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The Poet is In: Ask Us Anything About Poetry

By L.L. Barkat 29 Comments

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You have poetry questions. We have (some) poetry answers—and questions of our own. Join our latest discussion!

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The Poet is In: Ask Us Anything About Poetry!

By L.L. Barkat 150 Comments

Paris Writing Desk Poet is In

You’ve got poetry questions. We’ve got award-winning poets and poetry reviewers. Ask us anything about poetry! The Poet is in, ready to answer.

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Poetry Classroom: Thoreau Considers a Stone

By Todd Davis 12 Comments

Ice poems ice poetry

Welcome to this month’s poetry classroom. Up today, “Thoreau considers a stone.”

Filed Under: Attentiveness Poems, Blog, Dream Poems, Nature Poems, Poems, poetry, Poetry Classroom, poetry teaching resources

Poetry Classroom: The Wake of Our Sleep

By Todd Davis 8 Comments

Poetry Classroom Winter Scene

Welcome to this month’s poetry classroom. Up today, “What Lives in the Wake of Our Sleep.”

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Poetry Classroom: Kansas

By David Clark Wright 3 Comments

Car Headlight Poetry

Our poetry classroom features an Americana poem: “Kansas.” Discuss with the poet!

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Poetry Classroom: Iowa Tocatta

By David Clark Wright 6 Comments

Iowa Poetry

Welcome to this month’s poetry classroom, with poet and professor David Wright. Come discuss “Iowa” at Tweetspeak Poetry.

Filed Under: Americana Poems, Blog, Music Poems, Poems, poetry, Poetry Classroom, poetry teaching resources

Poetry Classroom: Mohawk January

By Daniel Bowman 16 Comments

Poetry Ashes

Come discuss poetry with us. Today’s poem includes the Mohawk Valley.

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Poetry Classroom: Shade Half Drawn

By Anne M. Doe Overstreet 12 Comments

In the Poetry Classroom, you are invited to discuss the poems—their forms, images, sounds, meanings, surprises—and write your own poems along the way.

Filed Under: Blog, Poems, poetry, Poetry Classroom, poetry teaching resources, writer's group resources

National Poetry Month: Gary Soto

By Glynn Young 1 Comment

Need poetry teaching resources? Check out our collection of poets, poems, and poetry classroom discussions led by poets and professors.

Filed Under: Family Poems, Poems, poetry, Poets, School Poems, Tattoo Poems

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