Poets and Poems: Donna Vorreyer and “Unrivered” - Tweetspeak Poetry
Poet Donna Vorreyer comes to grips with aging, grief, and longing in her fourth poetry collection, "Unrivered."| Tweetspeak Poetry
Poet Paul Willis visits a walled medieval town of Orvieto in Italy, and he describes its art, churches, streets, monuments, and vineyards. The post Poets and Poems: Paul Willis and “Orvieto” appeared first on Tweetspeak Poetry.| Tweetspeak Poetry
In "Points in the Network: Poems," Gabrielle Myers takes familiar, everyday subjects and makes you think you're reading them for the first time. The post Poets and Poems: Gabrielle Myers and “Points in the Network” appeared first on Tweetspeak Poetry.| Tweetspeak Poetry
"Wild Flight: Poems" by Christine Rhein tells a story of how a boy's displacement during World War II shaped his family for decades after. The post Poets and Poems: Christine Rhein and “Wild Flight” appeared first on Tweetspeak Poetry.| Tweetspeak Poetry
In "You Were Once on Fire," poet Peter Murphy describes the distance between the real and the ideal and a sense of things coming undone. The post Poets and Poems: Peter Murphy and “You Too Were Once on Fire” appeared first on Tweetspeak Poetry.| Tweetspeak Poetry
Poet Donna Vorreyer comes to grips with aging, grief, and longing in her fourth poetry collection, "Unrivered."| Tweetspeak Poetry
In approaching this piece, I asked myself what the enduring impact of imperialism on island nations in the Caribbean looked and felt like to me. I explored themes related to our struggle for autonomy, the continued exploitation of our people and resources, and the ongoing deprivation faced by islanders. I attempted to juxtapose this feeling […]| Helping You To Succeed
As he began to write the manuscript that became his historical novel Brookhaven, author Glynn Young knew he would use a 19th century poet as a kind of infusion into the story. The post Poet Sidney Lanier and the Lost Cause appeared first on Tweetspeak Poetry.| Tweetspeak Poetry
Screenwriter and novelist A.J. Thibault waited a few decades until he published the poems and prose poems he wrote in college. The post Poets and Poems: A.J. Thibault and “We Lack a Word” appeared first on Tweetspeak Poetry.| Tweetspeak Poetry
In "Goat, Goddess, Moon," poet Catherine Strisik takes us on a poetic journey through family and personal history in Greece and Crete. The post Poets and Poems: Catherine Strisik and “Goat, Goddess, Moon” appeared first on Tweetspeak Poetry.| Tweetspeak Poetry
"The Presence of One Word: Poems" by Andrea Potos considers the things we retain in memory throughout our lives.| Tweetspeak Poetry
Time Passes, Love Remains by Bianca Alina I can’t recall how many days have gone by since that moment. It could be three days or possibly longer. I’ve lost track of time. Perhaps I’ve been sitting here, fingers poised over the keyboard and my gaze locked onto the immaculate blank page for an eternity. Time […]| Helping You To Succeed
Two rounds! Two ways to play! Can you make the match? (Answers to both rounds at the bottom of the post) by Paige Vinten Taylor| Kite Tales
In "Call It Mist: Poems," Mary L. Brown uses words like a surgeon's scalpel, looking below the outwardly obvious to plumb rhe depths beneath. The post Poets and Poems: Mary Brown and “Call It Mist” appeared first on Tweetspeak Poetry.| Tweetspeak Poetry
In his three poetry collections, Pasquale Trozzolo explores the pandemic lockdown, the end of a relationship, and life in a small town. The post Poets and Poems: The Three Collections of Pasquale Trozzolo appeared first on Tweetspeak Poetry.| Tweetspeak Poetry
In "My Hollywood and Other Poems," Boris Dralyuk writes to the Hollywood of Russian emigres and the community they created there. The post Poets and Poems: Boris Dralyuk and “My Hollywood” appeared first on Tweetspeak Poetry.| Tweetspeak Poetry
In her new chapbook "Incompleteness Theory," poet Danelle Lejeune successfully mixes poetry, science, and humor. The post Poets and Poems: Danelle Lejeune and “Incompleteness Theory” appeared first on Tweetspeak Poetry.| Tweetspeak Poetry
