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Happy New Year! Find poetry books inspiration in the three collections inspiring my January reading list, with notes on how each can fuel your creative practice.

December is a busy month, but these two anthologies—Courage: Daring Poems for Gutsy Girls and I Just Hope It’s Lethal—offer poetry book inspiration in condensed, powerful form.

This month, I’m revisiting three remarkable Rattle chapbooks as poetic companions for the 30-Day Micro Writing Challenge! Each offers fresh poetry book inspiration for writers seeking creativity in shorter forms.

Discover three poetry books I’m reading this October—No Other Kind of World, How to Baptize a Child in Flint Michigan, and Bone Map—for poetry inspiration and creative fuel.

This September, I’m diving into three poetry books that spark creativity in different ways. Each offers its own poetry lessons and inspiration. What poetry books are on your list this month?

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Discover poetry lessons from the Community of Writers workshop—insights on letting go, community, and daily writing practice to spark your creativity

Today I'm exploring emotional honesty in poetry with insights from "Pearl" by Ted Kooser. Plus my takeaways in how writing grief can enhance

Explore how Jennifer Franklin's work deepened my understanding of persona poems. Discover insights on poetry and persona you can use today.

I've got a new poem out in the Baltimore Review...

In the collection some blue, a little spur (Uncollected Press, 2023), poet Kris Falcon delves deep into the human psyche...

Here in Silicon Valley, the incredible heat wave of last week has passed and the cooler breezes of autumn are here. I'm enchanted. As I...

When I lived on the East Coast, I looked forward to the abundance of fall leaves each year. My girls and I would gather them, creating...

Summer is almost over, and every year it's a bittersweet feeling. The end of a season, shadows growing longer, gold-tinted dusks--even...

Summer is often painted with a brush of adventure. There's something about this season, probably stemming from the time off school as...

During National Poetry Month, I'm celebrating by sharing poems from community members and newsletter subscribers! Today is the final day...

During National Poetry Month, I'm celebrating by sharing poems from community members and newsletter subscribers! I'm so happy to share...

Poetry forms can feel intimidating. We remember counting syllables, looking at meter, and trying to figure out if we're looking at a...

My friend and poet Deborah LeFalle told me about one of the ways she celebrates National Poetry Month, then she made some for me with my...

During National Poetry Month, I'm celebrating by sharing poems from community members and newsletter subscribers! If you'd like to...