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Honoring autistic poets for Poetry Month & Autism Awareness Month – guest blog post by Hilary Krzywkowski

  Many poets may not know that April is also Autism Awareness month. Most Autistic adults are anxious the whole month through due to the high volumes of triggering internet content, most of which violates the privacy of autistic children and advocates for child abuse thinly masked as […]

Honoring autistic poets for Poetry Month & Autism Awareness Month – guest blog post by Hilary Krzywkowski

  Many poets may not know that April is also Autism Awareness month. Most Autistic adults are anxious the whole month through due to the high volumes of triggering internet content, most of which violates the privacy of autistic children and advocates for child abuse thinly masked as […]

13 Ways to Support Poetry - guest blog post by Dick Allen #NaPoMo

Great guest blog post rewind up today from Dick Allen… the 13 ways to support poetry below include what to ask your local library, how to support poets you like, and quotes from others in the lit mag industry. "It is difficult to get the news from poems […]

National Poetry Month begins today! #NaPoMo–Prompts galore & other ways you can participate . . .

It's not too late to make a plan for poetry month! Whether you want to sign up to write a poem a day or unofficially just plan to crank out some poetry in April, there are plenty of prompts and resources to keep you going strong all month. […]

A Poem A Day Series: Part 2

Thanks to Stephen Roche for selecting my poem “My matter” recently published in Whale Road Review for his poem a day series on his blog “A Creative Mind Unleashed.” Stephen is a recent graduate of the first ever Creative Writing for Digital Media program at the Institute of […]

Is the first person lyric of everyday experience outmoded? – guest blog post by Judy Kronenfeld

Following a trail on the web a few years back, I came across an interview (www.thereviewreview.net/interviews/ten-bad-poems-every-good-one-conversation-washing) with a poet I didn't yet know, Kathleen Flenniken, formerly Poet Laureate of Washington State. And there, in response to the question "Is there a poem you are a little embarrassed to […]

Heartache & poetry + 3 poems for Valentine’s Day – guest blog post by Terri Mertz

Years ago, when I was young and impressionable and dreamy and romantic and oh so foolish and thought I had something to offer and thought I could help the world--nay, thought I was MEANT to help the world, I fell in love. Hard. You know the kind--big sigh […]

Heartache & poetry + 3 poems for Valentine's Day – guest blog post by Terri Mertz

Years ago, when I was young and impressionable and dreamy and romantic and oh so foolish and thought I had something to offer and thought I could help the world--nay, thought I was MEANT to help the world, I fell in love. Hard. You know the kind--big sigh […]

17th Annual Great Poetry Exchange – send a book/get a book, DEADLINE: Feb. 28, 2018

Presented by none other than Poetry Super Highway-"Send a book - Get a book. In February 2018, the Poetry Super Highway will coordinate a great free exchange of poetry publications amongst poets worldwide." DEADLINE: February 28, 2018 NOTES: Full-length poetry books and chapbooks are both welcome.   Click here […]

List of 50 Poetic Forms for Poets by Robert Lee Brewer via Writer’s Digest

This list of poetic forms compiled by Robert Lee Brewer of Writer’s Digest includes links to each of his articles for each of the forms. Each article includes the requirements of the form, as well as examples, other related links, and definitions when needed. I also like Brewer’s […]

Trish Hopkinson