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Poet Laura: Message in a Bottle

By Michelle Rinaldi Ortega 6 Comments

Michelle Rinaldi Ortega drops a message in a bottle for Random Acts of Poetry Day and passes the feather to our new Poet Laura.

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A Random Random Acts of Poetry Day Wrap

By Will Willingham 1 Comment

Random Acts of Poetry

Maybe more intentional than it wants to let on, Random Acts of Poetry Day was an opportunity to haphazardly (wink, wink) spread some poetry love (and joy).

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It’s Random Acts of Poetry Day!

By Will Willingham 7 Comments

Do some good in the world today—and maybe change the course of someone’s life. Celebrate Random Acts of Poetry Day by sharing a poem, or listening for one.

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A Not So Random Act of Poetry: The Red Brick Poetry Box

By Megan Willome 3 Comments

Red Brick Wall With Hope Poetry

Put up a poetry box and participate in Random Acts of Poetry Day, October 3. Red Brick Poetry in Crafton, Pennsylvania, leads the way.

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A Random Day of Poetry

By Will Willingham 8 Comments

Random Acts of Poetry Day rainbow seashell

We celebrated another day of Random Acts of Poetry, delighted by poems chalked and inked and memorized and read aloud in the public square. How did you spend the day?

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Make a Conscious Decision: It’s Random Acts of Poetry Day!

By Will Willingham Leave a Comment

Bubble float randomly for random acts of poetry day

Today is Random Acts of Poetry Day. Make a conscious decision to share a little random poetry in your world today. We could all use such an act of kindness.

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Confessions of Poetry

By Charity Singleton Craig 10 Comments

Confessions of poetry - chipmunk on tree

Charity Singleton Craig goes out with a plan to spread poetry around her community and is thwarted by 20 scurrying chipmunks.

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Random Sample: A Wrap-Up of Random Acts of Poetry Day

By Will Willingham 8 Comments

Random Acts of Poetry Day kids lined up at beach

Our celebration of Random Acts of Poetry Day was full of random poetic expressions popping up everywhere from cupcakes to the courthouse.

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It’s Random Acts of Poetry Day!

By Will Willingham 6 Comments

Random Acts of Poetry teddy bear on cardboard box

It’s Random Acts of Poetry Day, a day devoted to painting poetry in the public square. Share some poetry with your world (and make it better).

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It Was So Random: Random Acts of Poetry Day

By Will Willingham 7 Comments

Random Acts of Poetry Day 2015 Wrapup

People all over the world celebrated Random Acts of Poetry Day, slipping poems under doors and taping them to bathroom mirrors. Here are the highlights.

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It’s Random Acts of Poetry Day!

By Will Willingham 6 Comments

Random Acts of Poetry Pin on a Wire Michelle Ortega

It’s Random Acts of Poetry Day, a day devoted to painting poetry in the public square, either literally or figuratively. Come along for some random fun.

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This Week’s Top Ten Poetic Picks

By Seth Haines 2 Comments

Random acts of poetry, communing with nature is not an excuse to get out of the office, going to class with Anne Sexton and Sylvia Plath. It’s all in This Week’s Top Ten Poetic Picks with Seth Haines.

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Look Up, (and Don’t Blush)

By L.L. Barkat 6 Comments

Could you find a poem by looking up?

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This is What a Poem’s Worth

By L.L. Barkat 2 Comments

Poems are everywhere, free for the taking. Yet they are worth so much.

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Writing from Words

By L.L. Barkat 5 Comments

winter poem wordle

Find your poems-in-waiting, in these Wordles.

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The Ghosts This Time of Year

By David K Wheeler 7 Comments

A tradition fallen out of fashion, I find it a shame we’re not often telling ghost stories at Christmas time.

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Poems of the Ruby Moon

By Glynn Young 5 Comments

Surreal poems on work, love, and the ruby moon.

Filed Under: Bird Poems, Cento Poems, color poems, Dog Poems, Dream Poems, love poems, love poetry, Moon poems, Poems, poetry, Red Poems, Short Poems, Spring Poems, Surreal Poems, work poems

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