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By Heart: ‘Dust of Snow’ + New Langston Hughes Challenge

By Megan Willome Leave a Comment

alternating green and white trees

Change your heart. Change your mood. Change a day that you have rued. Let’s read “Dust of Snow” then “Mother to Son” by Langston Hughes.

Filed Under: A Poem in Every Heart, Blog, By Heart, Robert Frost, Spring Poems, Winter Poems

50 States of Generosity: Vermont

By Megan Willome 2 Comments

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We continue our 50 States of Generosity series with a focus on Vermont and its maple syrup. Maple is even the state flavor!

Filed Under: 50 States, nature, Robert Frost

50 States of Generosity: North Carolina

By Megan Willome 8 Comments

Johns Rock in Pisgah National Forest North Carolina Christmas Trees

We continue our 50 States of Generosity series with a focus on North Carolina and its Christmas trees, especially the popular Fraser fir.

Filed Under: 50 States, Blog, Christmas Poems, poetry prompt, poetry teaching resources, Robert Frost, Tree Poems

Poetry Prompt: Finding Poetry from Fear

By Callie Feyen 4 Comments

Author Callie Feyen takes a dare to write nature poetry, finding inspiration from daredevil Robert Frost.

Filed Under: Blog, nature, Nature Poems, Poems, poetry, poetry prompt, poetry teaching resources, writer's group resources

By Heart: “Stopping by Woods” + New Herrick “Delight in Disorder” Challenge

By Megan Willome 31 Comments

Tweetspeak’s 2019 general theme is ‘Renaissance.’ So we just had to dip into Renaissance poetry! Join us as we learn Robert Herrick’s “Delight in Disorder,” By Heart.

Filed Under: Blog, By Heart, Poems

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.

Filed Under: Blog, Poetry for Life

Committing Prufrock: The Path to Frost

By Sandra Heska King 7 Comments

Robert Frost The Road Not Taken

Memorizing The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock took Sandra Heska King on the road not taken (or, at least less frequently taken) and to memorization of Robert Frost as well.

Filed Under: Blog, Commit Poetry, Poetry Dare, Robert Frost

Now All Roads Lead to France: Robert Frost’s Regrettable Poem Surprise

By L.L. Barkat 14 Comments

Road on a stormy day - The Power of Poetry

Within the single poem “The Road Not Taken” is a whole relationship; in it, one sees the way that relationship unfolded for Edward Thomas and Robert Frost.

Filed Under: Blog, Robert Frost, war poems

Take Your Poet to Work Day: On Location

By Will Willingham 9 Comments

Leaning Tower of Pisa with Hughes Plath Heaney Frost Barrett Brown for Take Your Poet to Work Day

It’s Take Your Poet to Work Day! Whether you’re going to work, to the beach or to another great destination today, take along your favorite poet.

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Take Your Poet to Work Day is Coming: Here’s Our Free Coloring Book!

By Will Willingham 16 Comments

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Celebrate Take Your Poet to Work Day with our free poets coloring book, newly updated for 2016, and let your poet explore your workplace.

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

Top 10 Best Night Poems

By Will Willingham 5 Comments

Top 10 Night Poems silver grass against night sky

Poets have forever been writing about the night, both those things that go bump and the things that delight. Enjoy a sampling in this collection of 10 great night poems.

Filed Under: Blog, Dream Poems, Moon poems, Nature Poems, Night Poems, Poems, poetry

Robert Frost and “The Road Not Taken”

By Glynn Young 15 Comments

Author David Orr argues that “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost is both the best known and most misunderstood American poem.

Filed Under: Americana Poems, book reviews, Books, Poems, poetry, poetry reviews, Poets, Robert Frost

Take Your Poet to Work: Robert Frost

By Will Willingham 23 Comments

Take Your Poet to Work Robert Frost

We continue to get ready for the 2015 Take Your Poet to Work Day Celebration. This week we welcome Robert Frost to our collection of ready-for-work poets.

Filed Under: poetry, Robert Frost, Take Your Poet to Work Day

Common Core Picture Poems: Robert Frost’s “Mending Wall”

By Will Willingham 10 Comments

Common Core Picture Poem Mending Wall by Robert Frost featured

Engage with poems from the Common Core with a dose of humor, beginning with our Picture Poems. Today we consider Robert Frost’s “Mending Wall.”

Filed Under: Common Core Poems, English Teaching Resources, poetry teaching resources, Robert Frost

Poets and Poems: Robert Frost, Wendell Berry, and the Woods

By Glynn Young 8 Comments

Poetry of Robert Frost Wendell Berry

Comparing two poems – one by Robert Frost and one by Wendell Berry – allows insights into the minds of both poets we might not have otherwise.

Filed Under: Americana Poems, Nature Poems, Poem Analysis, Poems, poetry, Poets, Robert Frost, Sabbath Poems

Poets and Poems: Robert Frost and “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”

By Glynn Young 10 Comments

TSP Snowy Woods Robert Frost

“Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” by Robert Frost helped define poetry for millions of American Baby Boomers. It is still influential today.

Filed Under: Americana Poems, Nature Poems, Poems, poetry, poetry reviews, Poets, Robert Frost

Getting Published: Robert Frost

By L.L. Barkat 23 Comments

Getting Published Book Image

Getting published takes time. Not that this needs to be the goal for every writer, but if we are on a mission like Robert Frost, we should expect cost and passage.

Filed Under: Blog, Getting Published, Robert Frost

This Week’s Top Ten Poetic Picks

By Will Willingham 5 Comments

An inaugural poetry primer, Bill Murray reading Dickinson poems to construction workers, and free books for the taking in This Week’s Top Ten Poetic Picks.

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This Week’s Top 10 Poetic Picks

By Matthew Kreider 9 Comments

The best in poetry, (and poetic things), this week with Matthew Kreider

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My “Poem-ography”

By Glynn Young 8 Comments

Who – what poems – would comprise your “poem-ography?”

Filed Under: article, Every Day Poems, poetry

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