Poetry and Music Pairings: Harry Styles Edition
Image via Columbia Records Harry Styles’s latest album, Harry’s House, is already breaking records: The album sold more vinyl copies than any other in the past three decades. And fans have streamed it on Spotify more than 240 million times. With
Birding and Poetry: Let Your Poems Soar
You slowly open your door and gingerly step outside, quietly approaching your backyard birds congregating at a feeder. You snap a few photos, smile at your work, and listen: a raucous chorus of chirps, cries, and yells fills the air
Sporty Stanzas: 4 Poetry Collections About Athletes
Sports and athleticism might not seem to have much in common with poetry, but the surprising similarities add up. Both rely on creating a sense of tension or setting the stakes, both incorporate a sense of movement and rhythm, and
Summer Writing Prompts to Help Your Creativity Shine
Writers know that all-too-familiar feeling. Staring at a blank word document, desperately waiting for inspiration to strike. The dreaded writer’s block. Oftentimes, we’re simply unsure where to start. As summer begins, though, the sunny season provides endless creative writing opportunities. From
5 Poetry Collections to Listen to This National Audiobook Month
June marks National Audiobook Month, and poetry stands out as the perfect genre to help you celebrate. After all, poetry is known for its sense of rhythm, sound play, and experimentation with different types of rhyme, all of which rely
5 June 2022 Poetry Releases to Shop Now
June 2022 poetry releases promise to represent the height of the genre, with highlights including classic anthologies, prize-winning collections, and much-anticipated books. These collections explore weighty, ever-present themes like the role of human connection, gender, religious identity, and more. 1. The
Nature Poems Written by LGBTQIA+ Poets to Read During Pride Month
The natural world teaches us many lessons if we’re willing to listen: patience, growth, change, and—perhaps most of all—the beauty in diversity. For this reason, it’s no wonder poets with marginalized identities feel drawn to exploring natural themes in their writing.
5 Summer 2022 Poetry Contests to Spur Your Writing Goals
Summer can be a time for your writing to heat up—and these contests can help by giving you a deadline to work toward, motivation to organize a manuscript, or encouragement to edit and revise. Here are five of the best
Poetry and Graphic Novel Pairings
Poetry and graphic novels may be on a similar trajectory. The popularity of poetry continues to rise—with readership doubling between 2012 and 2018, according to the National Endowment of the Arts—and graphic novels are also seeing increased interest. Sales of
