Poetry Speaks Who I Am was developed for the YA demographic. But let me tell you, as a poet, I think this is a rock star kind of collection for any reader of any age, and it's an ideal book to feature during National Poetry Month. The poems included in this book (which is a... Continue Reading →
During the month of April, we will be celebrating National Poetry Month by providing one new creative writing prompt daily. We urge you to challenge yourself to complete every single writing prompt... think about it. If you make that happen, you'll have 30 drafts by the end of the month, at the very least. More... Continue Reading →
As part of National Poetry Month, we're running a month-long project called Exquisite Corpse... though it's not quite as gory and graphic as it may sound. Exquisite Corpse is a collaborative poetry game (often carried out in rowdy classrooms and bawdy bars) where each person writes a phrase or word on a sheet of paper,... Continue Reading →
Welcome to National Poetry Month! April is here, and that means we are officially celebrating verse, poets, poetry collections, creative writing, poetry in pop culture, and poems, poems, poems! For the 30 days of April, we will be providing you with multiple posts every day about all things poetry including: Features about the lives and... Continue Reading →
No foolin'... beginning April 1, Poets.org will send one new poem to your inbox every day to celebrate National Poetry Month (which we will officially begin celebrating tomorrow - stay tuned!). The poems have been selected from new poetry collections being published this spring. Sign up here for your daily dose of poetical inspiration in... Continue Reading →
Poets write poetry for different reasons. Some write to make sense of trauma. Others want to mock their love life or pay homage to the one they love. Some people want to talk about monkeys or Satan or mythology or rock stars or bubbles. Everyone has their own personal motivation and inspiration. You will find... Continue Reading →
You didn't think we could celebrate a whole week of Alice in Wonderland and not have a creative writing prompt to go along with it, did you? Sit down, have yourself a cup of tea, and get scribbling: Write a prose poem... Use a character from - or inspired by - Alice in Wonderland... Include... Continue Reading →
In Ann Lauterbach's eighth book of poetry, Or to Begin Again, she presents a long narrative poem: "Alice in the Wasteland." As the title implies, the poem is inspired by Lewis Carroll's great heroine and T.S. Eliot's modernist poem "The Waste Land." You needn't have read "The Waste Land" in order to appreciate "Alice in... Continue Reading →
A week of celebration about Alice's Adventures in Wonderland wouldn't be complete without a recommendation of a title that will tell you absolutely everything you ever wanted to know about Alice, Wonderland, and everything in between. The Annotated Alice: The Definitive Edition was compiled and written by Martin Gardner. It is the complete version of... Continue Reading →
Some might call Russell Edson as mad as a hatter. Some might say he's a genius. But Edson has jokingly referred to himself as "Little Mr. Prose Poem." This poet has been writing exclusively in prose form since the 1960s... in other words, before it was even fashionable. He's the godfather of prose poetry. And... Continue Reading →
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