Colors have cool histories, intriguing origins, cultural meanings, wonderful names. Today, discover jasmine. Learn cool facts about this soothing color, hear its pronunciation, and write a truly colorful vignette or haiku!
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A Is for Azure: The Alphabet in Colors—Heliotrope Fun Facts and Prompt!
Colors have cool histories, intriguing origins, cultural meanings, wonderful names. Today, discover heliotrope. Learn cool facts about this delicious color, hear its pronunciation, and write a truly colorful vignette or haiku!
A Is for Azure: The Alphabet in Colors—Fuchsia Fun Facts and Prompt!
Colors have cool histories, intriguing origins, cultural meanings, wonderful names. Today, meet fuchsia. Learn cool facts about this hot hot pink, hear its pronunciation, and write a truly colorful vignette or haiku!
A Is for Azure: The Alphabet in Colors — Azure Fun Facts and Prompt!
Colors have cool histories, intriguing origins, cultural meanings, wonderful names. Today, meet azure. Learn cool facts about this brilliant blue, hear its pronunciation, and write a truly colorful vignette or haiku!
5 Ways to Jazz it With Jewels (and Roses) for National Poetry Month
Why should National Poetry Month be oh-so-predictable? Here are 5 sparkling ways to add a little shine to April.
National Poetry Month Dare: Commit ‘The Stolen Child’ by W. B. Yeats
Join us in our National Poetry Month Dare as we memorize “The Stolen Child” by W. B. Yeats, complete with printable Faery Badges.
Poetry for Life Scholarship Winner: Teja Dupree, of Johns Hopkins University
Meet Teja Dupree, college sophomore from Woodbridge, Virginia, who is the 2017 winner of our Poetry for Life Scholarship.
Poetry at Work Day (Take 2)
The Poetry at Work Day celebration went on for days, from France to Finland. Here’s another round of delightful finds on Twitter and Instagram from hardworking poetic revelers.
Confessions of Poetry
Charity Singleton Craig goes out with a plan to spread poetry around her community and is thwarted by 20 scurrying chipmunks.
Monster II: Halloween Prompt
Halloween is the perfect time to explore a little bit of the monster in all of us. Join us and write some Halloween-inspired poetry.
What the Book Needs: Creating The Joy of Poetry – Part 4
Megan Willome ends her 4-part series about creating The Joy of Poetry with a simple admonition for writers: be open to what your book needs.
Random Sample: A Wrap-Up of Random Acts of Poetry Day
Our celebration of Random Acts of Poetry Day was full of random poetic expressions popping up everywhere from cupcakes to the courthouse.
It’s Random Acts of Poetry Day!
It’s Random Acts of Poetry Day, a day devoted to painting poetry in the public square. Share some poetry with your world (and make it better).
Get Ready for Poetry on Two Sides of the Pond with Fun Shareable Graphics
Get ready for next week’s Poetry on Two Sides of the Pond with fun shareable graphics to celebrate Britain’s National Poetry Day and our Random Acts of Poetry Day.
Help Us Celebrate National Poetry Day on Oct. 6!
Tweetspeak Poetry is collaborating with Britain’s Forward Arts Foundation to help celebrate National Poetry Day UK on Oct. 6.
Poetry at the IRS: An Accidental Artist Date
A couple of hours on the meter, a walk through the metal detector and a long wait on the IRS office chairs might be all you need for an Artist Date.
Reading & Books Prompt: Lose Yourself in a Book
Put down the device and journey with us as we learn more about our attention span and the joy of getting lost in a book. Then get lost in your poetic thoughts and write them down.
British Poetry, British Poets, and Brexit
Can you imagine NBC or Fox holding a vote on America’s favorite poets? The British, however, take their poetry seriously and news coverage of Brexit is no exception.
The Joyful Partnership of Poetry & Memoir—Workshop!
Explore the partnership of poetry & memoir, in this special writing workshop with author Megan Willome.
The Best in Poetry: Top Ten Poetic Picks
Beverly Cleary’s 100th birthday, using your hands to help your head, Ohio’s new poet laureate and radiologist in chief. Our Top 10 Poetic Picks is back.