This Week’s Tweeted Writing Prompts (October 19-25) Each day, we tweet writing prompts to help writers get out of their shell for the creative [Read More] October 26, 2014
Writing Weightless Sometimes it is hard to get yourself to write. You sit in your favorite coffee shop chair, order a [Read More] September 24, 2012
Tate Street Festival Flash Poetry Contest What a day! Thanks to everyone who joined us for the Tate Street Festival Flash Poetry Contest! [Read More] September 22, 2012
What if Shakespeare Grew Up in Iowa? In the Oregon Shakespeare Festival‘s production, the Very Merry Wives of Windsor, Iowa, our [Read More] July 6, 2012
Summer Poems July is a rich time for poetry; a time for summer poems. We love the nostalgia of the heat, the [Read More] July 2, 2012
The Life of Poetry — Muriel Rukeyser Not a craft book. Not a defense of poetry, either. An inspirational read. “The [Read More] March 4, 2012
When the Cicadas Don’t Come Home What’s Broken by Dorianne Laux : The Poetry Foundation [poem]. Since we have yet to see any of [Read More] May 13, 2011
Prewriting There’s nothing like a good article to stimulate “prewriting” (or at least give [Read More] February 22, 2011
Tight Pants In lieu of the recent rise in popularity of “jeggings,” we refer to the New York poet [Read More] January 24, 2011
History Sometimes, TS, it’s hard to keep up with all of the history…but one does one’s [Read More] December 7, 2010