In June, Joy Harjo was chosen as the new U.S. poet laureate. I've spent the month getting acquainted with her poems, which are unlike any others I've read. This poem was written after reading and journaling through her poem "She Had Some … [Read more]
Walking in the Dark: A Path to Poetry
July 24, 2019 By
Published June 21, 2019 https://www.tweetspeakpoetry.com/2019/06/21/walking-in-the-dark-a-path-into-poetry/ … [Read more]
Children’s Book Club: ‘Wangari Maathai: The Woman Who Planted Millions of Trees’
July 17, 2019 By
Published June 14, 2019 https://www.tweetspeakpoetry.com/2019/06/14/childrens-book-club-wangari-maathai-trees/ … [Read more]
Reader, Come Home: ‘The Odyssey’
July 10, 2019 By
Published June 7, 2019 https://www.tweetspeakpoetry.com/2019/06/07/reader-come-home-the-odyssey/ … [Read more]
‘Anniversary’
July 3, 2019 By
We never talk We talk all the time. No, I mean talk, talk Well what do you want to talk about? I don't know, just talk to me I been talking to you for forty years. You don't concentrate when you talk to me How much do you have to … [Read more]
By Heart: “Annabel Lee”
June 26, 2019 By
Published May 31, 2019 https://www.tweetspeakpoetry.com/2019/05/31/by-heart-annabel-lee-new-the-star-challenge/ … [Read more]
From Mountain to Mountain: The power of poetry for people affected by trauma
June 19, 2019 By
Published May 17, 2019 https://www.tweetspeakpoetry.com/2019/05/17/from-mountain-to-mountain-the-power-of-poetry-for-trauma/ … [Read more]
‘Clean Up Good’
June 12, 2019 By
It's competitive shower season Now is the time for serious shower-ers only Those who enjoy languorous strokes beneath the Whirlpool waterfall need not apply Contestants toil all year, alternating cool with heat, daylight with … [Read more]
Interview with Hilary Yancey, author of ‘Forgiving God’
June 5, 2019 By
Published March 2019 https://www.wacoan.com/forgiving-god/ … [Read more]
WACOAN: ‘Going, Going, Gone’
May 29, 2019 By
Published March 2019 https://www.wacoan.com/going-going-gone/ … [Read more]
