How to Read a Poem

It is tempting
in the spring—to count
the losses...

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You thought there'd be a river
just around this corner...

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Poetry Prompt: Journeys!—Or ... Veni, Vidi, Vici - Tweetspeak Poetry What happened when we journeyed to the famous Louvre museum? Enjoy this fun veni, vidi, vici story, and craft a poem on the way.

This is the poetry of an interior pilgrimage, as real and palpable as any physical pilgrimage to a revered place.

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... you held my name in your coat.

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✨ "see what a comma can do?" —diane seuss

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Road Trip! Your Video Is Here!
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On a book table, Murano glass spun into a saucer for air...

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Poets and Poems: Moira Lineman and "Toward" - Tweetspeak Poetry Poet Moira Linehan had the gifts of simplicity and wisdom, and she shared those gifts in the poems of her collection "Toward."

I see in her face
that oh, she needs it too—

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✨ "what would the world be, once bereft of wet and wildness?" —gerard manley hopkins ✨

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Poet Laura: In the Quiet—Poetry and Invitation - Tweetspeak Poetry In the quiet January snow, our Poet Laura, Michelle Ortega, offers up a new invitation to poetry and to drop something new into a poem.

Poets and Poems: Yahia Lababidi and “Desert Songs” - Tweetspeak Poetry In "Desert Songs," poet Yahia Lababidi takes us on a pilgrimage to discover what we don't know and to lose ourselves.

✨ "fresh snow illuminates the path to follow" —jennifer grotz ✨ whole poem for subscribers here: https://tsptry.com/3vx6VZU

Gardening. Vanilla. A birthday poem. Meet a fellow Every Day Poems reader!

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Motherload

She keeps an office in her sternum, the flat
bone in the center of her chest with all its
urgent papers, vast appointments, lists of...

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In a toyless cage...

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Inspired to Draw “Dracula” Daily – 200 Times - Tweetspeak Poetry "Drawing Dracula Daily" by Sara Barkat is a collection of almost 200 illustrations of scenes from the Bram Stoker gothic novel.

Pastry. Polynesian dance. UX writing. Meet a fellow Every Day Poems reader!

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Time peels all to original...

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Finding Poetry—An Interview with Poet Rick Maxson - Tweetspeak Poetry Over a lifetime, Rick Maxon found poetry—even though he began by writing "horrible poems" and even though he originally felt perplexed.

A Love Like No Other

It happens rarely, if at all.
Age means little.
History
means less.
All that matters
is the mystery...

—Samuel Hazo, from the collection The Next Time We Saw Paris

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poetrybook

A thousand whispers...

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Coffee. Everglades. Wacky cake. Meet a fellow Every Day Poems reader!

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Brain fog? You're not alone...

[plus poetry!]

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Celebrate!

Poetry at Work Day is Tuesday, January 9...

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always tea with poetry...

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What can the film Paterson tell you about your writing life? • https://tsptry.com/2lSe3Ic