Do you have a favorite playlist you listen to while you write poetry? We’re featuring ten of our favorite themed writing playlists.
Poetry Review: Frank Bidart’s “Metaphysical Dog”
Frank Bidart’s latest poetry collection, Metaphysical Dog, should be read as one long poem rather than 39 individual poems.
Top Ten Poetic Picks
Being literally incorrect, Sesame Street’s “Sons of Poetry, ” Walter White & Walt Whitman, why ask why you need an editor. It’s our Top Ten Poetic Picks.
Book Club: Dorothy Parker’s Elbow: Tattoos on Writers, Writers on Tattoos
Whether one is inked from head to toe or repelled by the very notion of a tattoo, there’s no escaping that tattoos fascinate. Join us in September for a new book club selection, Dorothy Parker’s Elbow: Tattoos on Writers, Writers on Tattoos.
Operation Poetry Dare: Poetry Brain
Can everyone write poetry? Or only those with a poetry brain? Looks like Nancy Franson is trying to talk herself out of writing a poem as her Poetry Dare continues.
Poetry at Work: Casey at the Bat
The 1888 popular poem “Casey at the Bat” has much to teach us about the over-confidence and pride that leads to failure at work.
Bottled & Canned: Surprise Poetry Prompt
Have you ever opened a can, only to find something unexpected? Now’s your chance.
Operation Poetry Dare: What a Poetry Buddy Is For
When we dared poetry-avoidant Nancy Franson to read a poem a day, we arranged for her to have a Poetry Buddy to read along and ask questions. Today Megan Willome shares her side of the Poetry Dare.
Is Poetry Going to the Dogs?
What he did for cats, Francesco Marciuliano has now done for dogs: “I Could Chew on This, and Other Poems by Dogs.”
Bottles & Cans: A Playlist and Poetry Prompt
Can you put bottles and cans in your poems? Join us for our new Bottled & Canned theme, and a brand new playlist and poetry prompt.
Top Ten Poems from Every Day Poems
Every weekday morning, we send a carefully-chosen poem, along with beautiful artwork, out to eagerly awaiting inboxes around the world. Here are our top recent Every Day Poems.
Blokes Who Write Bad Poetry: Black Bart
With twenty-seven robberies and two poems to his credit, Black Bart was a legend. Kimberlee Conway Ireton answers with a poem to Black Bart.
Operation Poetry Dare: For the Love
Can poetry be taught or learned? Or is it a relationship one enters into? Nancy Franson continues her experimental reading in the Poetry Dare. Settle down now. Drink some cranberry juice.
Poet in New York: Federico García Lorca
A new edition of Federico García Lorca’s “Poet in New York” adds depth and understanding to what we know about the poet.
Poetry Classroom: Nuthatch
It’s poetry’s fault, this feathered specificity. Birds can’t be just birds anymore.
Rock ‘n Roll Poetry Prompt: Instrumental
Rock music contains poetry, as do the instruments and voices that speak it. Jethro Tull’s “Acres Wild” shows us the way.
This Week’s Top Ten Poetic Picks
Street photography, Jane Austen summer camp, what poetry, science and Twinkies have in common. It’s this week’s Top Ten Poetic Picks: The Twinkie Edition.
Journey into Poetry: Tara Skurtu
Through a meandering journey into poetry, poet Tara Skurtu discovered that poetry can be just as healing an art as medicine.
Now Look Who’s Writing Poetry: Cats
Cats write poems about family, work, play, and existence in I Could Pee on This by Francesco Marciuliano.
Poetry Classroom: Universe
Welcome to the poetry classroom. What is the power of looking up? Or writing down.