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Poems to Listen By: Earth Song—4: Wood Song

By Laurie Klein 2 Comments

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Filed Under: active, Blog, Earth Song, Nature Poems, Patron Only, Poems to Listen By, Tree Poems

Earth Song Book Club: The Wild Places

By Rebecca D. Martin 11 Comments

yellow buds in spring trees

In this week’s Earth Song book club, Rebecca Martin considers the power of poems to transport the reader to another place, whether the woodlands or the wilds.

Filed Under: Blog, book club, Earth Song, Ecopoetry, Nature Poems, Patron Only, Tree Poems

By Heart: ‘The Dandelion’ + New Keats Challenge

By Megan Willome 2 Comments

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The king of August is the dandelion. Join author Megan Willome as she learns Vachel Lindsay’s poem “The Dandelion” by heart.

Filed Under: A Poem in Every Heart, Americana Poems, Blog, By Heart, Sara Teasdale

Evening Loveliness: poets Jane Kenyon & Sara Teasdale

By Megan Willome 8 Comments

As evening comes, author Megan Willome looks for wisdom and loveliness in the poetry of Jane Kenyon and Sara Teasdale.

Filed Under: A Poem in Every Heart, Blog, By Heart, Nature Poems, Sara Teasdale

A Live Tweetspeak Poetry Party with Sara Teasdale, Part 2

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Five additional poems resulted from the Tweetspeak Poetry retreat, with “Flame and Shadow” by Sara Teasdale providing the prompts.

Filed Under: article, Poems, poetry, Sara Teasdale

Flame and Shadow: A Live Tweetspeak Poetry Party with Sara Teasdale, Part 1

By Glynn Young 5 Comments

Autumn Blooms Flame and Shadow

In August, Tweetspeak Poetry hosted a retreat and undertook the first Tweetspeak Twitter Poetry Party without Twitter. Sara Teasdale provided the prompts.

Filed Under: Poems, poetry, Poets, Sara Teasdale, Twitter poetry

By Heart: “Peace” by Sara Teasdale + New Kenyon “Let Evening Come” Challenge

By Megan Willome 17 Comments

Sara Teasdale

Looking for peace? Find it in this month’s By Heart column, in which we wrap up our memorization of Sara Teasdale’s “Peace” and learn some surprising memory techniques.

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“Love Songs”: Claiming Sara Teasdale for St. Louis

By Glynn Young 5 Comments

Yellow Rose Sara Teasdale

Sara Teasdale lived 34 of her 48 years in St. Louis; she was born and buried there, and St. Louis can claim her as one of its own poets.

Filed Under: article, Books, love poems, love poetry, Poems, poetry, Sara Teasdale

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

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

Learning about Christmas Poems

By Glynn Young 16 Comments

Poets over the ages have written Christmas verse, but some Christmas poems turn out to be written by someone else! Includes great Christmas poem examples.

Filed Under: Christmas Poems, Hope Poems, Poems, poetry, Poets, W. B. Yeats

Top 10 Best Red Poems

By Will Willingham 7 Comments

Best Red Poems

If there’s one thing red is not, it’s neutral. We’ve collected ten of the best red poems that will totally attract your attention.

Filed Under: Blog, Red Poems

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: 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

The Anthologist: Pluck the Day

By Will Willingham 17 Comments

I scheduled a date with Paul Chowder on Friday. We were supposed to hang out and talk about Sara Teasdale. He’d been going on about how some poets spend too much time thinking about death, like going to a movie and just waiting for the credits, which my dad taught me are very interesting if you […]

Filed Under: Blog, book club, Every Day Poems, love poems, poetry humor, poetry teaching resources, The Anthologist, writer's group resources, writing prompts

National Poetry Month: Sara Teasdale and Vachel Lindsay

By Glynn Young 5 Comments

Sara Teasdale (1884-1933) was born and raised in St. Louis, and won numerous recognitions for her poetry, including the Pulitzer Prize. She was in love with poet Vachel Lindsay, but married someone else, a local St. Louis businessman. She later divorced her husband but never married Lindsay. Lindsay (1879-1931) was born in Springfield, Illinois, and became […]

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