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Night Poetry: Stopping by Woods and Promises
Night poetry can be the poetry of promise. In the darkness, we can focus on what is most pressing, we can dream, we can make promises to ourselves or others
Night Poetry: Acquainted with the Night
Night poetry can be the poetry of acquaintance. With the light narrowed, we pull in close to things that are near.
Night Poetry: Emily Dickinson’s Symbol Challenge
Can night poetry have sunshine? If you’re Emily Dickinson, you might find a way to mix dark and light by speaking symbolically.
Our Favorite Books About Poetry
The Tweetspeak Poetry editorial team shares a list of our favorite books about poetry.
Night Poetry: Playlist and Prompt
Night poetry easily lends itself to being love poetry. Like Byron’s “She Walks in Beauty.”
Cat Poetry: Ancient Cat Poems
Cats have a long history that can be plumbed and poeticized—from Egypt to China, Greece to Japan.
Cat Poetry: Grumpy Cat Poems
Cat poems are sometimes grumpy cat poems. Write yours catalog style?
Cat Poetry: Funny Poems by Cats
Cat poems are sometimes funny poems. Especially if the cat is the one who wrote them! Come now, be the cat.
Cat Poetry: The Cat’s Meow Playlist & Prompt
Cat poetry has been around for a long time. And why not? Cats are just so intriguing!
Ghazal Poetry: Sing the Childhood Loss
Ghazal poetry sings the ache. For a lover, yes. But also, at times, for simple loss. Sing the ache of what cannot be reclaimed, in your ghazal poem.
Ghazal Poetry: How to Write a Ghazal & Playlist!
Ghazal poetry is poetry of longing. Check out these easy instructions for How to Write a Ghazal. And smile at “Hip-Hop Ghazal, ” by Patricia Smith.
Tattoo Poetry: Jealousy Between the Inks
Be a tattoo that has had to share the body that bears it. How do you feel about the other tattoos?
Tattoo Poetry: Ode on a Grecian Urn Prompt
Tattoo poetry is permanent poetry—captured by the body that bears it. There’s a sense in which it is locked in time and form, much the way the painted Greek lovers were perpetually locked to the vase in “Ode on a Grecian Urn.”
Tattoo Poetry: The Ink’s Journey Prompt
Tattoo poetry is *ink transforming*—telling a story or covering one, or giving a person something to live into that is yet untold.
WordCandy Sweet Blogger Roundup
We’re featuring a handful of delicious quotes and images from our WordCandy Sweet Bloggers. Have a taste, and try your hand with a WordCandy poetry prompt.
Tattoo Poetry: Inked with an Author Prompt
Get inked with your author; give us a poem that tells the tale.
Best Tattoo Songs: Plus, Poetry
To kick off this month’s new Tattoo poetry theme, we gathered a list of the best tattoo songs we could find.
Bottled & Canned: A Secret Poetry Prompt
Think of a secret you want or need to preserve. Put it in a bottle or can. Will it go in easily? This is poetry. We don’t need to know the actual secret.
Bottled & Canned: A Keeping Poetry Prompt
Have you ever found a bottle worth keeping? Have you ever collected a whole colorful line? Put it in poetry.