The Lord of the Flies has strong villains and heroes, including the landscape itself. Use it as a source for your next poem?
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Poetic Voices: Allison Carter and Maggie Smith
Allison Carter explores echoes and space, calling them ghosts, while poet Maggie Smith creates fables for contemporary readers.
Photo Play 2: Heroes and Villains
We’re dancing between light & shadow, heroes & villains. Explore the Photo Play contributions from our community. Come write a poem & share it with us.
Photo Play and Poetry Prompt: Heroes and Villains
Sometimes we want to be the hero and other times, the villain. It’s good to have choices. Join us for Photo Play and pick your side.
Poetry for Life: Transport It—on Seattle Buses
Seattle’s Poetry on Buses has been sharing poems with King County public transit riders since 1992. It’s a great example of “Poetry for Life.”
10 Great Mother’s Day Gifts—for the Writing Mom
Looking for last-minute great Mother’s Day Gifts? If your mom is a writer (or you think she could be), these titles are for her.
This Month’s Top Ten Poetic Picks
Former teen poet becomes President. Poetry is dead, again? Elastic ekphrastics and the challenges of diversity in publishing. It’s our Top Ten Poetic Picks.
Poetic Voices: Karen Paul Holmes and Claire Trevien
Karen Paul Holmes and Claire Trevien examine marriage failure and the problems of living in a shipwrecked house, respectively, in recent poetry collections.
Poetic Voices: Jessica Goodfellow and Michalle Gould
Jessica Goodfellow tackles the poetry of natural elements, while Michalle Gould consider the artistic imagination engaging the meaning of death.
Writers Workshop: Becoming Mindful in Place-Begins June!
Are you interested in slowing down and developing a deeper creative process and writing life? Becoming mindful of the places that surround you is a great beginning. Let this workshop guide and inspire.
Top 10 Reasons to Re-Read ‘Rumors of Water’
What’s your favorite writing book? LW Lindquist says it’s time to re-read Rumors of Water and has 10 great quotes to tell you why.
The Shakespeare Files: Sonnet 104 (Annotated)
The Shakespeare Files is a collection of annotations and exclamations on the poetry of William Shakespeare. Today, it’s Shakespeare’s Sonnet 104.
Poets and Poems: Daniel Bowman Jr.’s “A Plum Tree in Leatherstocking Country”
“A Plum Tree in Leatherstocking Country” by Daniel Bowman Jr.is a beautiful collection, poems of quiet, reflection, and memory.
Photo Play: Golf & Greens
Golf & Greens Photo Play is an invitation to capture the picturesque landscape of rolling fairways, water features, and neatly manicured greens. Join us!
Tragedy and Comedy: Why We Love Them, What’s the Point
Why read tragedy or comedy—or bother to write either one? Psychology and neurology suggest they can change our lives, make us more empathetic, and help us cope.
Top 10 Best Chicken Poems
If Google search is any indication, the world is looking for chicken poetry. Here are 10 chicken poems to make the search easier. (Or at least more fun.)
A More Beautiful Question: Taking the Brain Off High Alert
What if we took our brains off ‘high alert’ and thought long enough to develop an original idea? Our discussion of A More Beautiful Question concludes today.
It’s National Poultry Month!
Finally, it’s April. And we can start penning verse for National Poultry Month! Just another #smartfun opportunity from Tweetspeak Poetry.
Poetry for Life Scholarship Winner: Leah Kovitch
It was a hard choice, but we’ve got a winner for the Poetry for Life Scholarship. Come meet the poet and read one of the submitted poems.
The Writing Life: The Writer’s Delusion and Telling it Slant
How does a writer tell the truth in her writing when it doesn’t line up perfectly with the facts? Charity Singleton Craig considers the writer’s delusion.