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Take Your Poet to Work: Sara Teasdale

By Will Willingham 55 Comments

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.

Filed Under: Blog, Poems, Poetry at Work, poetry humor, Sara Teasdale, Take Your Poet to Work Day

This Week’s Top Ten Poetic Picks

By Will Willingham 9 Comments

top ten poetry 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.

Filed Under: Blog, Poems, poetry, Top 10 Poetic Picks

Poetry Review: The Submerged Depths of Lapse Americana

By Glynn Young 9 Comments

Lapse Americana poetry

A review of Lapse Americana: Poems by Benjamin Myers, a poetry volume focused on memory, childhood and understanding.

Filed Under: Americana Poems, article, Books, poetry, poetry reviews, Poets, Train poems

Twitter Poetry: Spinning for Tickets for a Prayer Wheel 3

By Glynn Young 4 Comments

Six additional poems from the recent Tweetspeak Twitter poetry jam, with prompts taken from Annie Dillard’s “Tickets for a Prayer Wheel.”

Filed Under: Blog, poetry, Twitter poetry

The Opalescent Swallow (A Poetry Prompt)

By Seth Haines 1 Comment

opalescent swallow poetry

Join Seth Haines for a new poetry prompt on the swallow, from this month’s Swan, Swallow, the Phoenix theme.

Filed Under: Bird Poems, Blog, poetry, Swans Swallows Phoenix, writing prompts

This Week’s Top Ten Poetic Picks

By Will Willingham 11 Comments

Poetry Feather bowl

This Week’s Top Ten Poetic Picks is a great collection of the best in poetry and poetic things from around the web.

Filed Under: Blog, poetry, Top 10 Poetic Picks

Honk if You Were a Teenage Swan (A Poetry Prompt)

By Seth Haines 4 Comments

Write a coming-of-age poem inspired by Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale “The Ugly Duckling” in this week’s poetry prompt from Seth Haines.

Filed Under: Blog, Children's Stories, Fairytales, poetry

WordCandy Sweet Bloggers Roundup: Truffles

By Will Willingham 5 Comments

wordcandy truffles

Our WordCandy Sweet Bloggers have lifted another collection of chocolate truffles from the beautiful quote box.

Filed Under: Blog, poetry, Quotes, WordCandy

This Week’s Top Ten Poetic Picks

By Will Willingham 4 Comments

top ten poetry picks

Madonna recites Neruda, Kennedy memorizes Colderidge, Seinfeld drinks coffee. It’s poetry and more in Our Top Ten Poetic Picks.

Filed Under: Blog, poetry, Top 10 Poetic Picks

National Poetry Month: poemcrazy: lights and mysteries

By Will Willingham 7 Comments

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Join us as we wrap up our discussion of ‘poemcrazy’ with woolly mammoth, vikings, and writing to save your life.

Filed Under: Blog, book club, National Poetry Month, poemcrazy, poetry

Poetry at Work: The Poetry of the Commute

By Glynn Young 4 Comments

poetry at work

A daily commute to work is filled with the poetry of Dickinson, Eliot, Homer, the Romantics, and the 18th century Age of Reason, in one short six-mile ride.

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

National Poetry Month: poemcrazy: Open the Window

By Will Willingham 13 Comments

poemcrazy

Poems and dreams gather fragments of our days and piece them back together in whimsical, even frightening ways. Join us for our latest ‘poemcrazy’ discussion.

Filed Under: Blog, book club, poemcrazy, poetry, writing prompts

10 Fun Shakespeare Resources Online

By Will Willingham 7 Comments

Shakespeare Resources

In honor of William Shakespeare’s birthday, enjoy this fun collection of Shakespeare resources from around the web.

Filed Under: Blog, poetry teaching resources, Shakespeare, writer's group resources

Custard the Cowardly Dragon (A Poetry Prompt)

By Seth Haines 10 Comments

A Tweetspeak poetry prompt involving Ogden Nash, Custard the cowardly dragon, and light verse.

Filed Under: Blog, Dragon Poems, Dragons and Creatures, poetry, Themed Writing Projects, writing prompts

This Week’s Top 10 Poetic Picks

By Will Willingham 2 Comments

top ten poetry picks

85 poets, 85 Pulitzer works, learning to read at 85. It’s a brand new week of great poetry links in Our Top (85 minus 75) Poetic Picks.

Filed Under: Blog, poetry, Top 10 Poetic Picks

National Poetry Month: poemcrazy: Hi There Stars

By Will Willingham 21 Comments

poemcrazy push-up

Sometimes poetry is just begging not to be understood. In this week’s ‘poemcrazy’ book club installment, we’re invited to ‘not think, not understand.’

Filed Under: Blog, book club, poemcrazy, poetry, writer's group resources

Poetry at Work: The Poetry of Crisis

By Glynn Young 2 Comments

Poetry at work? Yes, look for it especially in a crisis. Finding the poetry will suggest the path forward.

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

THIS WEEK’S TOP 10 POETIC PICKS

By Seth Haines 5 Comments

154 actors for 154 sonnets, exhuming Neruda, toddlers reciting poetry. Seth Haines has a brand new week of Top Ten Poetic Picks.

Filed Under: Blog, poetry, Top 10 Poetic Picks

National Poetry Month: poemcrazy: Listening to Ourselves

By Will Willingham 31 Comments

We’re reading ‘poemcrazy: freeing your life with words’ together at Tweetspeak for National Poetry Month. This week, we talk about listening to ourselves.

Filed Under: Blog, book club, poemcrazy, poetry, writer's group resources

St. George of the Bayou (A Poetry Prompt)

By Seth Haines 20 Comments

St. George of the Bayou spins a dragon tale and a brand new poetry prompt.

Filed Under: Blog, Dragon Poems, Dragons and Creatures, poetry, Themed Writing Projects

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