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Poet Laura: Sideways on a Boat — on Snafus and Haiku

By Dheepa R. Maturi 4 Comments

sailboat on shore

Tweetspeak’s Poet Laura, Dheepa R. Maturi, finds humor, solace and haiku in the wake of a sinking boat and tragedy avoided.

Filed Under: Blog, Boat Poems, Haiku, Poet Laura, poetry prompt

A Ritual to Read to Each Other: Rumi & Mac Miller

By Megan Willome 13 Comments

Imagine Rumi as a rapper. Or Mac Miller as a mystic. Megan Willome explores the similarities between these two artists in our monthly column, A Ritual to Read to Each Other.

Filed Under: A Poem in Every Heart, A Ritual to Read to Each Other, Music, Rumi Poems

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

By Will Willingham 16 Comments

Take Your Poet to Work Day Coloring Book Cover

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

Take Your Poet to Work Day: Poets Who Didn’t Want to Be at Work

By Will Willingham 8 Comments

Take Your Poet to Work Day Walt Whitman

If there was a common theme for our poets in this year’s Take Your Poet to Work Day celebration, it was that they didn’t want to be at work.

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

How to Be a Better Writer: Tree Artist Date

By Laura Boggess 17 Comments

how to be a better writer tree

Join Laura Boggess as she hops the fence and wades through the grass to sit a while under the leafy branches of a giant tree.

Filed Under: Artist Date, Blog

It’s Take Your Poet to Work Day!

By Will Willingham 15 Comments

Take Your Poet to Work Poet Garden Party

Today is Take Your Poet to Work Day! Join us and your favorite poets for all the smart fun in workplaces around the world.

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

Take Your Poet to Work Day: Free Coloring Book

By Will Willingham 30 Comments

free take your poet to work day coloring book cover

We’re just days away from Take Your Poet to Work Day. Stop in and pick up a free Take Your Poet to Work coloring book to help you and your favorite poet get ready for the big day!

Filed Under: Coloring Page Poems, poetry, poetry and business, Take Your Poet to Work Day

Eating and Drinking Poems: Rumi’s ‘Any Soul That Drank the Nectar’

By Megan Willome 9 Comments

Eating & Drinking Poems: Rumi Any Soul that Drank the Nectar

In the latest Eating and Drinking Poems post, Megan D. Willome shares her Christmas tradition of eating enchiladas and drinking Topo Chico mineral water.

Filed Under: Blog, Bottled & Canned, Eating and Drinking Poems, Family Poems, Poems, Poets, Rumi Poems, Short Poems

Top Ten Poetry Videos

By T.S. Poetry 4 Comments

poetry videos

Poetry by its very nature is visual, its words alone enough to conjure vivid, lifelike images. Even so, we’ve rounded up ten great poetry videos.

Filed Under: Billy Collins, Blog, poetry, Rumi Poems, Video Poems, Videos, visual poetry

Take Your Poet to Work: Rumi

By Will Willingham 14 Comments

Take Your Poet to Work - Rumi

Ever wish you could take your favorite poet along with you to work? You know, have Rumi help you mix the chemicals for that lab experiment you’re working on. Or serve up a poet on a stick along with the sandwiches to your lunch customers. With Take Your Poet to Work Day just around the corner, now you can.

Filed Under: Anniversary Poems, Attentiveness Poems, Blog, love poems, love poetry, Poems, poetry, poetry humor, poetry teaching resources, Rumi Poems, Short Poems, Take Your Poet to Work Day

WordCandy Sweet Blogger Roundup on the Prairie

By Will Willingham 2 Comments

We round up another month of WordCandy quotes, poetry, photos with our Sweet Bloggers.

Filed Under: Blog, poetry, WordCandy

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