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Take Your Poet to Work: Anna Akhmatova

By Will Willingham 15 Comments

Anna Akhmatova Take Your Poet to Work Day

Take Your Poet to Work Day is coming July 15. This week, we add Russian modernist poet Anna Akhmatova to our collection.

Filed Under: Anna Akhmatova, Blog, poetry, Take Your Poet to Work Day

Poetic Voices: Jessica Goodfellow and Michalle Gould

By Glynn Young 4 Comments

Jessica Goodfellow tackles the poetry of natural elements, while Michalle Gould consider the artistic imagination engaging the meaning of death.

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

Poets and Poems: Daniel Bowman Jr.’s “A Plum Tree in Leatherstocking Country”

By Glynn Young 1 Comment

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“A Plum Tree in Leatherstocking Country” by Daniel Bowman Jr.is a beautiful collection, poems of quiet, reflection, and memory.

Filed Under: Americana Poems, article, Poems, poetry, poetry reviews, Poets

An Evening with Billy Collins

By Glynn Young 25 Comments

Poet Billy Collins read from his new volume, “Aimless Love, ” in St. Louis County, Missouri on Nov. 1; more than 800 people came for an intimate evening.

Filed Under: Billy Collins, Dog Poems, Funny Poems, Poems, poetry, Poets

September Beats: Denise Levertov

By Glynn Young 15 Comments

Beat Poets Denise Levertov

Poet Denise Levertov is associated with the Beat Poets, but she transcended the Beats to write about war, environment, faith, and the whole realm of life.

Filed Under: article, Beat Poets, Nature Poems, Poems, poetry, Poets

Top 10 Best Laundry Poems

By Will Willingham 48 Comments

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Take a break from your laundry hanging, or ironing, or presoaking, and enjoy this neatly folded basket of laundry poems, plus a giveaway of Scratch Magazine.

Filed Under: Blog, Laundry Poems, Poems, poetry

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

By Will Willingham 8 Comments

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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.

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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

Take Your Poet to Work: Langston Hughes

By Will Willingham 20 Comments

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Be the envy of your coworkers when you bring Langston Hughes to the office with you for Take Your Poet to Work Day on July 16. He’s our first poet of 2014.

Filed Under: Black Poets, Blog, English Teaching Resources, Langston Hughes, Poems, poetry, poetry humor, poetry teaching resources, Take Your Poet to Work Day

Journey into Poetry: Victoria Addesso

By Vicki Addesso 15 Comments

Journey into Poetry Victoria Addesso Tweetspeak Poetry

On a trip to the shopping mall I visit the bookstore and buy my first book: Ariel. A thin paperback. I read it that night. I read it all summer long.

Filed Under: Blog, journey into poetry

Take Your Poet to Work Day is Coming

By Will Willingham 21 Comments

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Take Your Poet to Work Day is coming July 16. We have a brand new crew of poets that are eager for the chance to go to work with you.

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

Interview with Poet Patty Paine (Part 2): Poetry Can Save You

By Maureen Doallas 7 Comments

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Poet Patty Paine confides that “poetry, the reading and the writing of it, has saved my life.”

Filed Under: Blog, Grief Poems, Interview, poetry, Poets

T.S. Poetry Press Goes to the Big Apple (and Donates a Peach)

By Will Willingham 3 Comments

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T.S. Poetry Press is doing its part to ensure that on your next trip to New York City, the endless river of books will still be flowing freely.

Filed Under: Blog, Books, Literary Tour, New York Literary

Interview with Poet Patty Paine (Part 1): Write Fearlessly

By Maureen Doallas 5 Comments

Maureen Doallas: Patty Paine Interview Part 1

“[H]aving a routine is necessary. There’s a difference between committing to a set period of time to write and needing the universe to align in order to write.” ~ Patty Paine

Filed Under: Blog, Interview, Poets

Poets and Poems: Robin Robertson’s “The Wrecking Light”

By Glynn Young 7 Comments

Poets and Poems: Robin Robertson’s “The Wrecking Light”

Poets and Poems: To read Robin Robertson’s “The Wrecking Light” is to walk in the poetry of identity, place, geography, mythology, geography — and more.

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

Poets and Poems: Grace Schulman’s “Without a Claim”

By Glynn Young 12 Comments

Poets and Poems Grace Schulman Without a Claim

Grace Schulman’s new collection of poems “Without a Claim” creates quiet repose in the face of discontinuity. Can poets and poems make sense of this?

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

Poets and Poems: Christopher Reid’s “A Scattering”

By Glynn Young 6 Comments

Poets and Poems: Christopher Reid “A Scattering”

Today, Poets and Poems highlights Christopher Reid’s “A Scattering, ” a remarkable series of poems that helped him deal with the death of his wife.

Filed Under: book reviews, love poems, Poems, poetry, poetry reviews, Poets

Journey into Poetry: Julie L. Moore

By Julie L. Moore 8 Comments

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From her gruesome short stories in junior high to three full-length collections, poet and teacher Julie L. Moore shares her journey into poetry.

Filed Under: Blog, journey into poetry, poetry

Poets and Poems: Patricia Smith

By Glynn Young 3 Comments

Poets and Poems Patricia Smith

This week’s “Poets and Poems” highlights Patricia Smith’s work, including her poem “They Romp with Wooly Canines” and her performance of “Skinhead.”

Filed Under: Americana Poems, article, Black Poets, Blog, Performance poetry, Poems, poetry, Poets, spoken word poetry

Journey into Poetry: Daniel Bowman Jr.

By Daniel Bowman 18 Comments

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I learned that through reading, I could, as Emily Dickinson put it, “dwell in possibility.” Poet Daniel Bowman Jr. shares his journey into poetry.

Filed Under: Blog, journey into poetry, poetry

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