Night Poetry: Playlist and Prompt
Night poetry easily lends itself to being love poetry. Take this classic favorite from Lord Byron… She Walks in Beauty She walks in beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies; And all...
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Can night poetry have sunshine? If you’re Emily Dickinson, you might find a way to mix dark and light by speaking symbolically. There is Another Sky There is another sky, Ever serene and fair, And...
View ArticleNight Poetry: Acquainted with the Night
Night poetry can be the poetry of acquaintance. With the light narrowed, we pull in close to things that are near. Or, as Robert Frost notes in this poem, we can refuse acquaintance, drop our...
View ArticleNight Poetry: Stopping by Woods and Promises
Night poetry can be the poetry of promise. In the darkness, we can focus on what is most pressing, we can dream, we can make promises to ourselves or others. Robert Frost felt the compelling movement...
View ArticleDoors & Passageways: Playlist & Poetry Prompt
Doors and passageways poems and playlist. What better way to get you started on new journeys? Yes, that means we had to include the band Journey on our Doors & Passageways playlist. And The Doors,...
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Twitter Party: Slivers of Plum at Midnight
It’s been a while since we last hosted a poetry party on Twitter, but it finally happened. Nine poets participated in our most recent Twitter party, responding to prompts by @tspoetry taken from Dave...
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Top 10 Night Poems
In The Joy of Poetry, Megan Willome says, “There are pills to help a person go to sleep and pills to help a person stay asleep. I have not found a pill that bestows good dreams. For that I needed...
View ArticleNight Poetry: Playlist and Prompt
Night poetry easily lends itself to being love poetry. Take this classic favorite from Lord Byron… She Walks in Beauty She walks in beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies; And all...
View ArticleNight Poetry: Emily Dickinson’s Symbol Challenge
Can night poetry have sunshine? If you’re Emily Dickinson, you might find a way to mix dark and light by speaking symbolically. There is Another Sky There is another sky, Ever serene and fair, And...
View ArticleNight Poetry: Acquainted with the Night
Night poetry can be the poetry of acquaintance. With the light narrowed, we pull in close to things that are near. Or, as Robert Frost notes in this poem, we can refuse acquaintance, drop our...
View ArticleNight Poetry: Stopping by Woods and Promises
Night poetry can be the poetry of promise. In the darkness, we can focus on what is most pressing, we can dream, we can make promises to ourselves or others. Robert Frost felt the compelling movement...
View ArticleDoors & Passageways: Playlist & Poetry Prompt
Doors and passageways poems and playlist. What better way to get you started on new journeys? Yes, that means we had to include the band Journey on our Doors & Passageways playlist. And The Doors,...
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Twitter Party: Slivers of Plum at Midnight
It’s been a while since we last hosted a poetry party on Twitter, but it finally happened. Nine poets participated in our most recent Twitter party, responding to prompts by @tspoetry taken from Dave...
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Top 10 Night Poems
In The Joy of Poetry, Megan Willome says, “There are pills to help a person go to sleep and pills to help a person stay asleep. I have not found a pill that bestows good dreams. For that I needed...
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Sun and Moon Poems: Night Poetry Prompt
I made no secrets regarding my fear for teaching Romeo and Juliet. How afraid was I? Let me count the ways. You’ve got your inappropriate language aimed towards females. You’ve got your teenage...
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Poetry Prompt: Seeing Stars
I am going to tell you the story of the night my mother-in-law gave me quite possibly the greatest gift an MIL could ever give a girl. (No, it is not her son, though he’s not all bad.) It’s a summer...
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