"Fluent in Blue" and "Human Resources," the most recent collections by Erin Murphy, continue her focus on form and order. The post Poets and Poems: Four Collections by Erin Murphy, Part 2 appeared first on Tweetspeak Poetry.| Tweetspeak Poetry
Two collections, "Taxonomies" and "Fields of Ache," by poet Erin Murphy reveal a focus on form, order, and classification. The post Poets and Poems: Four Collections by Erin Murphy, Part 1 appeared first on Tweetspeak Poetry.| Tweetspeak Poetry
A birdbath in the kitchen garden led to an interest in birds, which led to an interest in what the poets have said about birds. The post Visitors to the Ce-ment Pond: The Poetry of Birds appeared first on Tweetspeak Poetry.| Tweetspeak Poetry
"Exile's Journey" by Jeffrey Bilbro is a poetry collection about community, landscape, people, and what makes us human. The post Poets and Poems: Jeffrey Bilbro and “Exile’s Journey” appeared first on Tweetspeak Poetry.| Tweetspeak Poetry
Written in 1932, "A Soldier and a Poet" by Avraham Stern includes poems that became part of the Jewish war for independence. The post Poets and Poems: Avraham Stern and “A Soldier and a Poet” appeared first on Tweetspeak Poetry.| Tweetspeak Poetry
In "Frieze Frame," poet A.E. Stallings explains how poets and artists have framed the debate about the Parthenon Marbles from the beginning. The post A.E. Stallings: the Parthenon Marbles, Poets, and Artists appeared first on Tweetspeak Poetry.| Tweetspeak Poetry
"The Sun and the Boy" by haiku poet Steven Flint is a charming allegory of love, friendship, and faithfulness. The post Poets and Fables: Steven Flint and “The Sun and the Boy” appeared first on Tweetspeak Poetry.| Tweetspeak Poetry
Poet Alison Blevins explores the impact of chronic illness on family and relationships in "Where Will We Live if the House Burns Down?"| Tweetspeak Poetry
"The Locust Years" is a collection of poems by Paul Pastor that beautifully reflect a very difficult time in his life. The post Poets and Poems: Paul Pastor and “The Locust Years” appeared first on Tweetspeak Poetry.| Tweetspeak Poetry
The Fireside Poets were the best-selling authors of the 19th century. What happened to them and their reputation? The post What Happened to the Fireside Poets? appeared first on Tweetspeak Poetry.| Tweetspeak Poetry
The poetry anthology "What the House Knows," edited by Diane Lockward, shows how our houses and homes reflect the people within them. The post “What the House Knows”: An Anthology by Diane Lockward appeared first on Tweetspeak Poetry.| Tweetspeak Poetry
Now I HAVE READ MY POEMS * I think you can tell a lot about a Poet by where & when they read their Poems, don’t you think? As for Myself; I have read my Poems in many places. For example; I have read my Poems in Pubs, O yes! Pubs full of belligerent, beer-swilling […]| Reverend Hellfire's Sunday Sermon
The aim of poetry is enchantment, writes poet Dana Gioia in his new collection of essays on poetry and culture. The post Dana Gioia Defines the Enchantment in Poetry appeared first on Tweetspeak Poetry.| Tweetspeak Poetry
Sarah Ruden uses six of Sylvia Plath's poems to tell the poet's story, stripping away political iconography to reveal the poet's achievement. The post “I Am the Arrow”: Sarah Ruden Tells Sylvia Plath’s Story appeared first on Tweetspeak Poetry.| Tweetspeak Poetry
Michael Weingard writes a coming-of-age novel in verse. If you came of age in the 1980s, certain cultural icons and events are likely imprinted in your brain. The post A Novel in Verse: “Eugene Nadelman” by Michael Weingard appeared first on Tweetspeak Poetry.| Tweetspeak Poetry
With "DoorWay," poet James Sale completes his epic trilogy, "The English Cantos," and creates a stellar poetic experience. The post Poets and Poems: James Sale and “DoorWay” appeared first on Tweetspeak Poetry.| Tweetspeak Poetry
