part III: Disenchantment

By Rick Maxson 8 Comments

The disenchantment of the acting life sends Richard Maxson toward the greater question of what will really bring him happiness.

Filed Under: Blog, Memoir Notebook

The Joy of Poetry Book Club: In Your Dreams

By Will Willingham 57 Comments

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Like Kipling’s lullaby, a poem that acknowledges the terrors of the night can help disarm them. Our discussion of Megan Willome’s The Joy of Poetry continues, with a look at poetry and dreams.

Filed Under: Blog, book club, Dream Poems, poetry, The Joy of Poetry

Poetic Voices: Kelly Hansen Maher and Heather Derr-Smith

By Glynn Young 1 Comment

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Poets Kelly Hansen Maher and Heather Derr-Smith write about lives as women, one on miscarriages and the other on relationships.

Filed Under: Blog, book reviews, Books, Poems, Poetic Voices, poetry, poetry reviews, Poets, Woman Poems

Top 10 Dip Into Poetry Lines

By Will Willingham 1 Comment

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We enjoy a daily sharing over Every Day Poems on Twitter, inviting you to dip into poetry with us. Check out our favorite 10 lines from the last few months.

Filed Under: Blog, Dip into Poetry, poetry, Twitter poetry

The Joy of Poetry Book Club: Problem Poets

By Will Willingham 51 Comments

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Go ahead, admit that sometimes poetry (and poets) can be a little weird. And then read a poem anyway. Our Joy of Poetry book club continues.

Filed Under: Blog, book club, John Keats, The Joy of Poetry, writer's group resources

“Poetry: A Survivor’s Guide” by Mark Yakich

By Glynn Young 11 Comments

Poet and teacher Mark Yakich takes a serious and irreverent look at reading and writing poetry in “Poetry: A Survivor’s Guide.”

Filed Under: Blog, book reviews, Books, English Teaching, How to Write a Poem, Poems, poetry, Poetry Classroom, poetry humor, poetry reviews, poetry teaching resources

Poetic Voices: Elizabeth Onusko and Athena Kildegaard

By Glynn Young 3 Comments

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Poetry collections by Elizabeth Onusko and Athena Kildegaard show how poetry can diagnose society’s illnesses and problems.

Filed Under: Blog, book reviews, Minnesota Literary, Poems, Poetic Voices, poetry reviews, Poets

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