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House & Home Playlist and Prompt

By Heather Eure 15 Comments

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Get cozy in your favorite chair and enjoy some new tunes and a brand-new theme. This week’s prompt is all about a place called home.

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Math, Science, Technology Prompt: My Devices

By Heather Eure 7 Comments

Girl Waiting for Train Tokyo Cell Phone

The connection we share with our electronic devices is a bond few can break. This week’s poetry prompt explores the love of technology.

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Math, Science, & Technology Poetry Prompt: Wider Than the Sky

By Heather Eure 13 Comments

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Will a computer ever surpass the capacity of the brain? This week’s poetry prompt invites you to consider the binary mind.

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Math, Science, & Technology Prompt: Physics Love Poem

By Heather Eure 11 Comments

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This week’s prompt dives into science and the poets who set in motion physics poetry (pun intended). Join us and create your own physics love poem.

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Math, Science, & Technology: Playlist and Prompt

By Heather Eure 19 Comments

Math, Science, and Technology Poetry and Playlist

Check out our new playlist and prompt theme celebrating all things math, science, & technology. Come and see how numbers, physics, and poetry work together.

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Poetry Prompt: Playground Games

By Heather Eure 12 Comments

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Put away the books and come learn poetry on the playground. Pick your favorite game and join us!

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Games Poetry Prompt: Sports

By Heather Eure 6 Comments

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Celebrate athleticism and sports the way Pindar did. This week we stretch our muscles and write poetry about our favorite sport. It’s time to play!

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Poetry Prompt: Word Games

By Heather Eure 16 Comments

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This week’s prompt invites you to play word games. Join us as we learn how games can improve and grow our poetry.

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Epic Poetry: Playlist and Prompt

By Heather Eure 9 Comments

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In our new Epic Poetry playlist, you’ll find songs inspired by many grand epics and songs that simply sound epic. Listen along and perhaps they’ll spur you to be bold, to take a risk, to dare.

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Circus and Carnival Prompt: A Kids-Eye-View

By Heather Eure 16 Comments

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This week, ignore any suggestions to “grow up.” Join us as we explore the circus & carnival with a kids-eye-view. Writing your poem in crayon is optional. After you share your poem with us, feel free to put it on your fridge.

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Circus & Carnival Poetry and Photo Prompt: Run Away With the Circus

By Heather Eure 23 Comments

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This week, our prompt encourages you to run away with the circus. You can be a lion tamer, an acrobat, anything! Write a poem about your new adventure.

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Circus & Carnival Prompt: Circus Animals

By Heather Eure 14 Comments

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Behold the spectacle of exotic animals from the four corners of the world. Join us under the big top for this week’s poetry prompt about circus animals.

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Circus & Carnival Poetry Prompt: Deep Fried and On a Stick

By Heather Eure 6 Comments

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This week’s Circus & Carnival poetry prompt celebrates a guilty pleasure: Carnival food. Where else can you write a poem about corn dogs?

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Circus & Carnival: Playlist and Prompt

By Heather Eure 39 Comments

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This month’s playlist and prompt features the excitement of the circus & carnival. Click play and join the wild ride. Admission is always free.

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Ship, Sail, Boat: The Age of Sea Shanties Poetry Prompt

By Heather Eure 23 Comments

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Step back to the age of sailing & learn about the folk style of sea shanties. Join us & write one of your own. Here’s an opportunity to complain about work!

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Ship, Sail, Boat: Build a Boat of Poetry

By Heather Eure 14 Comments

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This week, we explore a poem by T.S. Eliot prize-winner, Philip Gross, “The Boat Made of Poems.” Gather your tools & craft a boat of your poetry with us.

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Ship, Sail, Boat: Ship Of the Old School Poetry & Photo Prompt

By Heather Eure 24 Comments

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In this week’s poetry prompt, we take a closer look at the intricacies of boats and ships. Are they monuments of history or do they seem a bit more human?

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Photo Play 2: Heroes and Villains

By Heather Eure 14 Comments

Parrot Heros 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.

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Heroes and Villains: Playlist and Prompt

By Heather Eure 19 Comments

Heroes and Villains Dark Gulls

We’ve carefully curated this month’s playlist to bring you the songs of heroes and villains. There’s a theme song waiting for you. Just click play.

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Golf & Greens: Playlist and Poetry Prompt

By Heather Eure 25 Comments

Golf and Greens Playlist and Poetry Prompt

Once you catch the scent of chlorophyll on the breeze, warmer days aren’t far behind. It’s time to celebrate with an all-new playlist & poetry prompt!

Filed Under: Blog, Golf & Greens, Golf Poems, Playlist, poetry, poetry prompt, poetry teaching resources, writing prompts

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