In "Breakwater Rock," poet Bruce Lawder shows you can't really go home again, except possibly in your own memory. The post Poets and Poems: Bruce Lawder and “Breakwater Rock” appeared first on Tweetspeak Poetry.| Tweetspeak Poetry
In "O Lucky Day," Patricia Clark has assembled a collection of meditative poems that pull you to a place you didn't expect to go.| Tweetspeak Poetry
Across America, powerful imagery and musical cadence ring out in coffee shops and onto the page during National Poetry Month. Launched by the Academy of American Poets in April 1996, the month-long recognition celebrates the poets’ integral role in our culture and society. We are reminded that poetry matters. Evermore’s very own Jena Kirkpatrick (editor of this newsletter!) has been a poet for over three decades, and when her son, Ellis, died, she was gifted What Have You Lost?, an anthol...| Evermore
Dear Friends unknown, We are joined together by so many things in grief. Maybe there’s a luminous cord connecting us through sleepless hours and hardest times. The poet Jack Ridl told me years ago, after my father died, “Grief is an ambush. When you’re least expecting it, it rises up again…” Poetry is a close focus on something cared about. Whether you are writing or reading a poem, the poem (if you like and relate to it) brings you into an intimate space of details and affect...| Evermore
Before my son Finn died, I already had a daily writing practice in place. The day he died was the first night I hadn’t written a poem in over thirteen years. And then I didn’t write at all for the first seven weeks after his death. I suppose on the surface then it would look as if it shut the writing down, but in fact, I believe that this break opened me up. I wanted to be (really more like had to be) open to the pure experience of the wide spectrum of feelings I was having—such devasta...| Evermore
Losing anyone in your life affects EVERYTHING in your life. Your perspectives shift. You question your own mortality. Losing someone close to you makes you feel like a raw nerve in a world of razor-wire. Everything hurts. Losing my dad just before becoming a father, seemed extra-ordinarily cruel and ironic. But, contemplating that cruel irony eventually led me through the “Why me” of it— to the “Why NOT you” of it! This marked the beginning of a more philosophical, questioning t...| Evermore
I lost a best friend, fellow vagabond, and gifted poet to a long battle with cancer. We traveled and performed together for years. We joked over homemade-hotel-room drinks about how the $31 we raked in from the donations for the night’s house concert, or whatever it was we could drum up, weren’t even enough to pay for the liquor we’d bought before the gig. And he walked with me through the shadows of the “relative loss” of my young daughter through divorce. (Although, now in her mid...| Evermore
First, I have lived long enough to have outlived most of the people who were important to me when I was young. My parents died years ago. My younger brother died three years ago. All but one of my aunts and uncles have died. Cousins have died. Many close friends have died. At this point, I am reminded of a recurring mantra in Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five: “So it goes.” I don’t find myself weeping for them. I do talk to some of them now and then on my long walks down the narrow ...| Evermore
My own loss and the deep grief that accompanies it brought about profound change in the way I experience creativity. Deep loss breaks you down in a way that also cracks you open. There is loss of control and surrender. Tears and sorrow pour out, but light also pours in. I learned to listen to my voice in whispers — my intuition — instead of dismissing it. Instead of trying to craft something that made sense, I listened to thoughts and wrote down what came, almost like transcribing. Then I...| Evermore
"Poet of the New World" collects the poems written by Czeslaw Milosz from 1946 to 1950, reflecting the turmoil of violence and upheaval.| Tweetspeak Poetry
