Splashing around in words of any kind can help you form as a poet. Here are five easy ways to get splashing in a foreign language. Plus a poetry prompt!| Tweetspeak Poetry
This week let’s write a crescent moon poem. The moon was new on Saturday so, if you have reasonably clear skies at sunset, you should be able to see the crescent thin moon in the western twilight. Let’s get inspired and post a poem in the comments below.| Living Poetry
This week let’s write a poem with the words office, reasonable and up in it. This is another of those prompts where I randomly choose three words from a list of the top 1000 words in the English la…| Living Poetry
Get your favorite steep (or brew) & join us in writing a poem based on “[at the end]” by L.L. Barkat. Where will your "ending" lead us?| Tweetspeak Poetry
A couple of Sundays ago, Living Poetry held a Germination Workshop, hosted by our founder Angelika. In these workshops we present a series of prompts, write for about five minutes to each and then share what we wrote, if we feel so moved. If you’d like to get involved in the next one, we hold … Continue reading →| Living Poetry
This week let’s write a vacation poem. It’s that time of the year (at least here in the Northern Hemisphere) where we tend to take some time off. Write about a vacation past, present or future. Ideal or disastrous. Family roadtrip or solo adventure. Just don’t forget to post your poem in the comments below … Continue reading →| Living Poetry
This week let’s write a relinquishing poem. Sometimes you just have to let it go. Not poetry, of course! But all that other stuff cluttering up your life. Write about relinquishing something …| Living Poetry
Intro Dear friends, Welcome to our W3 Poetry Prompt, which goes live on Wednesdays at The Skeptic’s Kaddish. You may click here for a fuller explanation of W3; but here’s the ‘tld…| The Skeptic's Kaddish 🇮🇱
June is the time to begin gathering flowers and planting seeds. Come do so in a poem!| Tweetspeak Poetry
This week let’s write a poem with the words game, hot and until in it. This is another of those prompts where I randomly choose three words from a list of the top 1000 words in the English language…| Living Poetry
From coffee milk and johnny cakes to Lovecraft and Poe, Rhode Island is a fascinating place (and a home to gorgeous sites from the Gilded Age!). The post 50 States of Generosity: Rhode Island appeared first on Tweetspeak Poetry.| Tweetspeak Poetry
Intro Dear friends, Welcome to our W3 Poetry Prompt, which goes live on Wednesdays at The Skeptic’s Kaddish. You may click here for a fuller explanation of W3; but here’s the ‘tld…| The Skeptic's Kaddish 🇮🇱
The bottom line with the phoenix, regardless of its colors, is the bird's rebirth or regeneration, most usually from the ashes of a fire that consumed the prior bird. The post Poetry Prompt: The Phoenix appeared first on Tweetspeak Poetry.| Tweetspeak Poetry
This week let’s write a disappointment poem. Describe how you were disappointed or how you disappointed someone else but don’t disappoint me, post your poem in the comments below.| Living Poetry
This week let’s write a stubborn poem. It can be about someone who is stubborn or a stubborn situation or one of those poems that just refuses to be written. Whichever you choose, don’t…| Living Poetry
A free e-book exclusive for Tweetspeak patrons, just in time to celebrate Poetic Earth Month!| Tweetspeak Poetry
From bridges to baseball, to fun food at the fair, Iowa's got something for everyone. Sandra Heska King will meet you there.| Tweetspeak Poetry
This week let’s write a poem with the words happy, leprechaun and morning in it. This is another of those prompts where I (almost) randomly choose three words from a list of the top 1000 words in t…| Living Poetry
It was a full moon night when Catherine Abbey Hodges first began writing poetry. That brave moment has stayed with her. Come be inspired by Catherine's poetry journey and insights! The post Braving the Poem: Interview with Catherine Abbey Hodges appeared first on Tweetspeak Poetry.| Tweetspeak Poetry
Go on the prowl this month with Sandra Fox Murphy, our 2025 Poet Laura, for some cat poem sleuthing and housecat bossing. The post Poet Laura: The Consequence of Cats appeared first on Tweetspeak Poetry.| Tweetspeak Poetry
Wendy Wisner makes meaning in the prose world, while she sometimes tries to unmake it in the poetry world. Join her in "making less sense" with a fun poetry prompt! The post Making & Unmaking Meaning: Interview with Wendy Wisner appeared first on Tweetspeak Poetry.| Tweetspeak Poetry
From wild flowers to mountains that tower, it's Montana. Plus, catch an old photo of our very own Sandra Heska King's hubby in Montana when he was a boy. The post 50 States of Generosity: Montana appeared first on Tweetspeak Poetry.| Tweetspeak Poetry
Maybe you need a little pick-me-up? Enjoy this simple prompt from 'The Yellow Wall-Paper Sanity Journal' to get you on your way. The post Creativity Prompt: Sanity Journal appeared first on Tweetspeak Poetry.| Tweetspeak Poetry
Using 'Where the Wild Things Are' as inspiration, come create your own wild, secret place poem.| Tweetspeak Poetry
It is so tempting in life to forget what we hold in common. And in those moments, we forfeit joy and connection that could otherwise be ours.| Tweetspeak Poetry
Our August theme is Desert & Oasis. Come write a poem that's an oasis for your readers.| Tweetspeak Poetry
For this fifth Monday in July, let’s write a poem to a little music. Listen to this four and half minute piano piece. Don’t look it up or research the composer and try not to even be in…| Living Poetry
This week let’s write a poem with the words each, paper and sense in it. This is another of those prompts where I randomly choose three words from a list of the top 1000 words in the English langua…| Living Poetry
This week let’s write an island poem. The poem can be set on an island, mention an island or use an island as a metaphor for something. No peninsulas! Post your insular poem in the comments b…| Living Poetry
This week let’s write a green poem without using the word “green”. That color has come to represent a lot in our language so let’s play with that. It’s not easy but po…| Living Poetry
It’s been over a year since I last challenged you with a musical prompt and, since Mozart’s birthday was this past weekend, I’d like you to listen to this 82 second clip of a famo…| Living Poetry
This week let’s write a poem with the words below, side and true in it. This is another of those prompts where I randomly choose three words from a list of the top 1000 words in the English languag…| Living Poetry
This week let’s write a majority poem. I rolled the dice and got this word which is prescient given that 2024 will be an election year in the United States, where Living Poetry primarily oper…| Living Poetry