The Music In It: Adele Kenny's Poetry Blog

Recently, during a poetry workshop that I was conducting, someone asked what the term “writing with authority” means. We’ve all heard phras...

"The past is never dead, it is not even past. " (William Faulkner) For this prompt, try writing a memoir poem about an expe...

The outgoing US Poet Laureate is Californian Kay Ryan who served two terms that ended in May 2010. In commenting on Ryan's poetry, Libra...

Geoffrey Hill, often called the greatest living English-language poet, was recently named Professor of Poetry at Oxford University. The 78-y...

“The camera doesn’t make a bit of difference. All of them record what you are seeing. But, you have to SEE.” (Ernst Haas) Write a poem from...

I came across this article from The Guardian (June 18, 2010) and thought you might find it interesting. From the article: The Hungarian...

Answer a question you’ve had for a long time; write about something you don’t understand; tell about a question that troubles you. What’s yo...