Poet Alfred Nicole, in his new collection "After the Carnival," finds both the evil and the good in human existence. The post Poets and Poems: Alfred Nicol and “After the Carnival” appeared first on Tweetspeak Poetry.| Tweetspeak Poetry
The sense of living a loved life pervades 'The Mother of All Words'. The collection doesn’t suggest smugness or even satisfaction, but more of a sense of gratitude. The post Poets and Poems: Kelly Belmonte and “The Mother of All Words” appeared first on Tweetspeak Poetry.| Tweetspeak Poetry
"The Poetry Reader" by Mark Yakich is an anthology of poems about reading and writing poetry. The post An Anthology on Reading and Writing Poetry appeared first on Tweetspeak Poetry.| Tweetspeak Poetry
Lisa Marie Basile names the events of life for obscure saints, most of which you've never heard of but know very well.| Tweetspeak Poetry
In "Diorama," poet Sandra Marchetti moves through a series of almost -photograph-like scenes , each poem like a scene in a ViewMaster (TM). The post Poets and Poems: Sandra Marchetti and “Diorama” appeared first on Tweetspeak Poetry.| Tweetspeak Poetry
"Gravity: New & Selected Poems" by Donna Hilbert allow the reader to see the poet's development of her theme of home, family, and life. The post Poets and Poems: Donna Hilbert and “Gravity” appeared first on Tweetspeak Poetry.| Tweetspeak Poetry
This Collection is a story of three generations of women, a story of depression, abuse, and dementia. If I gave the story a title, it might be “Broken Things, Mending.” The post Poets and Poems: Marjorie Maddox and “Seeing Things” appeared first on Tweetspeak Poetry.| Tweetspeak Poetry
"Context Collapse" by Ryan Ruby is either a long poem serving as a critical literary essay, or an essay written in poetic form. The post Poets and Poems: Ryan Ruby and “Context Collapse” appeared first on Tweetspeak Poetry.| Tweetspeak Poetry
Happy and blessed Sunday dear friends and poets! Let’s dive into this week’s happenings at Hotel By Masticadores Stay in the loop—subscribe via email or WordPress for fresh updates on prose and poe…| Hotel by Masticadores
«Celebrating Our Nominees: A Tribute to Hotel By Masticadores’ Talent at Spillwords» 2024 has been an exceptional and productive year for Hotel By Masticadores, filled with incredible contrib…| Hotel by Masticadores
Barbara Guest was born 99 years ago today. Here’s a poem… Santa Fe Trail by Barbara Guest I go separately The sweet knees of oxen have pressed a path for me ghosts with ingots have burned their bare hands it is the dungaree darkness with China stitched where the westerly winds and the traveler’s checks … Continue reading Barbara Guest’s Santa Fe Trail| mwpm
"House of 49 Doors," the new poetry collection by Laurie Klein, reminds us we never really live our childhood behind.| Tweetspeak Poetry
Some Ghanaian folks who dial the wrong number have the most infuriating manners. Here is a poet’s response. Enjoy! WRONG NUMBER NUMBER TWO No, There’s no “Mr. Coleman” here. And no, no. You mustn’t stay to chat me up. To warn you historical ancient, every ominous note intended, Please stranger, do not tarry. The path […]| Kinna Reads
In Cumbria recently, I visited two monuments which – it occurred to me – oddly have something in common. I’ll get back to that. Heading for the Maryport Literature & Arts festival in March, I stopped off at Penrith and walked up Penrith Beacon, a fine precipitous wooded hill (‘fell’ in local parlance) overlooking the […] The post ODD MONUMENTS appeared first on Grevel Lindop.| Grevel Lindop
The poem's actually titled "Warning" and it celebrates aging with panache. English poet Jenny Joseph wrote in 1961 at 29. Did she fulfill her own prophecy?| Later Bloomer
[May 3, 1912 - July 16, 1995] Poet Eleanor Marie (May) Sarton was born in Belgium. Her family moved to England as World War I threatened, then to Boston in 1915 As an adult she published poetry and traveled widely in Europe and in the United States, earning accolades for her work. Eventually she moved| Maine: An Encyclopedia
